Best Diet for Your Body

Featured on the "Today Show", the Engine 2 Diet is a plant-based elimination diet created by Texas firefighter, Rip Esselstyn. Over the course of 28 days, you'll remove processed foods, dairy, meat and excess oil from your diet. What's left to eat on the vegetarian plan? Plenty of whole grains, beans, soy-products, fruits and veggies. There's also a firefighter-inspired exercise program to follow.

The Mediterranean Diet is based on a pattern of eating tied to the Mediterranean region, which boasts lower rates of chronic diseases than most parts of the world. Essentially, the diet emphasizes foods from plant sources, limited meat consumption, small amounts of wine and olive oil as the main fat sources.

Tend to eat when you're stressed or bored? The Best Life Diet from Oprah's trainer, Bob Greene, may help you get a grip on your emotional eating. You'll get on a regular meal and snack schedule and learn to incorporate exercise into your life. Rather than a short-term diet, this plan aims to instill lifelong healthy habits.

If you're a meat-lover, then the Atkins plan might be right for you. You'll fill up on protein like steak, eggs, and cheese. Even fats like butter and mayo are okay. But bread, pasta, rice, and starchy vegetables are off limits. Why? When carbs are restricted, the body goes into fat-burning mode.

The French Women Don't Get Fat plan is more of a philosophy than a diet regimen.The book encourages a French attitude toward food -- choosing high quality, seasonal produce, savoring meals and sitting down to dine rather than eating on the run. A bonus of this diet is that you can still enjoy chocolate, wine and cheese.

For those who crave convenience and are willing to pay extra for taking the guesswork out of meal planning, NutriSystem might be for you. It doesn't get easier than having prepackaged meals delivered right to your door. The focus is on low-fat proteins, whole grains, veggies and heart-healthy fats.

Pritikin is a decades-old diet has no phases or levels to follow. You simple eat six to seven small meals a day, choosing from categories of food labeled as "Better," "Better Still" and "Best," including a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, small amounts of meat and low-sodium vegetable drinks.

Dieters who want a quick fix may find the answer in a bottomless bowl of cabbage soup. With the Cabbage Soup Diet, for seven days, you'll sink your spoon into a homemade vat of soup along with a limited list of some low-calorie foods. If you don't lose the amount you want in a week, you can take a break, then repeat.

You have to be hard-core fan of this fruit to survive the Grapefruit Diet which calls for eating the fruit, pulp or juice (along with other food) at every meal. While the jury is still out on how it works, researchers suspect that eating grapefruit lowers insulin levels, which may lead to weight loss.

If following a strict eating plan helps you stay focused, the Fat Flush may be a good fit. The premise: By drinking concoctions of juice and herbs, taking supplements and avoiding foods in certain combos (i.e. no milk and meat together) you'll flush the toxins from your overtaxed liver and allow it to return to the fat-burning organ it is.