The Diet Roundup: an alphabetical list of various weight loss and diet programs. Ratings and reviews are strickly my personal opinions. It will be noted if I’ve personally tried a diet plan or know someone who has. Please make up your own mind what is BEST for you and SEE YOUR DOCTOR FIRST before starting any weight loss or fitness program.
The Diet Pulpit promotes HEALTH and a healthy eating plan (not any one particular “diet”). The information here is solely for our reader’s convenience and enjoyment.
If you have a recommendation to add to the list, would like to add a brief comment or review of one of the diets, or ask a question feel free to leave a comment.
RATINGS:
- Paradisio (Praise) = text in bold
- Purgatorio (Neutral) - regular text = either neutral or not reviewed yet
- Inferno (Banish) = text in italics
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Alphabetical Diet List:
1-7 A-C D-F G-I J-L M-O P-R S-U V-Z
Misc. Diet Facts.
1-7
1 Day Diet
2 Day Slim Down
3 Hour Diet (low fat)
3 or 4 Day Diet - (fad) low calorie starvation diet
5 Day Miracle Diet (fad)
5 Factor Diet
6 Week Body Makeover - (Michael Thurmond) a program that customizes an eating plan based on your body type, designed to re-program your metabolism, combines healthy food advice with exercise plan, very good overall diet plan. Michael Thurmond ’s 6 Week Body Makeover - DVD with Bonus 6-day Mini Makeover Valued At $29.99 Absolutely Free
7 Day Diet (fad)
7 Step Diet
A-C
Abs Diet, The - by David Zinczenko, the editor of Men’s Health Magazine. Promises “6 pack abs in 6 weeks,” by eating 6 meals a day; meals based on “power 12″ foods, emphasis on whey supplements, ok fitness program (perhaps not for beginners) and geared more for men.
Accelerona-Carb Trapper Plus
Acutrim
Adiphen
Advantra Z
Advocare
Aet to Win
Algoxyll
Alkaline Diet
Alkaslim
Alli - diet pill, avoid! - any diet that tells you right on their website you might poop your pants is NOT one I will ever try.
Almased
Akavar 20/50 - only thing this diet is good for is a big laugh, total nonsense
American Longevity
Ana Bruce Diet
Anne Collins (low-carb)
Anorex
Apple Cider Vinegar Diet - 1 to 3 tsps before each meal (fad)
Aprinol
Arnot Revolutionary Weight Loss
Atkins Diet - (high protein, low carb) - I tried it many years ago (did not have much success with it, gained weight), when I spoke with the staff by phone and email they said “EAT MORE CARBS” then what was recommended in the books, otherwise metabolism shuts down without enough carbs.
Avon Slim Well
Axokine
Bariatric Surgery - medical procedure, see Gastric Bypass Surgery
Beautyvisions
Beck Diet Solution - The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person
Berry Trim Plus
Best Life Diet by Bob Greene - The Best Life Diet
Beverly Hills Diet
Biggest Loser Club - online access to diet and exercise plan used by contestants on TV’s the reality show Biggest Loser. The Biggest Loser: The Weight Loss Program to Transform Your Body, Health, and Life–Adapted from NBC’s Hit Show!
Bill Phillips’ Body for Life
Bio Trim
Bioflex
Biogenisis
Biosculpt
BioSlim
Blood Type Diets - lot of mumbo jumbo science (also Eat Right 4 Your Type)
Body by Jake
Body Flex
Body Maxx AM PM
Body of Confidence
Body RX
Body Solutions
Body Wraps
Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle - available as an eBook, focus on protein, carb cycling every 3 to 4 days include healthy carb to maintain healthy metabolism, exercise, a very comprehensive plan. I’ve tried this one and recommend it.
Business Plan for the Body
Cabbage Soup Diet (fad) - however, a healthy light soup can be part of a solid eating plan
Callogen protein diets
Calorie Restriction Optimal Nutrition Society
Calorad
Cambridge
Camp Shane
Carb Away
Carb Blockers
Carb Cutter
Carb Eliminator
Carbo 14 Day Lifetime Diet Plan
Carbo Lock
Carbohydrate Addict’s LifeSpan (low-carb)
Carbojenics
Catabolic Diet
Chasing Freedom
Chicken Soup Diet
Chitosan
Chitosol
Choose to Lose
Chromaslim
Chromium Picolinate - supplement
Church of Thin - cult-like program sponsored by a so-called “church.” NOT recommended. Totally whacky advice.
Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
Cortislim
CRAN Diet
Curves for Women
D-F
Dermalin
Detox Diets
Dexatrim - over the counter appetite control (not recommended)
DHEA
Diet Center
Diet Cure
Diet Fuel Pills
Diet Power
Diet System 6
Diet Teas
DietWatch Program
Diet Workshop
Dietsmart
Different Bodies, Different Minds
Dinomins
Diuretic (detox)
Don Lemmon
Dottis Weight Loss Zone
Dr. Bernstein
Dr. Phil McGraw “diet book” - very good overall diet advice. The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom
Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet
Eat and Burn Diet
Eat Great, Lose Weight
Eat More, Weigh Less - see Ornish Diet
Eat Right 4 Your Type - rubbish, see also blood type diets
Eat to Win
Eat Yourself Thin
Eclipse, The
eDiets - Personalized diet and weight loss programs with customized weekly menus, recipes, support boards, chats, nutrition tools, and fitness tips
Egg Diet
Elimination Diet (allergy avoidance diets)
Ellipticals
Equation Diet
Escape Your Shape
Estrolean
Extreme Power Plus
Fast Track
Fastrim
Fat Burners
Fat Fallacy, The
Fat Flush Plan (detox, low-carb)
Fat Foe - supplement made from eggplant extract, total nonsense
FatLoss4Idiots (formerly WeightLoss4Idiots) (high protein)
Fat Smash Diet - Celebrity Fit Club Online Diet and Fitness Program (Dr. Ian Smith)
Fat Trapper
Feel-Good Diet
Fibersol
Firm, The
Fit by Friday
Fit for Life
Flenfluramine/phentermine (Fen/Phen)
F-Plan (low fat, high fiber)
G-I
Gastric Bypass - medical procedure, when needed can be a very positive option, but it is NOT a cure all, to often there is not enough follow up to provide adequate nutrition and counseling to over come underlying behavior and emotional issues. Online support group and information: Weight Loss Surgery.
Genicil
Get with the Program by Bob Greene
Glycemic Impact Diet (Low Glycemic Diet) - ediet, combines best Zone and South Beach - pretty good diet plan.
Glycemic-Load Diet (Low Glycemic Diet)
GlycoLEAN
GR Diet
Green Smoothie Diet - a healthy way to get lots of nutrients, Green for Life
Grapefruit Diet (fad)
Grow Lean
Gut Busters
The Hacker’s Diet - lots of numbers
Hampton’s Diet (low-carb) - similar to Atkins, with an emphasis on healthier fats
Hawaii Diet
Hay Diet
Herbal Magic
Herbal Phen-Fen
Herbal Supplements
Herbalife - shakes, teas, bars, supplements
High Fiber Diet
Hilton Head Diet
Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet
Hoodia Gordonii - supplement made from a succulent plant from South Africa - THERE IS VERY LITTLE REAL HOODIA AVAILABLE, what is sold in almost all the supplements is either in too small an amount with a lot of filler or NOT the real thing. Read consumer alert: Hoodia Gordonii weight loss pills scam.
Hunza Miracle Bread
Hydroxycut
IBS Low Starch Diet (relieve symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Ice Cream Diet (fad)
Immune Power Diet
Inches-a-Weigh
Infinity 2
Inhalers
Isagenix
Insulin-Resistance Diet - very good advice and solid diet plan, especially if you have trouble losing weight, The Insulin-Resistance Diet : How to Turn Off Your Body’s Fat-Making Machine
Intuitive Eating
J-L
Jay Robb
Jenny Craig (low fat) - premade food delivered program, reviews from around the web describe the food as decent to good. (Celebrities: Valerie Bertinelli, Kirstie Alley)
Kashi Golean Shakes
Ketogenic Diet (low carb)
Kevin Trudeau’s The Weight Loss Cure “They” Don’t Want You To Know About - NOT recommended. SCAM, extremely complicated program. (Based on a weight loss cure published by Dr. Simeon’s, a british medical doctor in the 1950’s, using a perscription injection, designed to reset an under-active hypothalamus gland.) Note: Trudeau has had numerous interactions with the U.S. judicial system, including multiple fines and a larceny conviction
KimKim - NOT recommended
Laminaria Extract
Lap-Band - medical procedure
LA Weight Loss (Whoopie Goldberg - lost 40 lbs) - Lady Rose’s sisters had a lot of success following this program.
