About 6 months ago a Japanese PhD student's wife was telling me about this, and now it has hit the states.
Here it is: You eat a fresh banana and drink room temperature water for breakfast. For the rest of the day you eat a normal lunch and dinner, except no desserts.
It had everything going for it: great data, a great spokesperson, and a great big TV show pushing it. Now it's here in America. What most American's don't know, however, is that the Morning-Banana Diet ended in scandal.
About a month ago, it was discovered that the producers of the big TV show had falsified data and made up studies to improve their ratings. In addition, they added subtitles to a picture of an English speaking university professor that had nothing to do with what he was actually saying.
Will you lose weight if you eat only bananas for breakfast and no dessert for dinner? Sure you will, but it won't be magic. You'll lose because you won't be eating bagels or donuts and because the high fiber in bananas will keep you full. (See a list of other high-fiber foods here.)
But even if you did nothing but cut out a 250 calorie dessert every day for a year, it's likely you would lose 20-30 pounds by the end of a year.
A better diet that delivers real weight loss results:
Reduce belly bloat and lose up to 7 lbs
Sip a belly-flattening smoothie
See amazing before-and-after photos from the Flat Belly Diet
