Diet Plans

NOTE: Many have free sample meal plans listed.
Ratings: Above 3 stars - worth a look. 3 stars and below - think twice!

Weight Loss Diet	Rating
DietWatch An excellent balanced diet and exercise program that also has a course addressing emotional eating. Highly recommended.
Glycemic Impact Diet A balanced diet incorporating the GI and some of the best elements of other diets.
Diet.com Entire program based on comprehensive personality survey. Addresses all aspects of weight loss.
Weight Watchers The "household name" of weight loss programs. Balanced, proven, and used by millions.
Sonoma Diet A balanced mediterranean diet that emphasizes the joy of eating.
Best Life Diet Bob Greene's approach to weight loss emphasizes lifestyle habits.
Mayo Clinic Plan The official weight loss program and diet from health authority the Mayo Clinic
South Beach Diet A phenomenal best seller for over 2 years running. Despite a restrictive induction phase, has sensible advice about carbohydrates
SparkPeople An excellent goal-based weight loss program. Nutritional recommendations are high carb, moderate fat, low protein. Currently free of charge.
eDiets Very popular on-line diet program.
5 Factor Diet Popular diet encompassing a comprehensive fitness program. A celebrity favorite.
Burn the Fat - Feed the Muscle A comprehensive and balanced fat loss program by natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto.
Medifast A fast weight loss plan only for very overweight people (>80 pounds overweight).
Food Doctor Diet Plan that aims to "detoxify", improve health, and bring about weight loss.
NutriSystem Based on the Glycemic Index. No cooking. Food is shipped directly to you. See also NutriSystem for Men.
Biggest Loser Club Based on a TV show, this program combines an aggressive diet and exercise routine.
Zone Diet Dr Sears 40-30-30 plan is explained. A good plan - but a little too complex.
Anne Collins Best value download.
Body for Life / Eating For Life Aiming to build a better body, you will need a lot of commitment to follow this program.
5 Factor Diet Popular with celebrities, but very similar to other diets.
Change One (Readers Digest) Change one thing in your diet/lifestyle each week, and end up losing weight. A good 12 week plan.
Perricone's Prescription An 'anti-wrinkle' diet rather than for weight loss. But good nonetheless.
Mediterranean Diet A diet for health rather than weight loss.
Slim Fast The new Optima foods are a vast improvement over previous foods.
Atkins diet Not appropriate for everyone - but the Atkins Nutritional Approach can work.
Slim in 6 Aims to give you a beach body in 6 weeks.
Denise Austin Comprehensive on-line weight loss program called "Fit Forever" from fitness instructor guru Denise Austin.
Abs Diet Similar to Body For Life, but cashes in on the popularity of having a flat tummy.
Jenny Craig Too expensive and teaches you very little about nutrition.
TrueStar Health A large health portal offering a health program (including weight loss).
LA Weight Loss Too expensive and very pushy. We receive an overwhelming amount of negative feedback about LA Weight Loss.
Herbalife Lose weight and make money from home... sounds too good to be true.

Kids and Teens - Weight Loss Programs
Trim Kids Simply one of the best weight loss programs for children and teens around. Include nutrition, exercise, and behavior modification. Available as an on-line program with loads of tools.
SlimKids Also an excellent program (84 page book plus journal).
Fad Diets (what is a fad diet?)
WeightLoss4Idiots / FatLoss4Idiots A popular easy-to-follow weight loss program. May turn out to be a fad.
Subway diet Eat only Subway food and lose weight - there's a little bit more to it than that!
Grapefruit diet Recent research indicates there may be some evidence for weight loss properties of the grapefruit.
Negative calorie diet Sounds like a fad, but there is some small truth to the concept of 'negative calories'.
Cabbage Soup diet Diets based on a single food are rarely healthy.
Hollywood 48 hour miracle diet A simple juice fast.
3 day diet Not a sustainable weight loss technique but can be used for a quick (but usually temporary) weight loss.

See Also Fitness Program Reviews Weight loss programs where exercise is the prime emphasis (as well as nutrition). More Diets Brief outlines of even more diets! UK & Ireland based slimming programs Diet programs especially for England and Ireland. NZ & Australian diet programs No Longer Active: Diet Divas

Diet Plans

Kids and Teens - Weight Loss Programs

Fad Diets (what is a fad diet?)

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