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Article: Till next year: Eat, they said. Only food on a stick, they said. So I did ? for nine days. And the result is as confounding as the diet was delicious.
- Article from:
- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2006
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Byline: Alex Friedrich
Sep. 5--I lost 2 pounds. Go figure. I lost 2 pounds after nine days of eating nothing but grease and sugar and batter and meat on a stick. My bad cholesterol went up only slightly, my waistline remained the same, and my glucose remained within reason. Take THAT, dietitians. You can keep your calorie counters and nutrition pyramids. Chubbalard smells a new diet fad. It was a diet -- a Pioneer Press-financed binge through every State Fair treat on a stick -- that began as throwaway joke among editors. It went from "Gee, imagine if someone had to eat everything on a stick" to "Gee, why don't we get some sucker reporter to eat ...
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