Editing List of diets (section)

==Calorie and weight control diets==
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A desire to lose weight is a common motivation to change dietary habits, as is a desire to maintain an existing weight. Many weight loss diets are considered by some to entail varying degrees of health risk, and some are not widely considered to be effective. This is especially true of "crash" or "fad" diets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/the-facts-on-fad-diets.aspx |title=The Facts on Fad Diets |website=EverydayHealth.com |access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>

Many of the diets listed below could fall into more than one subcategory. Where this is the case, it is noted in that diet's entry.

===Low-calorie diets===
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*[[5:2 diet]]: an intermittent fasting diet
* [[Intermittent fasting]]: Cycling between non-[[fasting]] and fasting as a method of [[calorie restriction]].<ref name="Mattson">{{Cite journal |last=Mattson |first=MP |date=4 February 2014 |title=Fasting: molecular mechanisms and clinical applications |journal=Cell Metabolism |volume=19 |issue=1932–7420 |pages=181–92 |doi=10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.008 |pmc=3946160 |pmid=24440038 |ref=Mattson}}</ref>
* [[Body for Life diet|Body for Life]]: A calorie-control diet, promoted as part of the 12-week ''Body for Life'' program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/body-for-life |title=Body for Life Program Review: Does It Work? |language=en-US |access-date=19 September 2016 |archive-date=11 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911064224/http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/body-for-life |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Cookie diet]]: A calorie control diet in which low-fat [[cookie]]s are eaten to quell hunger, often in place of a [[meal]].<ref>Schmall, Emily (17 November 2008). [https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1117/062.html "Bite fight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101163535/https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1117/062.html |date=1 January 2018 }}. ''[[Forbes]]''. Retrieved 13 February 2012.</ref>
* [[The Hacker's Diet]]: A calorie-control diet from ''The Hacker's Diet'' by [[John Walker (programmer)|John Walker]]. The book suggests that the key to reaching and maintaining the desired weight is understanding and carefully monitoring calories consumed and used.
* [[Nutrisystem]] diet: The dietary element of the weight-loss plan from Nutrisystem, Inc. Nutrisystem distributes low-calorie meals, with specific ratios of fats, proteins and carbohydrates.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/nutrisystem-diet |title=How does Nutrisystem Diet work? |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220113844/http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/nutrisystem-diet |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Weight Watchers (diet)|Weight Watchers diet]]: Debuting in 1961,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Renee |first=Lynch |date=2015-02-28 |title=A brief timeline shows how we're gluttons for diet fads |url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-diet-timeline-20150228-story.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> foods are assigned point values; dieters can eat any food with a point value provided they stay within their daily point limit.<ref>Devlin, Kate (2 September 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090131014425/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/2667898/Atkins-diet-and-Weight-Watchers-the-best-ways-to-lose-weight.html "Atkins diet and Weight Watchers 'the best ways to lose weight'"]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 15 February 2012.</ref>

====Very low calorie diets====
A [[very low calorie diet]] is consuming fewer than 800 calories per day. Such diets are normally followed under the supervision of a doctor.<ref>[http://www.actabit.com/very-low-calorie-diet "Very low calorie diet for rapid weight loss"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727134854/http://www.actabit.com/very-low-calorie-diet |date=27 July 2017 }}. Calorie Counter. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2012.</ref> Zero-calorie diets are also included.

