DASH Diet nabs top ranking from U.S. News & World Report; TLC, Mayo Clinic and Weight Watchers also score high
Magazine ranks trendy Dukan and Paleo Diets as the worst
CommentsBY LINDSAY GOLDWERT / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Wednesday, January 4 2012, 6:00 AM
Updated: Wednesday, January 4 2012, 12:24 PM
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Once again, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the DASH diet tops for health and weight loss.
For the second year in a row, the magazine praised the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) as an all-purpose health and its ‘Best Diet Overall” for lowering cholesterol, battling hypertension, and for weight loss.
The diet, which is endorsed by the National Institutes of Health also scored high for helping people control their diabetes and preventing heart disease.
Also a bonus: The DASH diet doesn’t require paid memberships, prepackaged foods or restrictive eating plans.
Coming in at number two was the (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) or TLC Diet. This no-frills but highly rated plan was created by the National Institutes of Health.
U.S. News gave the thumbs up to this diet for people that want a no-nonsense plan that lowers cholesterol and promotes heart health.
Jennifer Hudson is right to be singing Weight Watchers’ praises. The PointsPlus plan is a winner for its emphasis on fruits and vegetables, lots of online and group support and handy guides to eating in and out of the house.
Tied with Weight Watchers for third place: The Mayo Clinic Diet for its ability to take on diabetes and the Mediterranean Diet for its emphasis on fruits and vegetables, olive oil, fish, and other nutritious (and delicious) food choices.
Want to try the trendy Dukan Diet? Don’t bother.
Experts blasted the diet as restrictive, unncessarily complicated and just plain "idiotic."
The Paleo Diet, a plan based on the idea of eating lean meats and greens like our cave-dawelling ancestors, scored at the bottom of the barrel for being just too hard to for the average dieter.
Here’s the full list of U.S. News & World Reports Best Diets Overall
1. DASH Diet
2. TLC Diet
3. Weight Watchers
3. Mayo Clinic Diet
3. Mediterranean Diet
6. Volumetrics Diet
7. Jenny Craig Diet
8. Biggest Loser Diet
8. Ornish Diet
10. Vegetarian Diet
11. Slim-Fast Diet
12. Flat Belly Diet
12. Nutrisystem Diet
14. Abs Diet
14.South Beach Diet
14. Vegan Diet Overall
17. Eco-Atkins Diet
17. Glycemic-Index Diet
17. Zone Diet
20. Macrobiotic Diet
20. Medifast Diet
22. Atkins Diet
22. Raw Food Die
24. Dukan Diet
24. Paleo Diet
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