| Consumer Reports Picks Best Diet Plan, Book
Volumetrics is the best carefully researched diet plan, and "The Best Life Diet" is the best diet book, Consumer Reports says. Volumetrics is based on the research of Penn State nutritional science professor Barbara Rolls, PhD. The Volumetrics diet stresses eating foods with low "energy density" — that is, foods with relatively few calories per portion. Such foods include fruits, salads, and soups. The Best Life Diet, by personal trainer and exercise physiologist Bob Greene, stresses exercise and gives personalized advice, including recipes and a recommended eating schedule. To rate the diet plans, "Consumer Reports" Senior Project Editor Nancy Metcalf and colleagues reviewed diet studies published in major medical journals. After Volumetrics, Metcalf's team ranked Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and Slim-Fast "very close together." The report gave middling ratings to eDiets and to Barry Sear's The Zone Diet.
CSIRO book judged the best diet in Australia
The CSIRO's Total Wellbeing Diet has been voted the most effective way to lose weight by an online panel of Australian dieters. The high-protein diet beat 19 other plans including Weight Watchers and Dr Tickell's Great Australian Diet, which came second and third respectively. Other contenders reviewed included the Atkins diet, the Zone, Herbalife weight management program and the South Beach diet. The first volume of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet book sold more than 700,000 copies, knocking both Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code off the top of the bestseller list. The authors have since launched a second volume, which tackled criticism of the science behind the original diet. .
Volumetrics ranked top diet plan by Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports ranked "The Volumetrics Eating Plan," based on research by Barbara Rolls, the holder of the Guthrie Chair of Nutrition at Penn State, as the top-rated diet in its new June issue, released today (May 8). "Recent clinical trials show the best overall weight loss of any diet evaluated," said the Consumer Reports article. "Based on research at Penn State, the diet aims to maximize the amount of food available per calories, mainly by use of reduced-fat products, liberal addition of vegetables and low-fat cooking techniques." The overall evaluation included Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Slim-Fast, eDiets, The Zone, Ornish and Atkins Diets. " 'Volumetrics' translates the science into practical advice for both healthy eating and weight management," said Rolls, a professor of nutritional sciences in the College of Health and Human Development.
Atkins Low-Carb Diet Treated Unfairly By Consumer Reports Panel
Although there is a tremendous amount of evidence coming out of the research community in FAVOR of livin' la vida low-carb as a viable diet for weight loss and health, that isn't stopping the great defenders of the status quo from thumbing their nose at programs like the Atkins diet. That's exactly what this FOX News story about a new Consumer Reports examination of the most popular diets clearly shows. It was deja vu all over again like I highlighted in 2005 when they proclaimed the Atkins diet as an acceptable "short-term weight loss" program, but then qualifiied it by stating it "might have a negative effect on some dieters' health."Hoo boy! Gee, I wonder how they feel about it two years later?With diet books coming out a dime a dozen these days in response to the ever-growing, both figuratively and literally, obesity epidemic, the folks over at Consumer Reports decided to put together another panel of diet and health experts in 2007 to take a look at these new plans as well as the ones most commonly used for weight loss and improving health.But all you have to do is take one quick look at the criteria for how these nutritionists and other so-called health "experts" determined what is "healthy" (which I describe as subjectively senile) to realize livin' la vida low-carb wasn't gonna stand a snowball's chance in Hell of being shown in a positive light although you and I know how much it has helped millions of us get trim and healthy.What was their bodacious (and I'd say bogus) criteria?According to Consumer Reports Senior Project Editor Nancy Metcalf, they took a sample 7-day menu plan taken from their books and web sites for each of the diets examined and matched them up with the 2005 U.S.
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