By Dr. Bob McCauley
I really had no idea how many diets there actually are. I had heard of a few of these, but all of them have one thing in common and that is how to trick the body into losing weight, sometimes naturally, sometimes unnaturally, often in an unhealthy way.
When we hear the word diet we think of something that is designed to change the substances we put into our bodies so we will lose weight. We confuse weight-loss with health when they are not one in the same. There’s only one diet that leads to true health. Every other diet that someone has dream’t up only makes your body wonder why the heck you’re putting these substances into that don’t lead to true health.
Diets that DO lead to True Health:
- Raw Food Diet (Plant based Vegan Diet) – AKA, Living Food Diet
Diets that do NOT lead to True Health:
- 10 Hour Coffee Diet
- 10 Pounds in 10 Days
- 10 Superfoods Cookbook
- 100 Calorie Diet
- 100 Sugar Calorie Diet
- 101 Nutrient Dense Recipes
- 101 Optimal Life Foods
- 101 Things to Do Before You Diet
- 180 Degree Metabolism Diet
- 11 Day Diet
- 1200 Calorie Diet
- 1500 Calorie Diet Cookbook
- 17 Day Diet
- 2 Day Diet
- 21 Day Detox
- 21 Day Diet
- 21 Day Tummy
- 21 Pounds in 21 Days
- 3-1-2-1 Diet
- 3 Apple a Day Diet
- 3 Day Diet
- 3 Day Solution Plan
- 3 Hour Diet
- 30 Day Vegan Challenge
- 321 Baby Bulge Be Gone
- 4 Day Diet
- 4 Hour Body
- 4 Week Detox Diet
- 40 Days to Better Living
- 400 Calorie Fix Diet
- 5 Day Miracle Diet
- 5 Factor Diet
- 5 Factor World Diet
- 52 Weight Loss Missions
- 60 Seconds to Weight Loss
- 6 Day Body Makeover
- 6 Week Body Makeover
- 6 Weeks to OMG Diet
- 7 Day Diet
- 7 Day Fitness Fat Loss Program
- 7 Day Slim Down
- 7 Secrets to Beauty, Health, and Longevity
- 8 Hour Diet
- 18 Pounds in 4 Days
- 80 10 10 Diet
- 95% Vegan Diet
- AARP Diet
- Abs Diet
- Acai Berry Diet
- Acid-Alkaline Diets
- Acid Reflux Diet
- Acne Diet
- ADD Diet
- ADHD Diet
- Aging Cure
- Ali Vincent Diet
- Alpha Male Challenge
- Al Roker Diet
- Alternate Day Diet
- Amazing Body Now
- Amen Solution
- Anabolic Diet
- Anne Collins Weight Loss Program
- Anti-Aging Diet
- Anticancer Diet
- Anti Estrogenic Diet
- Anti-Inflammation Diet
- Apo E Gene Diet
- A Pound A Day Diet
- Apple a Day Diet
- Apple Cider Vinegar Diet
- Aquavore Diet
- Arthritis Diet
- Asian Diet
- Atkins Diet
- Autoimmune Disease Diet
- Awareness Diet
- Aztec Diet
- Baby Boomer Diet
- Banana Diet
- Beauty Detox
- Beauty Diet
- Beck Diet
- Belly Fat Cure
- Belly Fat Diet
- Belly Melt Diet
- Bernstein Diet
- Best Diet For Me
- Best Life Diet
- Beverly Hills Diet
- New Beverly Hills Diet
- Beyond Broccoli
- Beyond Diet
- Beyond The 120 Year Diet
- Big Breakfast Diet
- Biggest Loser Club
- Biggest Loser Success Stories
- Bikini Bootcamp
- Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating
- Birchall Diet
- Bistro MD
- Blood Sugar Diet
- Blood Type Diet
- Blue Zones
- Bob Harper Diet
- Bodychef UK
- Body By Design
- Body Cleansing Diets
- Body Detoxifying Diet
- Body Ecology Diet
- Body Fat Breakthrough
- Body for Life
- Body Building Diet
- Body Confidence
- Body Reset Diet
- Bodytrim Diet
- Bonus Years Diet: Foods For Longevity (Note: If that’s raw foods only, this one is okay.)
