Diets

A medical diet primarily designed to treat epilepsy in young children, the ketogenic diet has been proven to help two out of three children who follow it. The ketogenic diet imitates some aspects of malnourishment by...

When fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld began to struggle with his weight, he turned to Dr. Jean-Claude Houdret. Dr. Houdret custom designed a plan for Lagerfeld which helped him lose over 92 pounds in the course of a year...

Joel Furhman is an American family physician and former figure skater who is an advocate of a plant-based diet high in raw fruit and vegetable consumption. He claims that his Eat to Live programme can help prevent...

Jenny and Sidney Craig opened their first weight loss centres in Australia in 1983, and quickly opened numerous others in the US in 1985. Their empire now extends to over 550 weight loss centres which are located in the...

The Israeli Army Diet became a popular diet craze in the 1970s. It was erroneously credited as being based upon the diet used by new Israeli Army, but in reality had no connection with the army. It was a characteristic...

The Inuit diet, also known as the Eskimo diet, is based upon the supposed eating habits of the Inuit people, who traditionally consume protein as the bulk of their diet. Following the Inuit plan is relatively...

Often confused with low-carb diets popularized by Atkins, high protein diets are endorsed by bodybuilders as a way to increase muscles while losing fat. Current research indicates that people tend to lose weight more...

Health Management Resources, or HMR, creates weight loss management programmes for their clientele and sells products and services that support these goals. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Boston, HMR provides...

Developed by an American physician, Dr. William Howard Hay, the Hay Diet is one of the oldest food combining diets currently in use. Dr. Hay suffered a serious illness, Bright’s disease, and when near death began...

The Hallelujah Diet was created by Reverend George Malkmus in the 1970’s and based upon HYPERLINK “; o “Book of Genesis” Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 29, “Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing...

Designed by computer engineer and founder of Autodesk, Inc., John Walker, the Hacker’s diet uses spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel to monitor caloric intake and expenditures. By tackling his weight loss as an...

The Grapefruit diet, also known as the Hollywood diet and mistakenly as the Mayo Clinic diet, is a low-calorie, quick-weight loss diet which has no relation at all to any type of diet proposed by the actual Mayo Clinic...

Known as the “GI Diet”, the “low Glycemic Index diet”, and the “Glycemic Index diet”, this weight loss system purports to help participants lose weight if they pay attention to food rankings and only eat foods that are...

A gluten-free casein-free diet, also known as a GFCF diet, requires individuals to not consume any types of gluten or milk products. Gluten incorporates a wide array of food which contain cereals such as wheat, rye, or...

People who suffer from food allergies or specific conditions such as Celiac disease are often told to follow a gluten-free diet. This type of diet involves the elimination of all types of gluten from one’s diet. Gluten...

The predominantly vegan diet and health regimen known as the Gerson Therapy was invented by German physician Max Gerson in the early 20th century. Gerson claimed that his diet could cure cancer as well as alleviate many...

Billed as a simple weight loss plan that works without dieting, the Gabriel Method is based on a 2007 bestseller by Australian Jon Gabriel. Gabriel struggled with obesity for years, tipping in at over 400 pounds by the...

Also known as fructarians, this diet is a close relative of the vegan diet, with proponents only consuming the seeds, fruits, nuts, and other plant parts that can be harvested without hurting the plant. Many fruitarians...

Food combining advocates believe that foods belong in different categories according to their make-up and that by only eating specific foods together you improve your overall digestive health and avoid excessive weight...

A Flexitarian diet consists of primarily vegetarian options with occasional meat consumption. In other words, this type of diet has been used to describe vegetarians who occasionally consume meat. Flexitarians are a...