Diet Book Reviews

Publishers continue to crank out new diet books at a rapid pace. Will you get your diet advice and tips from a new diet book hot off the presses, or one of the "classic" diet bestsellers? Read the reviews  below. BestDietForMe analysts will help you sort it out.

There's the Dr. Atkins diet book, the South Beach Diet book (and South Beach Diet cook book), The Zone diet book, or you can buy a diet cook book from Weight Watchers, or read some of the newer fad diet books such as: The 3 Hour Diet, the Curves diet, the Mediterranean diet book, the sex diet book, Volumetrics, and more.

Many popular weight loss programs start out as a diet book first.

If they catch on, they create a website and a full-blown diet plan. Some are related to specific medical condition or body part--a diabetes diet book, a gi diet book (glycemic index), the blood type diet, etc. Take your pick.

BestDietForMe analysts will continually add to the list below, as new diet books are released. So, check back with us. The list below is by no means all-inclusive. Click the links below to get to the review for each diet book.

Consumer Reports Rates The Diets, and Diet Books...

According to the June 2007 issue of Consumer Reports, Volumetrics is the most carefully researched diet plan, and The Best Life Diet is the best diet book.

To rate the diet books, newer diets that, according to CR "have not been put to the test of a large clinical trial", the magazine's staff applied their own criteria and sought input from a panel of nutrition experts. Among other tings, CR staff considered a weeks' menus from the book or website, and how well the diets conformed to the 2005 U.S. dietary guidelines.

After The Best Life Diet, CR rated 3 books as coming in very close seconds: Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less (by Mollie Katzen and Walter Willet, MD), You On A Diet (by Michael Roizen, MD and Mehmet C. Oz, MD), and The Abs Diet (by David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker).

The following were ranked LAST among the diet books: The South Beach Diet, The Sonoma Diet, and Ultra-Metabolism. Of course, the authors disputed CR's ratings if they were not favorable.

New Diet Books

• The Common Cent$ Diet For The Busy Girl

• The Abs Diet (David Zinczenko)

• The Weight-Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About (Kevin Trudeau)

• Fiber 35 Diet (Brenda Watson)

• You On A Diet (Michael R. Roizen, Mehmet Oz, MDs)

• The Best Life Diet (Bob Greene)

• 3 Hour Diet (Jorge Cruise)

• Body Intelligence (Edward Abramson, PhD)

• Dieting For Dummies (Jane Kirby, RD, & The American Dietetic Assn.)

• Curves: Permanent Results Without Permanent Dieting (Gary Heavin & Carol Colman) 

• Eat Carbs, Lose Weight (Denise Austin)

• Flavor Point Diet (David L. Katz, M.D.) 

• French Women Don't Get Fat (Mireille Guilano)

• My Diva Diet (Christine Lakatos)

• The Perricone Weight Loss Diet (Nicholas Perricone, M.D.)

• The Good Mood Diet (Susan Kleiner, PhD with Bob Condor)

• The South Beach Diet Parties And Holidays Cookbook

• Ultra Metabolism (Mark Hyman, M.D.)

• Volumetrics (Dr. Barbara Rolls)

• 5-Factor Fitness (Harley Pasternak, M.Sc. and Ethan Boldt)

• Body For Life (Bill Phillips)

• Eight Weeks to Optimum Health (Dr. Andrew Weil)

• Protein Power (Drs. Michael & Mary Eades)

• The Rosedale Diet (Ron Rosedale, M.D. and Carol Colman)

• The South Beach Diet (Dr. Arthur Agatston)

• The Zone (Dr. Barry Sears)

• The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution (Dr. Phil McGraw)

• Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution (Dr. Robert Atkins)

• Beverly Hills Diet (Judy Mazel)

• Eat To Win (Robert Hass)

• Eat More, Weigh Less (Dean Ornish, M.D.)

• In The Kitchen With Rosie (Rosie Daley)

• Scarsdale Medical Diet (Herman Tarnower)

• Somersizing (Suzanne Somers)

• Sugar Busters (H. Leighton Steward)

• The Pritikin Program For Diet & Exercise (Nathan Pritikin)

• The Rotation Diet (Martin Katahn)

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