- Brazilian Bikini Body Program
- Bread for Life Diet
- Breast Cancer Diet
- Bridal Bootcamp
- British Heart Foundation Diet
- Brown Fat Revolution Diet
- Cabbage Soup Diet
- Calorie Myth
- Calorie Restriction
- Cambridge Diet
- Cancer Diet
- Cancer Survivor’s Guide
- Candida
- Carb Lovers Diet
- Carbohydrate Addicts
- Carb Sensitivity Program
- Cardiac Diet
- Cardio Free Diet
- Celebrity Diets
- Change One (Reader’s Digest)
- The Cheater’s Diet
- Children’s Diet Programs
- China Study Diet
- Chocolate Diet
- Cholesterol Diet
- Cholesterol Lowering Diet
- Cholesterol Myth
- Choose More Lose More
- Choose to Lose
- Cinch Diet
- The Clean Diet
- Clean Green and Lean
- Clean Gut
- Coconut Diet
- Coffee Diet
- Colorado Diet
- Cookie Diet
- Cook Yourself Thin Cookbook
- Core Balance Diet
- Couples Diet
- Crack the Fat Loss Code
- Crazy Sexy Diet
- CR Way: Calorie Restriction for Longevity
- CSIRO Diet
- Culinary Intelligence
- Cultural Diversity Diet
- CUPS Diet
- Cure for Diabetes
- Curves Diet
- Dancer’s Diet
- DASH Diet
- Delivered Diets
- Designer Diet
- Detox Diets
- Detox For Women
- Detox Prescription
- Detox Strategy
- Diabetes DTOUR Diet
- Diabetic Diet
- Diet Denominator
- Diet Diva Diabetic Cookbook
- Diet Divas
- Diet Dropout’s Guide to Natural Weight Loss
- Diet Fix
- Dieting Myths
- Diet Joke
- Diet Rehab
- Diet Selector
- Diet Smart
- The Diet Solution
- Diet Success Strategies
- DietWatch
- Diet to Go Review
- Diuretics and Diet
- Diverticulitis Diet (also diverticulosis)
- The Doctors Diet
- Doctor’s Orders
- Dr Whitaker Diet
- The Dorm Room Diet
- Dr Amanda’s Don’t Go Hungry Diet
- Dr Bernstein Diet
- Dr Feingold Diet
- Dr Jo Diet
- Dr Kushner’s Diet (personality diet)
- Dr Seigals Cookie Diet
- Drop 10 Pounds Diet
- Drop 2 Sizes
- Dukan Diet
- Duke Diet
- Easy Macrobiotic Diet
- Eat Clean Diet
- Eat Clean Diet Recharged
- Eating for Life
- Eat Drink and Weigh Less
- Eat, Drink, Be Healthy
- Eat Fast Slim
- Eating for Beauty
- Eating For Energy
- Eat 4 Your Type
- Eat For Health
- Eat It To Beat It
- Eat Like a Hot Chick
- Eating Mindfully
- Eat Move Sleep
- Eat, Shrink and Be Merry
- Eat Smart: The Zen Anti-Diet
- Eat Stop Eat: 24 Hour Fast
- Eat This, Not That
- Eat to Live
- Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat
- Eat Your Way to Happiness
- eDiets
- eDiets Fresh Prepared Meal Delivery
- Egg Diet
- Elimination Diets
- End of Overeating
- Energy Boosting Diet
- Engine 2 Diet
- enLIGHTened: Yoga Weight Loss
- Every Other Day Diet
- F-Factor Diet
- F-Plan Diet
- Facial Analysis Diet
- Fad Diets
- Family Fit Diet
- Fast Food Diet
- Fat Burning Bible
- Fat Burning Diet
- Fat Chance – Julie Hadden
- Fast Track Detox Diet
