Various Names of Diet

Diet

Diet is a standard regimens for food intake, that is, the sum of food consumed by a person. A certain diet can be composed based on the person’s concerns about his appearance, health or religion.
A diet can be named based on various aspects, such as:

Trade Marked Diets

Atkins Diet
Is a low-carbohydrate diet, which is based on the theory that overweight people eat too many carbohydrates.

Jenny Craig Diet
Is a three-level food-mind-body plan to help people lose weight and keep it off.

South Beach Diet
Is a diet plan which emphasizes the consumption of "good carbohydrates" and "good fats".

Certain Nutrition Retriction Diets

Low-Carbohydrate Diet
Is a dietary programs that restrict carbohydrate consumption usually for weight control or for the treatment of obesity.

Low Cholesterol Diet
Is a diet to lower cholesterol by increasing plant-based products while cutting back on animal-based products and certain fats, such as saturated fats and trans fats.

Diseases Controlled Diets

Cardiac Diet
The 3 Day Cardiac Diet plan was designed for the use of patients who needed to lose up to 10 lbs weight quickly so they could undergo surgery.

Diabetic Diet
Is a diet recommended for people who suffer from diabetes mellitus

Diverticulitis Diet
Is a diet recommended for patients having a disorder of the gastro-intestinal tract that particularly affects the colon called diverticular disease.

Gout Diet
Gout is a form of arthritis usually occurring in the cooler extremities of the body, like feet or toes. As Gout seems to be more prevalent in overweight people it is important to maintain a healthy body weight.

Based on Goals

The Fat Smash Diet
Is a nutrition and fitness regimen that focused on eating healthful, filling foods, and getting lots of exercise.

Flat Belly Diet
Is a 1,600-calorie Mediterranean-style diet with an emphasis on wholesome, unrefined foods with the addition of a monounsaturated fat, or MUFA, at every meal.

Slim Fast Diet
Is a meal replacement plan that allows you to eat up to six times a day. It replaces breakfast and lunch with a milkshake-style drinks.

Based on Main Menu

The Cabbage Soup Diet
Is a diet designed around heavy consumption of a low-calorie cabbage soup over the time of seven days.

Grapefruit Diet
Is a diet based on a certain ingredient in grapefruits, that, when eaten with protein, triggers fat burning and causes weight lost.

Raw Vegetable Diet
Is a variation of the vegetarian diet with the principal difference being that everything that can be eaten raw is done so.

Religion Based Diets

Halal Diet
Is a diet of foods which are permissible according to Islamic law and custom.

Kosher Diet
Is a diet that conforms to the regulations of Jewish religion.

Vegetarian Diet
Is a diet which excluding meat and animal tissue products. It can also be traced to religious traditions such as Hindu Brahmins or Buddhist.

Others

Anorexic Diet
Is a diet performed by a person with Anorexia.

Blood Type Diet
Is a diet plan that based on the theory that each blood type has certain foods and nutrients that it can best utilize.

Mediterranean Diet
Is a diet inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin.