Another Dieting Strategy

             A few months ago I posted the dirty dishes diet. Well, friends, Alaskan viewers and all, I have come up with another diet.

                When I was majoring in physics people always asked what I could do with it. Most people had no idea. Now, that I’m a food science major people still have no idea but they think they do. Most people assume that I will be doing dietary work. This is not what really what food science is about. None-the-less I’ve come up with a new diet but from a food science perspective.

                This diet, like the dirty dishes diet, focuses on losing weight by reducing the appetite. Many of us may recall our dear friend John Watson’s disgust at some of the things found in the kitchen at 221 B Baker Street. We too may have felt revolted at some of these things. But we weren’t revolted until after they were revealed right?

                Yes, and therein lies the key to the diet.

                This diet is fairly inexpensive and highly educational. First you’ll need a do-it-yourself microbiology lab kit. You should be able to find this at your local Superstore. Then you’ll use this to check for the friendly neighborhood bacteria hiding in your own kitchen. It’s up to you what you decide to test. Maybe you’ll be interested in the bacteria growing on your counter, or what might be living in that raw cookie dough you were about to eat, or the chicken you thawed out in warm water instead of in the fridge. This part is up to your digression.

                Then following the instructions on your kit you will grow your cultures, take samples, stain them to check for different microbes, and finally identify the microbes and the food borne illnesses they can cause. I believe by this point your appetite will be successfully reduced and you will lose weight in no time! You will also become well versed in microbiology which will be a sure way to impress at the next party you attend.