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 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…

The LA Weight Loss Plan

LA Weight Loss is a center-based weight-loss program that promises to teach people how to lose weight quickly and keep it off. Dieters following the LA Weight Loss program receive a customized plan and support designed to address their individual needs.

LA Weight Loss: How the Program Works

As part of the LA Weight Loss program, you will…

Joy Bauer’s Your Inner Skinny Diet

People who suspect they have a skinny person (or at least a fit and trim person) hidden inside can turn to dietitian Joy Bauer’s diet and exercise plan and book, Your Inner Skinny, to learn how to make the changes that lead to weight loss and let the smaller you out.

“Registered dietitian Joy Bauer has written a…

The hCG Diet

At the top of the list of odd diet fads, the hCG diet has been widely discredited by scientists, but remains popular because of its weight-loss promise. The diet requires that you eat only 500 calories a day and get daily injections of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG.) Also available in pill form, hCG is the hormone…