A new diet or diet book comes out almost every day. Should you try one of them? If you choose wisely, most likely you won’t need to try yet another diet down the road.

Success will be yours—finally. Let us help you review the possibilities, then you pick the diet, diet program, or diet book that best suits you and your lifestyle.

Diet No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss by American Heart Association.

The book emphasizes eating nutritious foods without thinking in terms of “good” or “bad.”

By answering questions about your particular habits, you choose one of three personalized plans: Switch and Swap Approach, 75% Solution, or the American Heart Association Menu Plans.

Philosophy Fad diets don’t work, according to the American Heart Association. Although No-Fad Diet doesn’t promise miracles, it offers tools to personalize a plan to fit anyone’s lifestyle. AHA focuses on lifelong weight control and a positive attitude about food, activity, and body image.

Components The No-Fad Diet features three key components, called the Circles of Success: Think Smart, Eat Well, and Move More. The three components help you make changes in your diet and habits to bring you closer to your goal weight and help you maintain that weight.

Should you consider it? Yes, if you like self-help books. The book includes 190 healthful recipes accompanied by food exchanges and nutrition information. Because you choose a diet plan based on personal habits, it may be easier to adhere to it.

Designed for people who: Want to design their own approach using the three concepts of eating well, moving more, and thinking smart. For those who are motivated by making short-term goals, the plan stresses making a commitment to small goals by writing them down.

Opinion The No-Fad Diet, based on eating heart-healthy foods, encourages a slow weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week. It has been shown that people who lose weight gradually keep it off longer.

Two weeks of meal plans for 1,200, 1,600, and 2,000 calories per day feature recipes from the book, making it easy to jump in and get started.

We like that exercise is encouraged. If you seek a no-nonsense approach to weight loss, this self-help book is a pretty good start. [source] Note: To be continued…