Feel Like it's Time for a Diet Overhaul? Top 5 Healthy Diets to Follow in 2019 That are Absolutely Worth the Effort and Give Results

Are you looking for Low-fat and Vegetarian diets? Should you go on a diet, or should you not?

With all of the current trends on dieting, it’s not easy to figure out as to whether dieting is suitable for you or not. When it comes to dieting, people have their reasons. Some may have gained an unnatural weight and hence, they need to go on a diet, along with taking note of the eating and exercise habits. On the other hand, there are those who are into sports, and have to be in top condition, and hence, need to diet. While there are those, who would like to look and feel better by losing a few pounds.

While a lot of people actually feel pressurized to go on a diet, it really shouldn’t be that way. You will need to improve your food habits plus, you have to include ‘exercise’ in your daily routine, and add to that, a ‘diet-routine’, combine all these three elements, and you are going to see a whole lot of change, than just blindly following whatever the current trend says.

That said, even if you are still unsure as to whether you should really go on a diet, take a look at the following reasons. Maybe, they will convince you!

Today, the culture of ‘diet’ is everywhere – in fact, it had reached such a point that a ‘diet’ now means making a lifestyle change.

But know this that if making a change to your lifestyle means enforcing certain rigid food rules that make you feel guilty when you break them, it is a sign that you are on a diet in disguise, though you may not be aware of it yet.

And sadly, the thing is that the ‘diet industry’ will actually want us to fail in dieting so, that we continue to buy and use their products. Do you know that when you begin to follow a certain ‘diet trend’, you are in fact, supporting a billion-dollar industry that simply makes their profits by convincing us that we are flawed?

So, then, what are the reasons for not going on a diet?

No matter what ‘diet trends’ come and go, the ‘Mediterranean Diet’ has always been the clear winner. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables, fish and wholesome grains, and healthy fats such as flax oil, virgin coconut oil, and olive oil.

Studies have shown that this diet can greatly reduce the risk of cancer and heart diseases while offering numerous health benefits, including reducing the levels of bad cholesterol. Plus, it also helps that following this diet is also shown to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

The ‘Mediterranean Diet’ is ranked #1 in the ‘Overall Best Diets’ that is evaluated by the U.S. News.

Also known as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, and hence, ‘DASH’, this diet has been designed in such a way that can help to manage the blood pressure, but according to the experts, it offers many health benefits. In fact, the benefits are so huge that it has been ranked just next to the ‘Mediterranean Diet’.

Similar to the Mediterranean Diet, the DASH diet, too, focuses on healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables, wholesome grains, nuts, legumes, fish and skinless poultry, while limiting the inclusion of sweets, salt, and red meat.

Studies have also shown that adhering to the DASH diet reduces the risk of diabetes, besides helping in fighting depression.

Ranked at the third place, the Flexitarian Diet is formed by the combination of two words – flexible and vegetarian.

Coined by the renowned dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner, this diet ranks quite high in the nutrition list and, it also helps that this diet is very easy to follow, while paving the way for long-term weight loss as well as offering health benefits to the heart.

According to Blatner, in order to follow this diet, you don’t have to cut down completely on meat to reap the benefits of a vegetarian diet. Instead, while following this diet, it is advised that you take meat every once in a while so as to satisfy your cravings. Doing so will not only help in weight management, but it will also improve overall health.

Ranked fourth in the list of ‘Overall best diets to follow’, the MIND diet is a combination of the two most popular diets – the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet.

Standing for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neuro-degenerative Delay, the MIND Diet is known to focus on healthy food groups that are good for both brain and heart. Particularly giving a strong focus on fresh green leafy vegetable, this diet opts for the vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, wholesome grains and legumes, fish, poultry and olive oil.

In order to follow this diet, here’s how you can go about – you can go for three servings of wholesome grains followed by a bowl of salad and fresh vegetables later in the day.

Ranked fifth in the list of ‘Overall best diets to follow’ and ranked first in the Best Commercial Diet and Best Diet for Weight Loss in 2019, this diet is backed by Oprah Winfrey, and has taken on Kate Hudson as its brand ambassador recently.

Even though this diet is created to lose weight, it does so while focusing on living healthy. According to this diet, each and every food and beverage is assigned a point value, that is based on their nutritious benefits. This diet has assigned quite high points on foods that fall in the category of saturated fats and sugars, while assigning low points on foods with very high levels of proteins.

Following this diet helps to lay down a foundation that focuses on a healthy pattern of eating. You can eat anything you want, provided you remember to take note of the points that are assigned to food each category.

Wondering how to remember the points assigned to each food category? There’s an app for that – named "WW (WeightWatchers)" on both Google Play Store and the Apple Store, with which you can use the app to take note of all the points that are assigned to the food categories.