Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean Diet can be attributed to the recognition that of those living in Europe, those in the Mediterranean live longest on average. Studies believe that the secret lies in their diet. This is not a concrete and strict diet plan like South Beach or Atkins, in fact, it is recommended by the World Health Organization to help you live longer. It is probably the most natural and healthy of all diet plans. Followers of such diet include Brooke Burke and Penelope Cruz.

With the Mediterranean Diet, you consume loads of fruits, bread, potatoes, cereal, yoghurt, pasta, fish, and beans. Olive oil is used for cooking and dressings. Moderate consumption of wine, cheese, and yoghurt. The only drawback of this diet is the high reliance on seasonal produce of the area.

Cabbage soup diet

This diet caught the fancy of many when it was proposed due to its utter simplicity. Sarah Michelle Gellar is a fan of the diet. Proponents of Cabbage soup diet claim that by consuming low-calorie cabbage soup for a period of seven days you can lose
10 lbs of weight. It is only a short term program for weight loss.
In the opinion of nutritional experts it is not possible for body to lose 10 lbs of fat in a week; what you will lose by following this plan is body water, and it will be highly detrimental to health. This diet is considered a fad diet. However, there are many who believe in it and there are many variants of this plan still in circulation.

Fat Smash Diet

The Fat Smash Diet of Dr. Ian Smith is an approach to weight loss not as a quick fix solution but as a lifestyle approach. It gained prominence because of the Celebrity Fit Club TV program on which people could see it being put in practice. It focuses on healthful diet, filling foods, and lot of exercise as a necessary accompaniment. This plan focuses on low calorie content of the diet which is easy to follow. This plan does not make tempting claims of fast weight loss; it can be followed whether you are looking for a small or a heavy weight loss.

This is a 4 phase plan; first three phases extending to about 8 weeks and the fourth phase being a lifetime phase. This plan lays as much stress on regular exercises as on proper diet control.