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: Today, one-third to one-half of all watermelons sold in the United States are seedless, and in California the rate is seven in eight. The melon miniaturist movement continues. In California, one of the leading producers of watermelons (Florida is the biggest), stores are stocked with melons the size of cantaloupes. " As family size decreases, consumers want something smaller," says Dana Abercrombie, director of the California-Arizona Watermelon Association. Today's "personal" watermelon weighs only two or three pounds. It should be perfect for folks on a watermelon diet. " It's just a one-meal melon," Abercrombie says "—something you can cut in half and say, 'Here, Honey, you eat this.'" Is That Melon Ripe? Large or small, how do you tell when a watermelon is ripe? Most experts advise starting with the color of the rind.