There are many approaches to dieting and many claims for great success with various fad diets. To date, although many diets achieve effective immediate weight loss, none has emerged as an effective tool for maintaining healthy weight. The only definite recommendation that can be made about any diet plan is to be sure it includes an exercise program, assuming there are no health problems to forbid it.
Atkins, Beverly Hills, Grapefruit, LEARN, Mediterranean, Ornish, Weight Watchers, Zone. This list is only a small sampling of... Read more »
Read all of our reviews of popular diets. The Atkins diet has been around since the 1970’s but it was the re-release of the Dr. Atkins... Read more »
This is not a diet blog. Diets don't work. As I point out in the Younger Next Year books: "the message from thousands of studies, over... Read more »
I have been very hesitant about embracing genetic testing because I really don’t want to know about my inherited risk of getting... Read more »
The next three food trends predicted for 2011: There will be more "light" products flooding the food aisles Consumers are... Read more »
According to new research, in the "maintenance" phase that occurs after initial weight loss, the popular Ornish and South Beach diets seem to be... Read more »
According to researchers, a modified Atkins low-carb plan that substitutes plant-based protein for animal proteins may help dieters lose weight and... Read more »
The much maligned Atkins diet has won first place in a rigorous nationwide study of four popular weight-loss systems. Researchers at Stanford... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One of the hottest diet trends of the past decade is back, but this time, meat is taking a backseat to vegetables. New research... Read more »
A soon-to-be-released survey has found that the number of Americans on a diet is the lowest its been in twenty years. The survey scrutinized the... Read more »