More people than ever are trying to lose weight these days. But which diets are the best, and what do you need to do to make sure that your diet is a success? To sustain any progress one might make on a 'diet', they must consider this a permanent change in their behavior or patterns. Therefore, just like binging should be in moderation, so should dieting. Better a sensible weight loss plan that actually works, albeit slowly, that a crash diet that leaves you craving the very foods that you should be avoiding.

The current diet craze is for low carb diets, but are they really a good idea and do they work? We need a certain amount of carbohydrates to produce energy and maintain a healthy body. To eliminate all carbohydrates is not only unrealistic; it might even be dangerous. Since we only need to reduce and/or limit carbohydrates, it is essential that the carbohydrates we choose be those that are higher in nutritional value. It