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| 00:00 | Some people are going ape over the Banana Diet. |
| 00:03 | It is all the rage in Japan; so popular, there are reports of banana shortages in Japan – but does it work? And how does it work? |
| 00:10 | -Registered Dietitian Kerri Glassman is here. Good morning. -Good morning! -What is the Banana Diet? |
| 00:15 | -Can you believe, first of all, that banana sales in Japan went up 80% in 1 week… -Wow. |
| 00:19 | …compared to the same week last year? I think that’s crazy. Because it is crazy! |
| 00:23 | The Banana Diet is you start with a banana, or as many as you want for breakfast, with warm water. |
| 00:28 | You don't have anything until lunch. You have a basic lunch, which can be anything you want, even pizza and fries. |
| 00:33 | Then, you have a snack, which can even be a sweet. Dinner, which has to be- which can be anything you want. It has to be before 8 p.m. |
| 00:39 | Nothing after dinner, including sweets; and then you have to go to bed before midnight. |
| 00:43 | -So much that – uh, is wrong with this… -Exactly. |
| 00:46 | …to me; I don’t even know where to start. But let’s start with breakfast. First of all, as many bananas as you want? |
| 00:51 | -As many as you want. Exactly. -So maybe the idea is you get so full, you don't want to eat a big lunch, a big dinner, a big…? |
| 00:57 | Well, that's part of it. Bananas do have fiber, and they're gonna help fill you up to some extent. |
| 01:01 | But still, many people we know, no matter how many bananas you have for breakfast, they're still… |
| 01:05 | …they’re told you can have whatever you want for lunch and dinner. |
| 01:07 | I mean, I don’t care – you could be having a turkey sandwich, trying to lose weight, then all of a sudden, you switch to pizza and fries… |
| 01:13 | -…I mean, you're gonna gain weight! -That’s one problem. |
| 01:15 | It's a recipe for disaster for most people. |
| 01:17 | However – the other thing - for some people, though, if you're eating, let's say, lots of sweets throughout the day… |
| 01:22 | …and now you're told you can't have any sweets except for one small sweet at three, you might lose some weight. |
| 01:27 | Also, for some people, if you're an emotional eater and you overconsume thousands of calories at night, you're gonna cut calories. |
| 01:32 | So, for some people, you may lose a little bit of weight, but for most people, again - it's a recipe for disaster. |
| 01:38 | How about the warm water, though, to start your day? I know that’s something that you recommend. That’s one good thing about this diet. |
| 01:44 | It is. Well, because some people do believe that it does help with digestion. |
| 01:47 | And it's also – it’s calming for some people to have that warm water in the morning. |
| 01:50 | It’s calming; you're increasing your fluid intake in the morning, but this diet actually gives no explanation of why. |
| 01:55 | Okay. There’s a Japanese actress who lost 26 pounds…people see that and they say, “I don’t care that it’s not logical. It worked for her!” |
| 02:03 | Well, but it was also put up on a some social networking site in Japan, and people are going crazy… |
| 02:07 | …and actually, half the testimonials, they can't even find the people. So, for most people, bananas are not a magical food. They're just not |
| 02:13 | They have fiber. They have protein. They have potassium. |
| 02:16 | They're an excellent food which should - should be incorporated into your diet but just like the grapefruit diet or the cabbage soup diet… |
| 02:21 | -Exactly. -…there's no magical food. |
| 02:23 | Exactly. Right. And bananas…is there – what’s the one thing about bananas where you – it, it could be a good thing? |
| 02:29 | Well, the interesting thing…well, first of all, there is some fiber, and I said potassium… |
| 02:32 | and one other interesting thing about it, is that it does have some resistant starch. |
| 02:36 | Resistant starch is a type of fiber that passes through your system into your colon, and which - without being digested. |
| 02:41 | And there is some new research that shows that it might actually help burn fat. |
| 02:46 | Now, even if that's true and, let's say, it does help do that, there are other resistant starches out there, in potatoes, in beans. |
| 02:52 | You still can't over-consume as many bananas as you want… |
| 02:54 | …and you still can't eat whatever you want, including steak and fries every day for lunch. So… |
| 03:00 | -We- we don’t recommend it. Let’s just put it that way. -Let’s just have some bananas! -Okay. |
| 03:04 | -Let’s just enjoy a little bit of bananas for breakfast, and… -I already did. |
| 03:06 | …incorporate it into a healthy diet, and that’s – you know…that – that – that’s the way to go. |
| 03:10 | -But we know we still need our whole grains, our vegetables. -Alright. Kerri Glassman… |
| 03:14 | -I’ll have some. -Appreciate it. She - she gets worked up. This is her thing |
GLOSSARY
going ape: To become wildly excited or enthusiastic; all the rage: widely popular or in style; reports: a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; shortages: escacez; registered: officially or legally certified ; went up: subieron; warm water: agua caliente; fries: papas fritas; fiber: fibra; fill up: eat until one is sated; turkey: pavo; fluid intake: consumo de liquidos; grapefruit: toronja; cabbage: col; starch: almidon.
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