Laze Diet System
L-Carnitine
Le Marc de Raisins
Lean for Life
Lemonade Diet (a.k.a. Master Cleanse) - NOT recommended
Leptoprin
Lindora
Lipoban
Liquid Diets (detox, fasting)
Lipodrene
Liver Cleansing Diet (detox) - Dr. Cabot
Loma Linda Diet
Loose the Bums Diet
Low Carbohydrate Diets
Luprinol
M-O
Mannatech
Marilu Henner
Master Cleanse (detox) - fasting (NOT recommended)
Mastering Leptin: Mastering Leptin: The Leptin Diet, Solving Obesity and Preventing Disease, Second Edition
Medifast- medically approved, 25 year history, provides 5 pre-packaged meals and 1 lean & green (homemade) meal a day; eating plan keeps body in mild ketosis; free support (health advisor as well as by phone with medical staff), online forums, very good overall plan. I have tried this and feel it is an excellent option if you have a lot of weight to lose and you are ready to make a big change and stick with it, cost for their food is about the same as you would spend grocery shopping. For more info. contact Susan Milligan.
Mayo Clinic Diet (low fat), very good diet
Mediterranean Diet
Melaleuca
Mentabo Patch
Meridia (Sibutrimine)
Meta-Biological
Metabo Ultra Max
Metabolic Research
Metabolic Syndrome Program
Metabolife
Metabo-Lite
Metasystem Diet
MeTrim
Miami Diet
Micro Diet
Miracle Tab
Mommy Style
Montignac
Muscle Gaining Diet (high protein)
Natural Trim
Neanderthin: Eat Like a Caveman (low-carb)
Negative Calorie Diet
New Direction
Nutricise
Nutricounter
Nutrisystem (Low Glycemic Diet) - premade food delivered program; various reviews from around the web rate the food ok, so-so, to ick. Every one’s taste is different.
Oasis Inthinity
Optifast
Orgasmic Diet - The Orgasmic Diet: A Revolutionary Plan to Lift Your Libido and Bring You to Orgasm
Ornish Diet - great diet to for heart health, very low fat, basically vegetarian, recommended daily calories are 1,520, with 17 fruits and vegetable servings, very good diet plan with good results (but can be hard to stick too for some) designed by Dr. Dean Ornish (author of Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish’s Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) - support group
Oxycise
P-R
PACE
Paleo Diet
Patent Lean
Peak Performance
Peal Away the Pounds
Peanut Butter Diet
Peel Away the Pounds
Pentabosol
Petrotrim
Phat Preditor
Phosphosterine
Physicians Weight Loss Centers
Picture Perfect
Pi Gu Diet - based on ancient Chinese teachings
Plant Macerat
The Pocket Diet - reviewed 6/20/06
Popcorn Diet
Power 90
Prism Diet
Pritiken Diet (low fat)
Pro Lean
Protein Power (high protein, low-carb)
Pulse Diet
Puralin
Pyruvate
Quick Weight Loss Centers
Radiant Health
Raw Food Diet (detox) - excellent healthy way to eat, The Raw Food Detox Diet: The Five-Step Plan for Vibrant Health and Maximum Weight Loss
Relora
Richard Simmons’ Never-Say-Diet Book
Rice Diet Program - (designed by a medical doctor, successful for many years in treating obsity, detox, low fat, low sodium, excellent program) The Rice Diet Solution: The World-Famous Low-Sodium, Good-Carb, Detox Diet for Quick and Lasting Weight Loss
Rosedale (low-carb)
Rotation Diet (allergy avoidance diets)
Royal Jelly
S-U
Scan Diet
Scarsdale Diet (low fat)
Scharzbein Principle
Scott & White Diet
Seattle Sutton
Select Trim
Senna
Shapefast
Shrink Yourself (focus on emotional issues of overeating) - excellent companion book no matter what healthy eating plan you follow.
Simply Weight Loss
Skinny Pill
Skinny Rules by Edita Kaye
Sleep A-Weigh
Slim Down Express
Slim Down Solution
Slim Fast - not very effective (contain lots of sugars), there are far better quality protein shakes on the market that are actually good for you and will help curb appetite.
Slim in 6 -combines cardio with light resistance moves to help you burn fat and scult lean body
Slimpatch
Smart Technique
Solution, The
Sonoma Diet, The - low-carb diet with a Mediterranean theme, but is complex and very restrictive, difficult to stay on.
