U.S. News and World Report evaluated and ranked the 20 popular diets from a panel of health experts including nutritionists, dietitians, cardiologists and diabetelogists. Besides the overall ranking, categories were also created to rate the diets by Best Weight-Loss Diets, Best Heart-Healthy Diets, and Best Diabetes Diets, To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, and effective for weight loss and against diabetes and heart disease. The government-endorsed Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) snagged the top spot. Here is the rankings of best overall popular diets.
1. DASH Diet
2. Mediterranean Diet
3. TLC Diet
4. Weight Watchers Diet
5. Mayo Clinic Diet
6. Volumetrics Diet
7. Jenny Craig Diet
8. Ornish Diet
9. Vegetarian Diet
10. Slim-Fast Diet
11. Nutrisystem Diet
12. Vegan Diet
13. South Beach Diet
14. Eco-Atkins Diet
15. Zone Diet
16. Glycemic-Index Diet
17. Medifast Diet
18. Raw Food Diet
19. Atkins Diet
20. Paleo Diet
Below is the best diet by categories
Best Weight-Loss Diets
1. Weight Watchers
2. Jenny Craig The Raw Food Diet
Best Heart-Healthy Diets
1. The Ornish Diet
2. The TLC Diet
3. Dash Diet
Best Diabetes Diets
1. Dash Diet
2. Mayo Clinic Diet The Ornish Diet The Vegan Diet
Best Commercial Diet Plans
1. Weight Watchers
2. Jenny Craig
3. Slim-Fast
