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Consumer reports has tested the “top nine” diets. The top five in descending order:

• Weight Watchers, Slim-Fast and the Zone diet tied with a rating of 2.
• The Dean Ornish diet came in next, with a rating of 3.
• The Atkins Ongoing Weight Loss plan and the Atkins Induction plan tied with a rating of 4.

The remaining diets could not be adequately be ranked due to insufficient information. It is worth noting that the ranking was done by comparing the nutritional values of a week’s worth of each plan’s menus against the new U.S. dietary recommendations. These recommendations are stacked against low-carb diets.

Interestingly, the most effective diet regime of all was “no plan”. So called “super losers” who took off the most weight and kept it off tended to make their own food choices and tended to follow an exercise regimen.

From a CNN report on the article:
“In fact 83 percent of the ’superlosers’ said they lost weight entirely on their own.”

“Only 14 percent of “superlosers” had ever signed up with Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, or another commercial diet program, according to results of the survey. A mere 6 percent in that category used dietary supplements or another non-prescription weight loss aid, such as Metabolife or Dexatrim.”

“The vast majority — 88 percent — stayed away from Slim Fast and other meal replacements. “

See a chart of findings at WebMD.