How many of you have tried to diet? Come on, I know you all have! Which ones have you tried?

Everyone today has a special diet. I know some of you probably have tried the Atkins Diet, the South Beach Diet. What others?

Some of you eat gluten free! Some of you cut out other allergens, like peanuts, or shellfish. A while back the rage was “mono meals.” The mono meal diet meant you ate only one thing, a fruit like bananas or a vegetable like potatoes. (This kind of eating regimen didn’t work so well for Daniel Boone, who at his home in Missouri died in 1820 when he was 86 of “dietary indiscretion,” which some friends revealed was his overeating of sweet potatoes, his favorite food. He just kept eating them, day after day, until one day he sat down in a corner, complained of feeling sick, an…