The document summarizes several unusual diets: the Morning Banana Diet which caused a banana shortage in Japan; the Raw Vegan Diet followed by Venus Williams which only allows uncooked foods under 115 degrees Fahrenheit; the Twinkie Diet where a professor lost 27 pounds eating only Twinkies; the Grapefruit Diet dating back to the 1930s incorporating grapefruit at meals; and the 10-40 day Cayenne Pepper Diet lemonade containing lemon juice, water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper.

1. Unusual Diets
By Lauren Winer

2. The Morning Banana Diet
The Morning Banana Diet, which consists
of eating a banana and drinking a glass
of room temperature water for breakfast,
was created in Japan by Hitoshi
Watanabe. The popularity of this diet
caused a banana shortage in Japan.

3. Raw Vegan Diet
It consists of eating only foods that have
not been heated higher than 115 degrees
Fahrenheit. Venus Williams is on the Raw
Vegan Diet.

4. Twinkie Diet
The Twinkie Diet requires you to eat
nothing but Twinkies. Nutrition professor
at Kansas State University, Mark Haub,
lost 27 pounds in two months on this diet.

5. Grapefruit Diet
The Grapefruit Diet has been around since
the 1930s. Each meal on this diet includes 8
ounces of grapefruit. Weight loss from this
diet is mostly fluids rather than fats.

6. Cayenne Pepper Diet
The Cayenne Pepper Diet lasts 10-40 days.
The lemonade concoction includes lemon
juice, water, maple syrup, and cayenne
pepper.

7. Sources
The Morning Banana Diet
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/the-morning-banana-diet
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href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stankuns/2648857215/">Fernando
Stankuns</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
The Raw Vegan Diet
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianlifestyle/f/rawfoods.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/25/athletes-on-weird-diets/
photo credit: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewodom/3663375750/">anotherkindofdre
w</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
Twinkie Diet
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
photo credit: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29982001@N04/4628394478/">Photog Bill</a>
via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>

8. Grapefruit Diet
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-grapefruit-diet
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href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/5456511612/">dullhu
nk</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
Cayenne Pepper Diet
http://cayennepepper.net/
photo credit: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonbinder/3562900654/">Foo
dMayhem.com</a> via <a
href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-
nd/2.0/">cc</a>