St. Louis Park, MN: A Minneapolis area man is celebrating what he refers to as the “Pioneer Diet.”"It is a perfectly balanced diet of protein, vegetables, and fruit.” Stated the man who’s other nutritional find was the recent “tailgaters diet” craze that swept through college sports parking lots this fall.

“This diet celebrates our ancestors, especially during this fall time of the year, by balance bear, corn, and cherries.  It has the colors of the season, combined with good nutrition.” Stated the proponent of the diet.

“Look, in theory, this is correct.  While bear meat is high in fat, it is also high in protein.  Corn is a great, nutritious vegetable, and cherries provide some very good anti-oxidants.” Stated one nutritionalist.

“But the thought that you can get this from a combination of gummy bears, candy corn, and Code Red Mountain Dew is about as preposterous as thinking you can get a full balanced breakfast from Oatmeal Stout Beer, Berryweise Beer, and Bailey’s Irish Cream in your coffee.”

“Hey, that was my idea too.”  Stated the Minneapolis area man.

While nutritionalists agree that the diet is absolutely not healthy, they do give him marks for the colorfulness of it.  “The multicolored gummy bears, the yellow, orange and while candy corn, and light red Code Red Mountain Dew certainly is colorful,” conceded one diet expert.

“DIET Code Red Mountain Dew.”  Cited the Minneapolis area man, “Its DIET Code Red Mountain Dew.”