Losing weight is often a New Year’s resolution. That’s good: to help you choose the right type of plan, ranking of the best diets published each year has just been unveiled.
Like every year, the American magazine US News and World Reportscrutinized – with the help of more than 30 nutritionists, doctors and epidemiologists – the diets to award the palm of the best diet 2023 according to different health criteria. Verdict: for the 6th consecutive year, this is the mediterranean diet (also called the Cretan diet), which topped the rankings in all categories among the 24 diets studied.
It is followed by two other tied regimes:
- THE DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), which combats high blood pressure and emphasizes fruits, vegetables, lean proteins and low-fat dairy products.
- and the flexitarian dietwhich focuses on fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods, but also allows occasional meat.
Once again, the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables, olive oil and fish, takes first place as the best diet.
The ranking also makes it possible to identify which are the best diets according to a particular health problem and/or objective.
- THE best diet to lose weight : the WW diet, formerly known as Weight Watchers, gets the top spot. The plan emphasizes not only weight loss, but also healthier eating and regular activity. The Points program, which assigns specific points to foods, with a daily Points budget, is more personalized than in the past.
- The best diet for a Healthy eating : the Mediterranean diet.
- The best diet for the heart : the Mediterranean diet.
- The best diet for diabetes : the Mediterranean diet.
- The best diet for bone and joint health : the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet tied.
- The system of government easiest to follow : the flexitarian diet.
Samantha Cassetty, a dietician, nutritionist and wellness expert in New York (who did not participate in the ranking) commented with WebMD this ranking: “the Mediterranean diet, number one overall, also scored high for diabetes, heart health, and bone and joint health.”
The nutritionist also recalled the common sense advice that should lead to avoid certain diets: “If you see rapid weight loss, this should be a warning signal. A healthy diet for weight loss is the one you can sustain for the long term”.
The system of government Mediterraneanan essentially “healthy” diet
The Mediterranean diet or Cretan diet is recommended according to numerous studies for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, but also in the prevention of osteoporosis, depression or cognitive decline.
The Mediterranean diet, praised by many studies for its health benefits, comes on the first step of the podium in the categories:
- Diets good for general health
- Fruit and vegetable diets
- Heart-healthy diets
- Diets good for reducing diabetes
- Easiest diets to follow
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