The Best Diets of 2019

Win a free copy of the book that brings two of U.S. News and World Report's top diets of 2019 together for the first time.

What is the DASH Diet?

The DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) has been a staple in the dieting world, recommended by doctors and nutritionists alike. Premier dietician Marla Heller combines this tried and true research with other trends in the diet space—the Mediterranean diet, anti-aging, lowering blood pressure—to promote the best plans for all readers.

How the DASH Diet ranks:

• #1 BEST DIET FOR HEALTHY EATING
• #1 BEST HEART-HEALTHY DIET
• #1 BEST DIET FOR DIABETES
• #1 BEST PLANT-BASED DIET
• #1 EASIEST DIETS TO FOLLOW

What is the Mediterranean Diet?

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The US News & World Report relies on a team of health experts to rank 41 of the top diets, with considerations like how safe, effective, or nutritious the diet. The diet has to be relatively easy to follow as well, and focus on protecting against heart disease and diabetes.

Rip Esselstyn is a professional athlete-turned firefighter. When he realized some of the men at his station had very high cholesterol levels, Rip created the Engine 2 Diet to help improve overall health while still enjoying foods like pizza, pancakes, and delicious chocolate desserts. His books are filled with recipes, meal plans, grocery lists, and exercise programs inspired by his workouts as a firefighter.

Accolades  for the Engine 2 Diet:

TOP WEIGHT-LOSS DIET, DIABETES DIET, HEART-HEALTHY DIET, PLANT-BASED DIET, AND HEALTHY EATING DIET

“This guide has everything you need to jump into a healthful vegan diet (and we’ll use “plant-based” as a synonym for it). You will learn how to maximize the benefits for specific health conditions and how to make it work on the job and when you travel. We’ll also tackle some common bumps in the road and common myths.

As you will see, a vegan diet is the easiest and healthiest way to lose weight and keep it off for good. And for people with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes, it is a powerful way to turn these conditions around. It can help you reverse heart disease, reduce your cancer risk, and cut your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Soon you’ll find that going vegan is easy and is very powerful for your health. “

Think of this book as ground zero for weight loss. To make substantial, lasting change that satisfies you mentally, emotionally, and physically, we have to detox your painful dieting experiences, confused ideologies, and the multitude of mixed messages floating around in your already- jam-packed brain, and start with some weight-loss basics: Real weight loss has to feel relatable and attainable, and the changes you make need to be (they have to be!) seamless enough to fit into your everyday lifestyle. If the necessary changes challenge you beyond your inner and outer expectations of yourself, you’ll fail. If they’re so “easy” that you’re not changing in the slightest? They won’t work, either. Think of it using a Pareto principle (you’ve likely heard of this used in other ways before, right?): an 80:20 rule. The changes you make through this book and beyond will be integrated into your lifestyle. They’ll be 80 percent shifts that meet your current schedule, adaptability and willingness to change, and current life- style. And they’ll be 20 percent aspirational—challenging but inspiring enough to make you want to push yourself to try slightly new things, one step at a time.

We need to detox from this diet-culture-induced wellness mind-set, starting with some honesty about what our personal goals actually are. We need to feel empowered, we need to get our information from the appropriate sources, and we need to inspire in ourselves the types of behavior with which we feel appropriately comfortable and mildly challenged.