* [[Inedia]] (breatharian diet): A diet in which no food is consumed, based on the belief that ''[[prana]]'' but not food is necessary for human subsistence.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/454313.stm "All they need is the air"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011233641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/454313.stm |date=11 October 2007 }}. BBC News. 22 September 1999. Retrieved 13 February 2012.</ref>
* [[KE diet]] (feeding tube diet): A diet in which an individual feeds through a [[feeding tube]] and does not eat anything.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Park |first=Alice |title=Tube Feeding: What's Wrong with the Latest Wedding Crash Diet? |url=https://healthland.time.com/2012/04/18/with-this-tube-i-thee-shed-whats-wrong-with-the-latest-wedding-crash-diet/ |magazine=Time |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=18 April 2014 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002125614/http://healthland.time.com/2012/04/18/with-this-tube-i-thee-shed-whats-wrong-with-the-latest-wedding-crash-diet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[The Last Chance Diet|The Last Chance diet]]: General premise is that the [[Dieting|dieter]] will consume only one low-calorie high protein beverage daily. This equated to no more than 400 calories per day.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Linn |first1=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_PfNNfyHFU0C |title=The Last Chance Diet--when Everything Else Has Failed: Dr. Linn's Protein-sparing Fast Program |last2=Stuart |first2=Sandra Lee |date=1977 |publisher=Bantam |isbn=978-0-553-10490-5 |language=en |access-date=25 July 2022 |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114011453/https://books.google.com/books?id=_PfNNfyHFU0C |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-28 |title=Here's Everything About The Deadly 'Last Chance' Diet That Actually Killed People |url=https://www.mensxp.com/health/nutrition/51460-here-rsquo-s-everything-about-the-deadly-last-chance-diet-that-actually-killed-people.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=MensXP |language=en-IN |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725224259/https://www.mensxp.com/health/nutrition/51460-here-rsquo-s-everything-about-the-deadly-last-chance-diet-that-actually-killed-people.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tongue Patch Diet]]: Stitching a [[Marlex]] patch to the tongue to make eating painful. Daily calories are then limited to 800 per day maximum in liquid form.

===Low-carbohydrate diets===
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* [[Atkins Nutritional Approach|Atkins diet]]: A low-carbohydrate diet, popularized by nutritionist [[Robert Atkins (nutritionist)|Robert Atkins]] in the late-20th and early-21st centuries.<ref>Witchel, Alex (27 November 1996). [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/27/garden/refighting-the-battle-of-the-bulge.html "Refighting The Battle Of the Bulge"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315071448/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/27/garden/refighting-the-battle-of-the-bulge.html? |date=15 March 2017 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 29 October 2009.</ref> Proponents argue that this approach is a more successful way of losing weight than low-calorie diets;<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3722221.stm "Scientists endorse Atkins diet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813012331/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3722221.stm |date=13 August 2017 }}. BBC News. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2012.</ref> critics argue that a low-carb approach poses increased health risks.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4814314.stm "Low carb diet health risk fears"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111171231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4814314.stm |date=11 January 2009 }}. BBC News. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2012.</ref> The Atkins diet consists of four phases (Induction, Balancing, Fine-Tuning and Maintenance) with a gradual increase in consumption of carbohydrates as the person goes through the phases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://atkinsdietphase1.strikingly.com/#what-is-atkins-diet |title=What is Atkins Diet? |access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Dukan Diet]]: A multi-step diet based on high protein and limited carbohydrate consumption. It starts with two steps intended to facilitate short term weight loss, followed by two steps intended to consolidate these losses and return to a more balanced long-term diet.<ref>Samuel, Henry (1 June 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605223451/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8548144/The-four-stages-of-the-Dukan-diet.html "The four stages of the Dukan diet"]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. Retrieved 14 February 2011.</ref>
*[[Kimkins]]: A heavily promoted diet for weight loss, found to be fraudulent.
*[[South Beach Diet]]: Diet developed by the Miami-based cardiologist Arthur Agatston in 2003,<ref name=":1" /> who says that the key to losing weight quickly and getting healthy is not cutting all carbohydrates and fats from the diet, but choosing the right carbs and the right fats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/south-beach-diet-what-it-is |title=The South Beach Diet |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132601/http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/south-beach-diet-what-it-is |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Stillman diet]]: A carbohydrate-restricted diet that predates the Atkins diet, allowing consumption of specific food ingredients.

===Low-fat diets===
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*McDougall's starch diet is a high calorie, high fiber, low fat diet that is based on starches such as potatoes, rice, and beans which excludes all animal foods and added vegetable oils. [[John A. McDougall]] draws on historical observation of how many civilizations around the world throughout time have thrived on starch foods.