The Influenza Diet

Title: 
The Influenza Diet

Word Count:
426

Summary:
Almost all diets are planned...except for this one.


Keywords:
The Mayo Clinic Diet, The South Beach Diet, Atkins Diet, Sonoma Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet, weight loss


Article Body:
You�ve heard of �The South Beach Diet� and �The Mayo Clinic Diet� but have you ever heard of �The Influenza Diet?� If not, you are missing out on a �real treat� and a terrific opportunity to help you lose and keep off those excess holiday pounds. By the way, it isn�t a diet that you can readily plan on starting, but it is one that forces itself upon you <i>quietly and suddenly</i>.

<b>�Tis the season to put on weight!</b> Yes, there is something about the month of December that convinces people that what they eat during that month will soon be forgotten by January. You�ve heard the joke: <i>December calories do not get counted!</i> Okay then, when your scale shows your weight has shot up by 13 lbs., who [or what] are you going to say counted the excessive baggage now resting around your gut? Hmmm?

<b>Here a diet, there a diet</b> So, which diet are you going to try? One that omits carbs? Another that restricts sweets? A third one that requires you to sip, not eat your daily nutritional intake? Sounds like fun for someone�maybe the author of the book [or  her publisher], the diet club, or the gym pushing the diet.

<b>Did you get your flu shot yet?</b> If you got a flu shot this year, likely you won�t get the flu. Unfortunately, that doesn�t protect you from the dozens of flu-like illnesses roaming our planet at any given time. Now for a real treat: if you contract an illness that attacks your intestine, plan on being laid up for several days. Also plan on losing a bunch of pounds as even the thought of food will make you sick! Yes, like it or not you are on �The Influenza Diet� or one of its many cousins. Ride the diet for what it is worth�drink plenty of water, munch on a few saltine crackers, because other than that you won�t be able to �stomach� anything else at least for several days.

When your appetite returns, gradually resume eating and return to your pre-holiday good eating habits. If the <u>urge to splurge</u> comes upon you, think back to those days when your very bones ached, your stomach churned, and the �porcelain throne� was your frequent companion. If that doesn�t set off a quiver in your liver, than nothing else will. Enjoy the lost pounds and your successful completion of <i>The Influenza Diet</i>.