Continued from The Israeli Army Diet.

Before the “chocoholics” start rejoicing, the Chocolate Diet is not the answer. It requires loading up on liquids and using a chocolate powder, supplement or pill to blend with milk or water.

This plan is supposed to act as a vitamin replacement, fight against heart disease, high blood pressure and replenish your body. (more…)

Continued from The Raw Food Diet.

Why not cooked? When a food is heated to over 110 degrees, its enzymes are destroyed.

To help with digestion, the pancreas must then produce additional enzymes to aid the digestive process. It requires additional energy and stress for the body to produce its own enzymes. (more…)

Okay, admit it. At one point, many of us have felt we needed to shed a few pounds to maintain — or return to — our figure. So why not start up on the newest fad diet?

Unfortunately, all diets don’t stack up. Many will do more to having you look like the Goodyear blimp or leave you physiologically damaged. So here’s a list of 10 of the worst fad diets of all time. (more…)

Red wine and chocolate are health foods? According to physician and master-trained chef Ralph Felder, MD, PhD, author of The Bonus Years Diet, these “bonus” foods — along with fish, fruits and vegetables, nuts, and garlic — are proven to promote heart health and longevity.

The Bonus Years Diet offers meal plans and recipes that are not only tasty but will also trim waistlines, helping to add “bonus years” to your life, maybe.

The Bonus Years Diet has been developed as a nutritional alternative to the cocktail of common cardiovascular drugs, this eating plan emphasizes foods that ensure health, rather than depriving readers of foods they enjoy. (more…)

Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer magazine that rates consumer products, evaluated the leading diet plans based on the advice of top nutritional scientists and the results of clinical studies.

More than 40 percent of Americans are trying to lose weight. Most want to cut at least 35 pounds and cite improved health as their principle motivation.

The Volumetrics Eating Plan (a.k.a. the volumetrics diet) was rated the best weight-loss diet and The Best Life Diet as the top-rated diet book.

Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and Slim-Fast diets also received kudos. The volumetrics diet recommends eating foods high in volume and low in calories. (more…)

As I type this, 21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox is the third best selling book on Amazon.

So if you are currently trying to lose some weight and improve your health, should you buy 21 Pounds in 21 Days? Before we can answer this simple question, let’s ask and answer some other questions:

Question: Is it possible to lose 21 pounds in 21 days? Answer: Yes.
Question: Should you attempt to lose 21 pounds in 21 days? Answer: No.
Question: What is wrong with losing 21 pounds in 21 days? Answer: Everything. (more…)

Continued from Juice Fasting and High Fiber Diet Plan.

The Retro Diets: The 3 Day Juice Fast, Lemon Juice Fast, The Master Cleanser, etc.

The passé: These so-called “detox diets” had a Bohemian following in the ’70s, but during the aerobicized ’80s, “juice fasts fell out of favor,” says Susan Bowerman, the assistant director at UCLA Center for Human Nutrition.

“People didn’t want to feel weak and light-headed anymore. They wanted to sweat it out instead.”

The present: Beyonce attributed her slimmed-down physique in the film Dreamgirls to a liquid diet, although she admitted the weight came back once she returned to her usual eating habits. Noncelebrities have also found that liquid regimens are a quick way to drop pounds.

Anne, who works for a national chain of upscale gyms, followed a juice-based program whipped up by Jill Pettijohn, Donna Karan’s former personal chef and nutritional advisor. In a five-day plan, Pettijohn delivers six different beverages a day, to be consumed at particular intervals in a certain order. (more…)

Continued from High Fiber Diet.

The Retro Diet: The High Fiber Diet. In the 1980s best-seller The F-Plan Diet, author Audrey Eyton promised readers would lose weight by eating bulky, low-fat, high-fiber foods that make them feel fuller longer.

The passé: For many, the “F” word evoked images of dried prunes and gerbil-food cereals associated with promoting regularity.

The present: “Fiber has replaced protein in terms of what people are looking for,” says Lauren Slayton, founder of Foodtrainers in New York City, who emphasizes that both are equally critical to weight loss. (more…)