Do: Eat the recommended amount of oat bran
You’ll go from 1½ tablespoons a day in phase 1 to 3 tablespoons in the final phase. Pierre Dukan, the French physician who created the diet, says it helps you feel full, lowers cholesterol, and slows down absorption of sugar and fat. [iStockphoto]
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On this diet, eat 5 Medifast products each day and one self-prepared meal. Medifast aids short-term weight loss, but isn't sustainable enough to last.
Paleo diets are based on a simple premise—if the cavemen didn't eat it, you shouldn't either. But, this can be tricky to replicate healthfully.
South Beach focuses on choosing good carbs and good fats in a 3-phase process. It may aid rapid weight loss, but it may be hard to follow long-term.