- Fat Flush Diet
- Fat Flush for Life
- Fatigue Diet
- Fat Loss 4 Idiots
- Fat Loss Factor Diet Plan
- Fat Loss Target
- Fat Resistance Diet
- Fat Smash Diet
- Feed Your Brain, Lose Your Belly
- Feingold Diet
- Fighter Diet Extreme
- Finally Thin
- Fit Not Fat at 40-Plus
- Fit2Fat2Fit
- Flat Abs Diet
- Flat Belly Diet
- Flavor Point Diet
- Food Allergy Diet
- Food Cravings Diet
- Food Doctor Diet
- Food Guide Pyramid (1992)
- Food Lovers Fat Loss System
- Food Guide Pyramid – MyPyramid (2005)
- Food Revolution
- Food Swap Diet
- Forks Over Knives
- Four Week Detox Diet
- French Diet
- French Women Don’t Get Fat
- Fresh Fruit Cleanse
- Fresh ‘n Fit Cuisine: Diet Delivery
- Frozen Food Diets
- Fruitarian (Fruit Diet)
- Fruitarian Diet (The Path to Paradise)
- Fruit Flush
- Full Diet
- The Gabriel Method
- Gain Weight Diet
- The Game On Diet
- Gene Smart Diet
- Genetic Diet
- The Genotype Diet
- Get Lean Diet
- Get Ready Diet
- Ghrelin Diet
- Gluten Free Daily
- Gluten Free Dairy Free Diet Recipes
- Gluten-Free Diet
- Gluten Free Fat Loss
- Gluten Free Recipes
- Glycemic Index Diets
- Glycemic Impact Diet
- Glycemic Load Diet
- Good Calories, Bad Calories
- Gordon Ramsay Diet
- Gorgeously Green Diet
- Gotti Diet
- Gout Diet
- Gracie Diet
- Grapefruit Diet
- Green Drink Diet
- Green Smoothies Diet
- Green Smoothie Recipes
- Green Smoothies Saved My Life
- Greenlane Diet
- Half Assed Weight Loss
- Hallelujah Diet
- Hamptons Diet
- Happiness and Health Diet
- HCG Diet
- HCG Recipes
- Healing Cancer and Disease
- Healthy Brain Diet
- Healthy Living Diet
- Heart Attack Proof Diet
- Heart Healthy Diet
- Herbalife Weight Loss Program (ShapeWorks)
- Hershberg Diet
- High Fiber Diet (and diverticulitis diet)
- High Protein Diets
- Hilton Head Metabolism Diet
- Hip and Thigh Diet
- Holistic Diet
- Hollywood Cookie Diet (Meal Replacement)
- Hollywood Diet
- Hollywood Trainer Weight-loss Plan
- Honeycutt Diet
- Holy Grail Body Transformation
- Hormone Cure
- Hormone Diet: The Perfect 10
- Hot Latin Diet
- How The Rich Get Thin
- How to Lose Weight Forever
- How to Lower Your Cholesterol
- Hungry Girl: Lisa Lillien
- Hunter Farmer Diet
- Hypnosis Weight Loss
- I Diet
- IBS Diet – High Fiber Approach
- IBS Diet – Low Starch Approach
- Idiot Proof Diet
- I Love This Diet
- Inches Off Your Tummy
- In Defense of Food: Michael Pollen
- Inside Out Diet: Liver Cleansing
- Instinct Diet
- Instinctive Nutrition
- iPhone Weight Loss
- Israeli Army Diet
- Italian Diet
- Jackie Warner Diet
- Janet Jackson Diet
- Japanese Diet
- Jennifer Hudson Diet
- Jenny Craig
- Jenny For Men
- Jump Start Juicer System
- Jumpstart To Skinny
- Jungle Effect
- Just Stop Eating so Much!
