Popular Diet Methods Reviewed

Summertime is approaching and, for those who have to lose weight and wand to wear their most beautiful bathing suit on the beach, it's time to think about starting a little diet.

Whether you have five or forty pounds to lose, the choice of the most healthy and effective diet is sometimes hard. There are hundreds of different diets out there, all with the pros and cons.

Whatever diet you choose, you will almost have to remove sugar and fat and deprive you of things you love, whether a burger, a pizza or shrimps in cream sauce.

Here is a review of some of the most famous diet programs that will help you to choose the one that will work for you.

Dr Atkins Diet - The fast weight loss method

This kind of diet method enables you to lose weight very quickly.

It is easy to follow and you may eat a great number and a large variety of food. While following this diet, you are not supposed to feel hungry; which is a positive point. On the other hand, since you take few carbs, it can produce a loss of energy and vitality when it is prolonged. If you take carbohydrate, you will gain weight and alcohol is completely prohibited.

The South Beach Diet

Method: good and bad carbohydrates.

You should not have to count the calories and do not limit the carbohydrate ingestion.

This diet includes three phases:

Phase 1: you may eat all what you want except carbohydrates; alcohol, beer, etc. are also banned.

Phase 2: this is the phase where you will be reintroducing some of the prohibited foods, this phase lasts as long as you wish or have to lose weight.

Phase 3: you enter the phase that is supposed to maintain your new weight.

By following the South Beach Diet, you are not supposed to feel hungry. On the other hand, this kind of weight loss diet can be rather expensive.

The Zone

Here is what the Zone Diet allows you to eat:

* Carbohydrates
* Proteins
* Fat (olive oil, butter)

What you cannot eat:

* Fruits and vegetables that are rich in sugar
* Potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, etc.

What you cannot drink:

* Alcohol
* Sodas, etc.