Don't know what diet to choose (I'm a teen)

Before you start this diet, consult with your doctor.

The program is split into two stages to help you lose weight. The first stage is called "Lose It!" and is constructed to help you lose six to ten pounds in the first two weeks. You will still be able to eat the food you love, but you will have to reduce your calorie intake.

The second stage of the program is called "Live It!" and will enable you to continue with your weight loss of one to two pounds per week. The Mayo Clinic Diet is considered to be efficient in providing lasting results and enabling you to lose your weight in a healthy way.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

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If you start the DASH diet, your menu will be loaded with fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products. It will also include whole grain food, lean meat, and fish; nuts and beans. DASH diet is rich in fiber and enables you low to moderate intake of fat. It follows US dietary guidelines for sodium intake and contains sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals. The DASH diet lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and makes it easy to lose weight in the long run. 

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

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LEARN is not just a diet. It's about changing your lifestyle and attitude toward nutrition. LEARN is an abbreviation that stands for Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, and Nutrition. Understanding and living by those five concepts is fundamental for your weight loss and health improvement.

This weight loss program is designed for you to learn how to eat healthier and lose weight in an efficient manner. It features 16 weekly lessons that cover the five axioms of the LEARN program. When you master those lessons, you move to eight monthly lessons for further improvement of your lifestyle. You can do the program on your own by following the LEARN  manual and guidebook.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

Before you start this diet, consult with your doctor.

It is a well-known fact that people in countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, live longer and suffer less from cancer and cardiovascular ailments compared to Americans. Mediterraneans  have more active lifestyle while their diet favors healthy fats you can get from olive oil or various nuts. They also eat fish more often and don't eat as much red meat.

Together with the Harvard School of Public Health, Oldways, a nonprofit organization in Boston, developed a Mediterranean diet pyramid that highlights the importance of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olive oil as well as eating fish and seafood at least a couple of times a week. Poultry, eggs, and various dairy products should be enjoyed, but in moderation. Sugary food and red meat are not off-limits, but they should be consumed every now and then, and not on a daily basis.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

Check this Mediterranean diet cookbook for recipes. For more information visit Mediterranean diet.

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Flexitarian is derived from two words: Flexible and vegetarian. The term was invented in the early 90's but it became popular only 5-6 years ago. The most prominent advocate of flexitarian diet is Dawn Jackson Blatner wrote The Flexitarian diet book. She claims you don't have to get rid of meat completely to gain health benefits linked to vegetarianism – you can be a vegetarian most of the time, but still eat meat every now and then when you have cravings.

There are three degrees of flexitarian diet you can adopt:

• A beginner who eats meat five days per week.
• An advanced flexitarian who eats meat three to four days per week
• An expert flexitarian who eats meat only two days per week

After you establish what kind of a flexitarian are you, you then follow a diet plan suited for your degree of flexitarianism.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

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Proponents of the Volumetric diet consider the denseness of certain food while planning a meal. Some foods are less dense than the other which means your calorie intake is lower than when eating denser foods. Low-density foods, that are low in calorie but high in volume, help you feel full and satisfied while dropping pounds. Optimal types of food are fruits and vegetables since they’ll fill you up without you going over your daily calorie limit.

Volumetric diet was established by nutritionist Barbara Rolls who says that this program is more of an approach to eating than it is a structured diet. With Ultimate Volumetrics diet book as your guide, you will be taught how to interpret food’s energy density and master the way of eating fewer calories while still feeling full and satisfied. Though the book encloses numerous recipes and examples of meal plans, its biggest value is that it teaches you Volumetric reasoning and how to use it in everyday life.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

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The MIND diet combines two well-received diets, DASH diet and Mediterranean diet, but focuses on food that affects your brain health. Even though this diet is primarily designed to preserve your mental health, it will also help you lose weight and improve your heart health as well. 

This diet recommends eating green leafy vegetables, lean meat and fish, berries and nuts, and wine. It forbids red meat, butter and margarine, pastry and sugar in general, and high-fat dairy products.

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.

For more information visit the MIND diet or you can order The MIND Diet book.

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This is not a short-term diet that will make you quickly lose your weight. Instead, this is a diet that you can sustain for the rest of your life. It emphasises healthy and balanced weight-reduction plan with gradual weight loss.

It consists of three phases:

• Baby steps (minimum of 4 weeks): Brace your body for weight loss. Increase level of activity, stimulate your metabolism with increased fiber intake, have small meals every couple of hours and get rid of alcohol, bad fats, sugary beverages, white bread and high-fat dairy products.
• Get moving (minimum of 4 weeks: In this phase you eat the same food from phase 1 but now you can add some "bad" food you weren't allowed in phase 1. You also have to take care of portion control and increase your activity even more. The number of calories you can eat depends on how much you are active.
• Your best life (for the rest of your life): You increase your level of activity even more, and make sure that the food you eat is wholesome, healthy and filled with nutrients and minerals your body needs. You can indulge in alcohol and junk food every now and then.

This diet can be adjusted for vegetarians and vegans. It is also healthy for people that have diabetes or heart condition.

For more information visit the Best Life diet.

Sugar Busters diet may not necessarily be the best diet for losing weight, but it certainly is one of the best to keep your sugar level in control. It doesn't give you any calorie restriction or tells you how much you should eat, but it does teach you about how to eat healthily and how to remove bad food from your diet. 

It encourages eating lots of fruits and vegetables, lean meat and fish, whole-grain foods, and low-fat dairy products. In fact, anything with a low glycemic index. Refined sugar, white flour, rice and pasta and anything with high glycemic index are strictly forbidden. You can replace it with whole grain alternatives. Since calories are not restricted, you don't have to be hungry, you just have to eat the right type of food. But, again, you won't lose any weight until you start spending  more calories than you take in your body. If your eating habits are really bad, chances are you will lose weight and greatly improve your health.

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With this diet, you won't have to count calories or be denied carbs. You will even be encouraged to eat dark chocolate every single day. Inventor of this diet, Cynthia Sass, claims that 50-100 calories of dark chocolate per day boosts your metabolism and helps you lose weight. 

You will have to get used to eating 5 meals a day, spaced 3-5 hours apart. That will keep your blood sugar under control and help you reduce cravings. In this diet you are encouraged to eat includes fresh fruits and vegetables, skinless chicken, fish and other seafood, whole grain products, plant-based fats and low-fat dairy products. Red meat, pork, processed food, alcohol and sugary beverages are forbidden. This diet even offers tips on how to maintain your desired weight (once you reach it) and how to prevent emotional eating.

For more information visit the Cinch diet or order the Cinch diet book. 

Vegetarians and vegans can easily adjust this diet to their preferences. People with high cholesterol, heart condition or diabetes will benefit from this diet.