The Top 5 Popular Diets That Work!

Diet Fitness

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By Anwesha Barari

Friday, March 30, 2012, 14:22

Weight loss is a tricky issue, your best friend suggest one diet and your boy friend suggests another. But any of these top 5 diets will not disappoint you because they are by far the most popular diets to beat flab. Your specific weight loss agendas and health conditions do affect the choice of your diet and you still need to consult a trained dietician before you try one. However, these are generally considered the 5 best diets to lose weight.

Check out the top 5 diets for getting into shape.

Top 5 Diets That Work:

1. Weight Watcher's Diet: It is a popular diet that helps you manage you food intake in a very interesting way. Every food is assigned some value in terms of points. This value is calculated by assessing the fat, carbohydrate, protein and roughage content of the dish. If it is oily or fried or otherwise unhealthy it has higher points and healthy food like salads has less points. You will be given a specific points margin suitable for your height and weight ratio within which you have to choose foods. So in this way no food is off limits but you still manage your calories!

2. Atkins' Diet: It is basically the 'low carb' diet which we all swear by to lose instant weight, we just don't know that it is based on Dr. Robert Atkin's medical research paper. The paper and the diet are based on a phenomenon called ketosis or the burning of stored fats for energy. If you just stop consuming carbohydrates but fill your stomach with proteins and roughage then the body does not get into starvation mode but uses the stored fats instead of glucose from the carbohydrates for energy..

3. GI Diet: It is the best diet to lose weight quickly. GI stands for Glycemic Index or the rate at which food is digested. Foods that get digested quickly have high GI (like glucose, highest 100). This diet includes foods with lower GI and also some recipes that can help lower GI (like adding vinegar).

4. South Beach Diet: This is a very simple but top diet for weight loss because it functions on a very simple principle; eliminate bad fats and carbs from your table and replace them with good fats and carbs. Some fats like fish oil and olive oil are good because they have good cholesterol (omega-3-fatty acids). But deep fried foods have trans fats that clog arteries.

5. Medifast Diet: The popular diet where you break up your meals into 6 and get to choose 5 of them. The 6th one is supposed to be 'lean and green'. This diet allows you choice but the choices given are always healthy so you end up losing weight. It makes you eat small portions so you never go hungry.

Follow some good health tips and opt for one of these top diets to shape up.

Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.