The Personality Type Diet

The Personality Type Diet was created by Robert Kushner, MD, a recognized expert in the field of nutrition and obesity. This weight-loss program takes into account how your personality and lifestyle affect your eating habits. Dr. Kushner’s Personality Type Diet has been praised by many experts and endorsed by the Mayo Clinic.

“The Personality Type Diet is not…

The Perricone Diet

Nicholas Perricone, MD, is a dermatologist who believes that certain foods contribute to inflammation, your body’s response to infection and injury. Other foods, he says, reduce inflammation and can slow down your body’s aging process. Perricone found that people who followed the diet he recommended in his first book, The Wrinkle Cure, also lost weight. Since then, Perricone…

The Park Avenue Diet

If you want to look rich and famous, you need to be trim and fit. The Park Avenue Diet, which was created by Manhattan doctor Stuart Fisher — who actually has a Park Avenue diet center where he practices — is more than just a diet. It also gives you tips for a complete makeover, including beauty,…

Nutrisystem

If you have watched any television lately you have probably seen a sports celebrity advertising the benefits of the Nutrisystem weight-loss system. This program was once based in nationwide weight-loss centers; now you order your meals over the Internet and they are delivered to your home.

How Does Nutrisystem Work?

“Nutrisystem is a low-calorie weight-loss program that offers…

The New Beverly Hills Diet

The first Beverly Hills diet, published in 1981, is considered one of the first fad diets. Its successor, the New Beverly Hills diet, is less extreme and claims to be more balanced. The diet is based on the theory of “conscious food combining,” meaning that when you combine foods in the wrong way it causes you to…

The Naturally Thin Diet

“You are naturally thin. You may not know it yet. But you just need to make some basic changes in your life so your natural thinness can shine through, no matter your body type.” So begins the book Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel, known to television audiences as a participant on the Martha Stewart Apprentice and…

The Mediterranean Diet

People seeking a diet steeped in history and based on geography may want to check out the Mediterranean Diet. This heart-healthy diet includes the food staples of people who live in the 16 countries around the Mediterranean Sea, such as Greece and Italy.

The Mediterranean diet emphasizes foods with healthy fats — those containing omega-3 fatty acids — plus other…

The Medifast Diet

When you first learned to ride a two-wheeler, you either did so the easy way or the hard way: training wheels or no training wheels. The Medifast Diet works for weight loss the way those training wheels did for balance and confidence, says dietitian Juliet Zuercher, RD, the director of nutrition services at Remuda Ranch, a treatment program…

The Mayo Clinic Diet

If you’re ready to dive into a quirky way of eating that involves lots of grapefruit, if you love following weight-loss plans promoted by the latest reality television stars, and above all, if you’re ready to shed a ridiculous number of pounds overnight, well, the Mayo Clinic Diet probably isn’t for you.

However, if you’re more interested in…

Master Your Metabolism

If you’re familiar with Jillian Michaels, the tough-as-nails trainer on TV’s The Biggest Loser, her 2009 book Master Your Metabolism might surprise you.

Surprise No. 1: Michaels reveals that she weighed 175 pounds when she was 12, and as a young fitness professional she lived on a diet of heavily processed foods, diet sodas, and little sleep.

Surprise No….

The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox

Health experts typically suggest that people who want to trim down should aim for about a pound or two of weight loss per week. However, a 2007 book intended to provide fast weight loss and cleanse your body of toxins, also known as a “detox,” makes the case for shedding weight much more quickly.

Detox: About the Martha’s Vineyard…