Peter D’Adamo’s book, “Eat Right 4 Your Type,” introduced the famous blood type diet in 1997. Though research on the idea is still pending, the diet has grown in popularity. It is less restrictive than some diets and doesn’t require special foods or supplements. Calorie counting or logging is not a part of this diet. The blood type diet focuses on eating intuitively according to your blood type.

The raw food diet plan is a famous diet, but most people don’t follow the diet to lose weight. Instead, many believe that eating food raw is the healthiest way to eat to promote optimal health.

Most raw food eaters are vegans, which means besides eating all or most of their food raw, they usually don’t eat anything with a face or anything that came from something with a face. Some raw food eaters, however, consume raw cheese or eggs.

A raw food diet is usually hard to stay on because of its limitations in food choices. People who follow a raw food diet eat a lot of the following foods: Continue Reading »

The 1,200 calorie diet is a famous diet and a simple diet. All dieters need to do is keep track of the calories they eat and not eat more than 1,200 calories each day for the diet to work. The 1,200 calorie diet works well for people who find counting calories the best way to lose weight. Here’s how it works: Continue Reading »

There are two fundamental truths about diets: if you follow a diet, you’ll lose weight, and if you cheat on a diet or go off a diet, you’ll gain weight.

The problem with diets is most are too restrictive. Sooner or later, cravings take over, especially when all those low calorie or low carbohydrate foods start to get boring. People were meant to enjoy eating, yet it’s hard to find a diet that can satisfy all your yearnings for certain foods.

The best way to lose weight is to just increase your consumption of fruits and vegetables, avoid processed food as much as possible, find healthy alternatives for the unhealthy foods you like and exercise regularly. However, if you feel you need a traditional diet to follow, here are some of the top famous diets that work: Continue Reading »

The Master Cleanse Diet–also known as the Lemonade Diet and Maple Syrup Diet–has been around for over five decades; however, it became famous when the celebrity Beyonce said she lost 20 pounds on the diet for the movie Dreamgirls.

Stanley Burroughs created the Master Cleanse Diet to help dieters lose weight fast and eliminate toxins and wastes from their bodies. The diet also purportedly helps people look younger, helps people sleep better, eases chronic pain and boosts energy levels in only ten days. Continue Reading »

The Atkins Diet plan is probably one of the most famous diets ever because people can eat generous portions of protein–even protein with fat–and still lose weight. Butter is also allowed on the diet.

Atkin’s book The New Diet Revolution was first published in 1972, and his philosophy about carbohydrates as a factor in weight loss rather than calories became extremely popular. Even today, it’s still one of the most famous diets.  Continue Reading »

People magazine reported that Kirstie Alley lost over 100 pounds, and by summer 2011, she was looking quite svelte. The 5′ 7″ famous actress who is notorious for her fluctuating weight had topped the scales at 230 pounds a few years prior to her impressive weight loss.

Alley credits her weight loss success to an organic line of supplement products she purportedly helped created with the help of a few health specialists. The weight loss program called Organic Liaison is a membership diet program, and anyone who wants to lose weight can join and have access to Alley’s weight loss tools online and have the organic weight control supplements shipped to his or her home.

Here are the pros and cons of Kirstie Alley’s famous celebrity weight loss products. Continue Reading »

The Caveman Diet Plan–also known as the Paleo diet– is another one of many famous diets that was first published in 2002 in the book The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain Ph.D. The diet is based on the idea that people have a genetic predisposition to eat the same types of foods their ancestors did thousands of years ago before the infiltration of agriculture. Continue Reading »

The Hollywood Cookie Diet was originally created in 1975 by Dr. Sanford Siegal. Soon other companies began offering protein powder infused cookies like Smart for Life, Sunset Health Products and Soypal Cookies. Smart for Life, which used to be in business with Dr. Siegal, parted ways in 2006.

Jaydine Sayer in “Worst Weight Loss Ideas We’ve Ever Heard!” states celebrity dieters Jennifer Hudson and Kate Winselt have both tried the Hollywood Cookie Diet. Continue Reading »