Here’s How Health Experts Ranked 38 Of The Most Popular Diets

The best diets are easy to follow, nutritious, safe and effective for weight loss and preventing diabetes and heart disease.

U.S. News evaluated and ranked 38 diets with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe and effective for weight loss and preventing diabetes and heart disease. The government-endorsed Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) snagged the top spot. You can check the sources of the rankings below for a more descriptive breakdown with reasons for the evaluation.

You have to keep in mind that many of the evaluations may be based on the reviewer’s understanding of “easy to follow” or “effective’. You however may disagree after reading what actually influenced the reviewer’s grading on a particular diet. At the very least, you can use this list to investigate further.

For example, the paleo diet was ranked #37 – because “duplicating such a regimen in modern times would be difficult.”  It may well be for the reviewer, but probably not for a person needing an urgent remedy for a serious heart problem or an immediate solution for losing weight fast, Such a person would do anything to get off of drugs and improve his problems.

#1 DASH Diet

Overall rank: 1
Overall score: 4.1 out of 5

#2 (tie) MIND Diet

Overall rank: 2
Overall score: 4 out of 5

#3 (tie) TLC Diet

Overall rank: 2
Overall score: 4 out of 5

#4 (tie) The Fertility Diet

Overall rank: 4
Overall score: 3.9 out of 5

#5 (tie) Mayo Clinic Diet

Overall rank: 4
Overall score: 3.9 out of 5

#6 (tie) Mediterranean Diet

Overall rank: 4
Overall score: 3.9 out of 5

#7 (tie) Weight Watchers Diet

Overall rank: 4
Overall score: 3.9 out of 5

#8 (tie) The Flexitarian Diet

Overall rank: 8
Overall score: 3.8 out of 5

#9 (tie) Volumetrics Diet

Overall rank: 8
Overall score: 3.8 out of 5

#10 Jenny Craig Diet

Overall rank: 10
Overall score: 3.7 out of 5

#11 (tie) The Biggest Loser Diet

Overall rank: 11
Overall score: 3.6 out of 5

#12 (tie) The Ornish Diet

Overall rank: 11
Overall score: 3.6 out of 5

#13 (tie) The Traditional Asian Diet

Overall rank: 13
Overall score: 3.5 out of 5

#14 (tie) Vegetarian Diet

Overall rank: 13
Overall score: 3.5 out of 5

#15 (tie) Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Overall rank: 15
Overall score: 3.3 out of 5

#16 (tie) Slim-Fast Diet

Overall rank: 15
Overall score: 3.3 out of 5

#17 (tie) Spark Solution Diet

Overall rank: 15
Overall score: 3.3 out of 5

#18 (tie) The Flat Belly Diet

Overall rank: 18
Overall score: 3.2 out of 5

#19 (tie) HMR Program

Overall rank: 18
Overall score: 3.2 out of 5

#20 (tie) Nutrisystem Diet

Overall rank: 18
Overall score: 3.2 out of 5

#21 (tie) Abs Diet

Overall rank: 21
Overall score: 3 out of 5

#22 (tie) Engine Diet

Overall rank: 21
Overall score: 3 out of 5

#23 (tie) South Beach Diet

Overall rank: 21
Overall score: 3 out of 5

#24 (tie) Eco-Atkins Diet

Overall rank: 25
Overall score: 2.9 out of 5

#25 (tie) Glycemic-Index Diet

Overall rank: 25
Overall score: 2.9 out of 5

#26 (tie) Zone Diet

Overall rank: 25
Overall score: 2.9 out of 5

#27 (tie) Macrobiotic Diet

Overall rank: 21
Overall score: 3 out of 5

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