1. Five Different Types of Diets
By Lauren Winer

2. The Morning Banana Diet
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 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
Vegetables (photo credit: Andrew M. Odom from Flickr via Photopin)
 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
Twinkies (photo credit: Photog Bill from Flickr via Photopin)
 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
Grapefruit (photo credit: Duncan Hull from Flickr via Photopin)
 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
Peppers (photo credit: Jessica and Lon Binder from Flickr via Photopin)
 The Cayenne Pepper Diet lasts 10-40 days. The lemonade
concoction includes lemon juice, water, maple syrup, and
cayenne pepper.

7.  The Morning Banana Diet
Sources
 http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/the-morning-banana-diet
 photo credit: <a 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/">anotherkindofdrew</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
 photo credit: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/5456511612/">dullhunk</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/">FoodMayh
em.com</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>