The Most Successful Diets (Based on Nutrition Experts).
For the last 13 years U.S. News and World Report has selected a panel of health and nutriiton experts to determine which works well for individuals with diabetes, those interested in weight loss, and people with a family history or other risk factor for heart disease and more.
After examining 24 diets, the ones that scored the highest and were selected as eating plans that more people might find success with checked most of these boxes:
Tasty
Flexible
Convenient
Filling
Feature nutrient-rich foods and all food groups
Adaptable to the whole family or household
Diets that fell near the bottom checked the following:
Require rigid eating schedules or menus
Call for bland food
Tend to emphsize unfamilar ingredients or specialty products
Involve challenging restrictions
Elminate entire food groups or severely restrict calories.
The Top Five:
Flexitarian Diet
Mediterranean Diet
Mayo Clinic
Volumetrics
MIND
The Bottom Five
Optavia
Raw Food
Keto (sorry-very restrictive)
Jenny Craig
Slim Fast
The Bottom Line
The diets that were rated as easist to follow offered a lot of variety, were convenient and encouraged foods that reduce risk for disease, support balanced energy levels and are simply fun to eat.
The best diet strategy of all is one that adds to your quality of life, rather than subtracts from it.
Source: By Karla Walsh – Published: January 6, 2023
Reviewed by Jessica Ball, M.S. RD
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