- Just Tell Me What To Eat
- Just The Rules
- Jerusalem Diet
- Jillian Michaels
- Joy Bauer’s Food Cures
- Joy’s Life Diet
- Juice Diet
- Juice Fasts
- Karl Lagerfeld Diet
- Ketogenic Diets
- Kick Start Diet
- Kids Diets
- Kimkins Diet
- Kim Lyons’ Your Body, Your Life
- The Kind Diet
- LA Weight Loss
- Lactose Interolance
- Lean Diet
- Lemonade Diet
- Leptin Diets
- Lifestyle Cut Diet
- Lighten Up- Loretta LaRoche
- Lindora – Lean for Life
- Liquid Amino Diet
- Liquid Diets
- Live Food Factor
- Liver Cleansing Diet
- Living Low-Carb
- Locally Grown Food Diet
- Longevity Diet
- Look Ten Years Younger
- Lose it Fast, Lose it Forever
- Lose Weight Without Dieting or Working Out
- Losing the Last 15 Pounds
- Love Me Slender
- Low Carb Diets
- Low Carb Living
- Low Fat Diets
- Low FODMAP Diet
- Low Glycemic Diets
- Low Protein Diets
- Low Glycemic Recipes
- Low Sodium Diet
- Low Starch Diet
- Lunch Box Diet
- Macrobiotic Diet
- Macronutrient Diet
- Makeover Diet
- Maker’s Diet
- Man Diet
- Maqui Berry Diet
- Marilu Henner Diet
- Marshall Plan
- Martha’s Vineyard Detox Diet
- Martini Diet
- Master Cleanser
- Master Cleanse Coach
- Master Your Metabolism
- Mayo Clinic Diet (fad)
- Mayo Clinic Plan (Official)
- Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet
- McDougall Diet
- Medical Marijuana Recipes
- Medifast
- Mediterranean Diet
- MediterrAsian Way
- Metabolic Balance
- Metabolism Diet
- Metabolism Miracle
- Michael Thurmond: Six Day Body Makeover
- Michael Thurmond’s 6-Week Makeover
- Migraine Diet
- MILF Diet
- Millenium Diet
- Mindful Eating Diet
- Mindless Eating
- Miracle Carb Diet
- Models Diet
- Montignac Method
- Most Decadent Diet Ever
- Muscle Growth Diet
- Mucusless Diet
- My Big Fat Greek Diet
- My Diva Diet
- MyPyramid
- Naturally Thin
- Neanderthin
- Negative Calorie Diet
- Never Say Diet
- New Abs Diet
- New Atkins Diet Plan
- Newcastle Diet
- New Me Diet: Hormone Balancing
- New Sonoma Diet
- New York Diet
- No Fad Diet
- No Flour, No Sugar Diet
- No Grain Diet
- No S Diet
- No White Foods Diet
- Nourishing Traditions
- Now Eat This!
- Nu-Kitchen Meal Delivery
- Nutrigenomic Diet
- NutriSystem
- O2 Diet
- Oatmeal Diet
- Okinawa Diet
- Omega Diet
- OMG Diet
- Omni Diet
- On-line Diets
- Oprah Diet
- OPTIFAST Diet
- Ornish Diet
- Osteoporosis Diet
- Overnight Diet
- Oxygen Diet Solution
- P90X Nutrition Plan
- Packaged Food Diets
- Paleo Diet
- Paleo Diet for Athletes
- Paleo Recipes
- Pancreas Diet
- Parisian Diet
- Park Avenue Diet
- Peanut Butter Diet
- Pen and Paper Diet
- The Perfect Body Diet
- Perfect Health Diet
- Perfect Weight America: Jordan Rubin
- Perricone Diet (Skin Care)
- Personality Type Diet
- Petite Advantage Diet
- pH Miracle Diet
- Picture Perfect Weight Loss
- PINK Method Diet
- The Plan
- Plant Based Diet
- Plant Powered Diet
- Plateau Breaking Diet
- Pocket Diet
- Popular Diets
- Power Foods Recipes
- Power of Thin
- Prediabetes Detox
- Prediabetes Diet
- Pregnancy Diet
- Pregnancy Diet (vegetarian)
- Primal Blueprint: Paleolithic Diet
- Primal Body, Primal Mind
- Pritikin Diet
- Promiscuous Eating
- Prostate
- Protein Power
- Quantum Eating
- Quantum Wellness
- Quick Weight Loss Diets