South Beach Diet - not as low carb as Atkins; based on eating low-glycemic foods (foods that don’t raise blood sugar) which decreases cravings for sugar and refined carbs, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss
Soy Protein Shakes
SparkPeople - lots of online resources and support for weight loss.
Special K Diet
Spirulina
Stop the Insanity by Susan Powter, infomerical from early 90’s.
Subway Diet
Suddenly Slim
Sugar Busters (lmoderate-carb)
Sun Slim Weight Loss
SureSlim
Suzanne Somers
Synadrene
Synephrine
Taoist Long Life Diet - based on ancient teachings, sound nutrition guidelines for healthy food choices, promotes whole foods, organic and locally grown, eat only real food (not artifical unnatural, overly processed foods); combined with Qi Gong and\or T’ai Chi exercise.
T- Burn Fat Attack Combo
T-Factor Diet
Thermalean
Thermoburn
Thermocarb
Thermogenics
Thermojetics
Thermo-Lift
Thermoslim
Thin-Within
Thyro-Slim
Trim Factor
Trim Life
Trim Spa
Turbo Protein Diet
Turbo Trim
Ultimate Carb Phaser 1000
Ultimate Lean Routine
Ultimate Weight Solution
Ultra Carb
Ultra et Slim Pastilles
Ultra Lipo Lean
Ultrametabolism - sound advice for a healthy eating plan based on a diet plan to reduce inflammation, toxins and imbalances in the body, Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
Usana
V-Z
Vegetarian Diets
Vital Solutions
Volumetrics - focus on foods with high volume, low fat and low calorie (i.e. soups, vegetables, etc.), based on Penn State research. Focus: maximize the amount of food you can eat for a given caloric intake; mostly by eating reduced-fat products, adding in lots of vegetables, and using low-fat cooking techniques.The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan: Feel Full on Fewer Calories
Walk Away the Pounds
Warrior Diet
Weigh Down
Weight Loss Surgery - see Gastric Gypass Surgery
Weight Perfect
Weight Watchers FlexPoints (low fat) - great program, sound eating advice. Weight Watchers
Xenadrine
Xenadrine EFX
Xenaplus
Xenical (Orlistat)
You, On A Diet - (book) very safe, sensible weight loss information, low-fat, focuses on Food Guide Pyramid nutrition and exercise, You: On A Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management
Youthin
Zetacaps - nonsense, sold as an appetite suppressant (claims to be the equivalent of a gastric bypass operation.)
Zone Diet (low-carb) focus is on a balance of carbs, fats and proteins, (maximum calorie burning is 40 percent carbohydrate, 30 percent protein, 30 percent fat. Designed to keep your blood sugar and hormones at optimal levels so that you can better fight obesity and diseases. Mastering the Zone: The Next Step in Achieving SuperHealth and Permanent Fat Loss
Zotril (Zotrin)
Zumba by Beto - informercial, food and exercise plan (Latin Dancing), advise lose weight having fun.
Zymax - diet pill, unsafe
Misc. Diet Facts:
All good diet plans have a LOT in common - sound recommendations for nutrition, hydration, and fitness, and include a maintenance plan for after the weight loss phase. There is no one right solution for every person and no magic cure to weight loss - bottom line it is about calories and exercise. What works is finding a plan or combination of plans that YOU can stick with for a lifetime and that helps you reach your goals in a healthy way. The various theories and plans cover a range of approaches such as: low carb, good carbs vs bad carbs, high protein, glycemic index, supplements, meal timing, food combinations, prepackaged foods or grocery store foods vs organic raw foods or whole foods; cardio vs no cardio, etc. In addition to a weight loss plan, there may be emotional issues or medical issues that also need to be addressed in order to successfully reach your healthy weight and fitness goals.
High protein, low carb diets work, but are hard to maintain long term. Metabolizing protein does require a higher amount of water than carbohydrates or fats, so it’s important to consume a lot of water when on a high protein diet. High protein diets should never be used by any one with kidney problems.
Why do 90% of all diets fail?
Fad diets just flat out don’t work. Diet pills and weight loss over the counter supplements are dangerous. Healthy sound eating plans do work, but often fail because hit a plataeu and give up, lack of support, return to old habits before or once goal is reached.
Those who have succeeded agree — it takes time, it takes commitment, and it is worth it.
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