Kansas State professor loses 27 pounds on snack cake diet

Little Debbie is more than just an illustration of a cute little girl featured on boxes for a nationally-distributed brand of snack cakes. She’s a diet plan!

Who knew?

Yesterday’s health report on cnn.com featured a story about Kansas State University’s Mark Haub, professor of human nutrition, losing 27 pounds by going on a ten-week diet of Little Debbie Nutty Bars, Swiss Rolls, muffins, powdered donuts, Hostess Twinkies, corn chips and Oreo cookies.