Diet Review and Overview: NutriSystem
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: 1-2 lbs per week Type of Diet: Program based low-calorie, balanced meals Health concerns: This is a fairly balanced diet, but may not be ideal Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Medifast
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: loss of 2-5 pounds per week during the first two weeks and 1-2 pounds a week thereafter Type of Diet: Well-balanced small meals List of Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: The Mayo Clinic Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Diet claims 6 to 10 pounds of weight loss within the first two weeks and then 1-2 pounds loss per week Type of Diet: Balanced Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Macrobiotic Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Varies. You can lose weight by reducing your daily calories, but this diet is more of a lifestyle than a weight-loss plan. Type of Diet: Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Jenny Craig
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: One to two pounds a week Type of Diet: Prepackaged meals for weight loss. List of All Diet Overviews About The Diet Jenny Craig’s diet Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Glycemic-Index Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Varies, 1-2 lbs. per week Type of Diet: Low-glycemic List of All Diet Overviews About The Diet All carbohydrates have a glycemic index (GI). The Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Gluten-Free Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Varies Type of Diet: Gluten-free. Health Concerns: If you have Celiac disease or a gluten intolerance, please consult a medical doctor because you may need Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Eco-Atkins
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: About 3.5 pounds per week Type of Diet: Low-carb, ketogenic, vegan diet that also cuts calories. This diet may be unsafe for certain individuals.* List Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Dr. Shapiro’s Picture Perfect Weight Loss
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Varies, based on individual choices. Try to lose no more than 1-2 lbs per week for the best long-term results. Type of Diet: Balanced meals, Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: One to two pounds a week. Type of Diet: Low-carbohydrate / Carbohydrate-controlled. List of All Diet Overviews About The Diet While the diet is called Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Cambridge Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: 2 to 4 pounds a week Type of Diet: Fad diet, Liquid diet, must purchase and eat their products. This is an extreme calorie restricted Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Body Reset Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: 2 to 4 pounds a week Type of Diet: Liquid Diet This diet may be unsafe for certain individuals.* List of All Diet Overviews About Continue Reading
Diet Review and Overview: Biggest Loser Diet
The Skinny Average Weight Loss: Usually 1-3 pounds per week. Type of Diet: Balanced Diet, Calorie Restriction with calories consisting of 25% fat (of which saturated fat is limited to Continue Reading
Diet Myth Busters: Eating meat is bad for my health and makes it harder to lose weight.
Eating lean meat in small amounts can be part of a healthy plan to lose weight. Chicken, fish, pork, and red meat contain some cholesterol and saturated fat, but they also contain healthy nutrients like iron, protein, and zinc.
Diet Review and Overview: Acid-Alkaline Diet
This diet (popular among celebrities) claims to help your body maintain your blood ph level to ward off disease. Research strongly suggests that food has little impact on blood ph as your body is constantly adjusting levels on its own without our help. However, whether or not this diet does what it claims (helps you lose weight, avoid cancer and arthritis among other claims) the food choices allowed on this diet are quite healthy.
Diet Review and Overview: Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Dr. Andrew Weil created this diet with the idea that by following a special diet you can help counteract chronic inflammation that is the root cause of many serious diseases. He claims his diet may have a positive impact on preventing or improving symptoms of: Heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, Age-related disorders, including many cancers, and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
Diet Review and Overview: HMR Diet
This diet plan focuses on teaching you how to make healthy food decisions about the way you eat and how to incorporate more fruits and vegetables while losing weight. The plan involves reducing calories by using shakes (and other HMR products) as a meal replacement. The plan is most effective when you participate in the supervised program.
Diet Review and Overview: Master Cleanser (Lemonade Diet)
This is a fad diet tried by many, and even adored by some. Celebrities have been using this diet to crash off weight for almost a 50 years, which may be one of the reasons this diet makes a comeback from time to time.
Diet Review and Overview: Abs Diet
This diet can seem a little overwhelming at first, but it will teach you a lot about food and get you thinking about what you are eating. It is important to note that this diet is specifically designed to try and attack belly fat and give you a nice 6-pack abdomen so you must do the exercise part of the plan as well.
Diet Review and Overview: 17 Day Diet
This diet takes dieters through four cycles in 17-day increments. Proponents of this diet say that changing your plan every seventeen days helps avoid plateaus and boredom and makes it mentally easier for people to stay on the plan longer.
Diet Review and Overview: 3-Day Diet (The Military 3-Day Diet)
This diet started to appear in the 80s. The basic goal is to promote fast weight loss, as well as giving you more energy and a body cleanse. Once the three days have passed the dieter is allowed to resume normal eating for another three or four days before returning to the diet for three days.