Popular diets: The good, the fad and the iffy

Mayo Clinic: "A calorie is a calorie, no matter where it comes from. Most weight-loss diets help you to restrict calories in one way or another. Ideally the new routine gets you to eat less, eat healthier and exercise more. Seems simple, right? It is, in theory."

The article continues to include the premise versus the facts for these weight management programs and diets:

� Body-for-Life (Bill Phillips)
� Lifestyle Program (Dean Ornish, M.D.)
� Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid (Donald Hensrud, M.D.)
� Slim-Fast
� Carbohydrate Addict's LifeSpan Program (Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller)
� Eat Right 4 Your Type (Dr. Peter D'Adamo)
� Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food (Suzanne Somers and associates)
� New Diet Revolution (Robert C. Atkins, M.D.)
� Picture Perfect Weight Loss (Dr. Howard M. Shapiro)
� Protein Power Lifeplan (Michael R. Eades, M.D., and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.)
� Revolutionary Weight Control Program (Bob Arnot, M.D.)
� Sugar Busters! (H. Leighton Steward and associates)
� Volumetrics (Barbara J. Rolls and associates)
� The Zone diet (Barry Sears, Ph.D.)

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