Title: The Watermelon Diet
Headings: The Watermelon Diet
The Watermelon Diet
By Janet Ford, DietPower Senior Editor
What Is the Watermelon Diet?
A Super Food
Move Over, Tomatoes!
But Wait, There's More!
A Work in Progress
Is That Melon Ripe?
Kicking the Tires

Content: A Work in Progress
Watermelon isn't perfect. One big problem if you're on a watermelon diet is the fruit's bulkiness. Another is telling when a watermelon is ripe. If you've ever had a watermelon roll off the kitchen counter when you weren't watching, you'll appreciate this news: the Japanese have created a cube-shaped watermelon. ( Click here to see it .) Meanwhile, American growers are making watermelons smaller and smaller. In part, this stems (no pun intended) from the craze to make watermelons seedless. Melons without seeds are smaller and rounder than their seedy cousins. The technology for growing seedless melons has been around for half a century, but popular for only the last 20 years or so, says Warren Roberts, a watermelon expert and an associate professor of horticulture at Oklahoma State University.