The Slimming World diet program was developed in the United Kingdom by Margaret Miles-Bramwell in 1969. She continues to heads up the program today. According to their website they have helped over five million people to lose over 60 million pounds over the years the company has been in existence. The website states that the [...]

Diets that have been based on the glycemic index of food have been around for several years. South Beach, Sugar Busters, and The Zone Diet are examples of diets that are based on eating foods that are low in carbohydrates. The Glycemic Impact diet takes into account the glycemic index of foods. This index is [...]

Weight Watchers has been in existence for many years now. They are a very reputable diet program that has worked for many people in the past. Their program works because they do not market their program as a diet but as a way to eat for life. Weight watchers started out having local meetings over [...]

High protein diets have been very popular in the past and have provided quick weight loss for many people. Some of the most popular weight loss programs that incorporate this type of plan are the Atkins Diet, The Zone Diet, and Sugar Busters. The premise behind these types of diets is to eat large amounts [...]

The Clear Liquid Diet is a plan that is implemented for different reasons. It is only temporary, as most people could not survive in a healthy fashion on this one for too long. One reason for using the Clear Liquid Diet is to prepare for surgery or medical tests requiring the stomach and the intestines [...]

Everyone knows how important it is to get a daily allowance of the right fats, as well as proteins. Sometimes, the problem with this is that the proteins you need can also be high in fat. Thus begins the search for ways to get low fat protein. Proteins are considered to be the “building blocks” [...]