- Rapid Fat Loss Diet
- RealAge Diet
- Real Food Diet
- Reality Diet
- Release Diet
- The Remedy
- Resistant Starch
- Reverse Diet
- Reversing Diabetes
- Rice Diet
- Robin Takes 5
- Rosedale Diet
- Runners Diet
- Sacred Heart diet
- Sainsburys Diets
- Salad Diet
- Scarsdale Diet
- Science of Skinny
- The Schwarzbein Principle
- Seattle Sutton
- Self Healing Colitis and Crohn’s Diet
- Sensa:The Sprinkle diet
- Serotonin Revolution
- Setting Boundaries with Food
- Seven Day Diet
- ShapeWorks (Herbalife Weight Loss Program)
- Shangri-La Diet
- Shape Your Self
- Shred Diet
- Shrink Yourself: Stop Emotional Eating
- Simple Paleo Diet
- Simple Weight Loss
- Six Weeks to OMG
- The Skinny (Little Black Dress Diet)
- Skinny Bitch
- The Skinny Diet
- Skinny Rules
- Skinny Switch Secret Diet
- Slim4Life
- Slim For Life – Jillian Michaels
- Slim Calm Sexy Diet
- Slim Fast
- Slimming World
- Smart For Life Cookie Diet
- Smarter Science of Slim
- Snack Girl Diet
- Sneaky Chef
- The Solution
- Sonoma Diet
- South Beach Diet
- South Beach Diet Supercharged
- South Beach Wake-Up Call
- SparkPeople
- Special K Diet
- Specific Carbohydrate Diet
- Spectrum Diet
- Starch Solution
- State of Slim
- Step Diet
- Stop Dieting Start Losing Weight
- Stress Eater Diet
- Strip The Fat
- Structure House Diet
- St. Tropez Diet
- Subway Diet
- Sugar Addicts Diet
- Sugar Detox Diet
- Sugar Busters
- Sugar Smart Diet
- Sugar Solution
- Super Cleanse
- Super Foods Health Style Diet
- Superfood Recipes
- Super Immunity Diet
- Supermarket Diet
- Supermodel Diet
- Suzanne Somers Diet
- Suzanne Somers Sexy Forever
- Swiss Secret to Ultimate Health
- Tapeworm Diet
- Teens and Kids Diets
- Thinfluence
- Total Health Makeover
- Total Wellness Cleanse Diet
- Tracy Anderson Method
- True You: Janet Jackson
- Truth About Diets
- Thermogenic Weight Loss
- Thin Commandments
- Think Diet
- This Is Why You’re Fat
- Three Day Diet
- Three Hour Diet
- Thrive Foods Plant Based Recipes
- Thrive: Vegan Triathlete Diet
- Turbocharged Diet
- UltraMetabolism plan
- Ultimate Tea Diet
- Ultimate Weight Loss Solution
- UltraSimple Diet
- USDA Food Guide Pyramid (1992)
- USDA Food Guide Pyramid (2005)
- VB6: Vegan Befor 6
- Vegan Cookbook
- Vegan Cookbook (quick and easy)
- Veganist
- Vegan Diet Deficiencies
- Vegetarian Diet
- Vegetarian Diet for Teens
- Very Low Calorie Diets
- Volumetrics
- Volumetrics Diet
- Vice Busting Diet: Breaking Bad Food Habits
- Vida180
- Virgin Diet
- Vitamin D Diet
- Wall Street Diet
- Warrior Diet
- Weight Loss Boss
- Weight Loss Course
- Weight Loss Cure
- Weight Loss For People Who Feel Too Much
- Weight Loss Grail
- Weight Loss Kick Start
- Weight Loss Village Diet
- Weight Watchers
- Weight Loss 4 Idiots
- What Would Jesus Eat?
- What’s Your Diet Type
- Wheat Belly
- Whole30: It Starts With Food
- Why Are You Weighting?
- Why Diet and Exercise Fail
- World Peace Diet
- Yoga Body Diet
- You Are What You Eat
- You: Being Beautiful
- You: Losing Weight
- Younger Thinner You Diet
- Your Big Fat Boyfriend
- Your Natural Diet
- Zen Anti-Diet
- Zero Calorie Foods Diet
- Zone Diet (ZonePerfect)
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