New 'Kissing Diet' Is Fun Supplement to Atkins, South Beach

The editors of Environmental Nutritiona leading newsletter of food, nutrition, and healthhave just launched their new "kissing diet," the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. EN's Kissing Diet requires dieters to ply their partners with a range of kisses calculated to shed calories.

New York, New York February 4, 2004 -- The editors of Environmental Nutritiona leading newsletter of food, nutrition, and healthhave just launched their new "kissing diet," the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. By following the Kissing Diet, dieters can drop weight while increasing pulse rates and pleasure.

EN's Kissing Diet requires dieters to ply their partners with a range of kisses calculated to shed calories. "We recommend that those folks working on losing weightor planning to tryadd EN's Kissing Diet to their weight loss strategy," said Betty Goldblatt, M.P.H., R.D., publisher and co-founder of Environmental Nutrition. "People should have a part of their diet that is totally fun."

EN's Kissing Diet recommends a group of five amusing kisses that it believes may help people lose weight, and add delight to any relationship. On average, a kiss will shed about nine calories per smack. But some kisses can shed more than 300, depending on the enthusiasm of the dieters.

This lite diet also requires its followers to couple their kissing routines with at least two romantic interludes in the bedroom per week, in order to make the diet effective in shedding at least nine pounds per year.

Kissing Calculus

EN's Kissing Diet
3 kisses/day at 9 calories/event X 365 days    =    9,855 calories
2 amorous interludes/week
at 212.5 calories/event X 52 weeks    =    22,100 calories
                    Grand Total    31,955 calories

The Diet's Key Kisses
The diet's key kisses include: the Coco Channel Kiss, the You're In the Army Now Kiss, the Olive Martini Kiss, the French Kiss and the Kiss From Ipanema. Visit the EN website for instruction on these entertaining kisses.
   
"We want people to know they can add a little variety to their weight loss strategies," Goldblatt said. "Diets don't have to be punitive. As a matter of fact, the 'Kissing Diet' is pure pleasure."

The Environmental Nutrition editors planned the Kissing Diet launch to coincide with Valentine's Day and the celebration of the newsletter's 27th year of publishing. "We think its great way to add some extra spice to your Valentine's Day festivities," Goldblatt said. "And we want to have some fun doing it."

Chocoholics Take Note!
Environmental Nutrition dietitians also note that chocolate lovers can safely follow the Kissing Diet while consuming an additional 13.77 pounds of the chocolate each year, and still maintain their same weight.

"We think a diet that includes more kissing and more chocolate is a good prescription for a happier lifemaybe even a better world," said Goldblatt.

She said no celebrity endorsements of the Kissing Diet were planned at this time.

For more information and the full low-down on how to have fun using EN's Kissing Diet, available for free, visit the Environmental Nutrition website: www.environmentalnutrition.com/kissingdiet .

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