Tokyo Banana Diet emergency

by **prolly** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:18 am

Japanese banana importers are currently in a state of emergency due to the wild popularity of the Morning Banana Diet: Most supermarkets in Japan are selling out of bananas by 3 p.m. every day. The Morning Banana Diet was developed by a pharmacist in Osaka to help her husband lose weight and it gained popularity when a TV program featured a singer who lost 15 pounds in six weeks on the diet. The diet regimen is simple: Eat a banana and drink room temperature water in the morning, eat whatever you want for lunch or dinner (except for desserts) and go to bed before midnight.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850454,00.html?xid=rss-world

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by **Iraira** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:31 am

I'm getting really fed up with not finding any non-brown bananas at the market thanks to this 3+week old trend...TIJ, so the clock is ticking. Meanwhile, Chiquita is loving Japanese life in a major financial way. Pineapples have gotten cheaper, tho'.

by **2triky** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:26 am

Whatever happened to that scarcity of butter a few months back?

by **xenomorph42** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:09 am

Iraira wrote:I'm getting really fed up with not finding any non-brown bananas at the market thanks to this 3+week old trend...TIJ, so the clock is ticking. Meanwhile, Chiquita is loving Japanese life in a major financial way. Pineapples have gotten cheaper, tho'.

Yea, until this fad fades, I wish they would lower the kiwi prices too. Gotta load up on my potassium somehow. :confused:

Been stocking up on 'em, even bought a kiwi tree(male and female)just in case they come out with a "kiwi diet" I`ll stock up! Hey, I'm way ahead of the game.

by **Bucky** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:48 am

"Yes! We have no bananas
We have no bananas today!!
We have string beans and onions, cabBAges and scallions
And all kinds of fruit and say
We have an old fashioned toMAHto
A Long Island poTAHto, but

Yes! We have no bananas
We have no bananas today!"

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/bananas.htm

by **gomichild** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:09 am

It's so annoying - we were getting really good deals on bananas before that stupid show.... I wonder what the next fad will be....

by **GuyJean** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:37 am

2triky wrote:Whatever happened to that scarcity of butter a few months back?

Maybe it was caused by a butter diet..

GJ

by **2triky** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:53 am

Hehe. With all the fad diets coming out of Japan I wouldn't be surprised.

by **Yokohammer** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:02 am

If it's like most other J-fads it won't last long.
Then we'll see mountains of rotting bananas at the supermarkets for a while.

Anyway ... I've been eating a banana for breakfast for years, and I sure as heck aren't thin. :confused:

by **Taro Toporific** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:04 am

Bucky wrote:"Yes! We have no bananas ...
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/bananas.htm

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by **AshitaNoHisoka** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:06 am

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:12 pm

I think MC Hammer might have the answer to Japan's shortage.

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by **gomichild** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:14 pm

I scored some!!!

by **American Oyaji** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:37 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:I think MC Hammer might have the answer to Japan's shortage.

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I used to hear that song all the time in the club.
Didn't know it was Hammer.

by **Snolygoster** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:10 am

Oh dear lord. I didn't need to see Hammer's banana hammock.

And screw this trend. All that's left by the time I get off work are tiny little green bananas.

by **Mike Oxlong** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:44 am

Why not try the Shima bananas?

by **meursault** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:20 pm

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