Lean, low-fat protein is common ingredient in many popular diets today, including the South Beach Diet, the Sonoma Diet, and the Zone Diet. If you're new to nutrition, though, you might be wondering what kinds of foods, exactly, are diet-friendly proteins. A few examples include:

• any type of fish, excluding breaded or deep fried
• canned fish, packed in water
• chicken or turkey, unbreaded, skinless and preferably white meat
• ground beef with less than 10% fat
• pork tenderloin
• eggs
• tofu
• tempah
• beans
• deli-sliced meats
  

For more information about diet-friendly proteins, check out this article from AOL Body.

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We all have diets, don't we? While the word "diet" has morphed in popular culture to mean a special way of eating to ramp up weight loss, the word actually refers to the standard offering of nutrition every person eats on a daily basis. But, back to the subject -- when someone "goes on diet" as it were, what are the most poplar websites that feature dieting advice?

The folks at WebMD compiled a list of the top-20 diet-related website which started with the most popular dieting websites -- and there were three websites that scored "Excellent" ratings: Aetna InteliHealth, MayoClinic.com and MedicineNet.com.

Since the top 20 websites popular with dieters scored all over the map, Consumer Reports -- who published the results - said this courtesy of Beau Brendler: "I think clearly there are some good web sites that publish information that will be useful for people trying to lose weight."

Although the results were very mixed for several very popular diet websites, these three rules that Brendler mentioned re key to anyone wanting to ensure they are receiving the most relevant and truthful content possible in regards to weight loss:

-- Look at how well the sites separate advertising from editorial content
-- Check the source's medical or nutritional qualifications
-- Read the fine print (for something, I guess -- Brendler is not clear here)

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Atkins, South Beach, you name them, there are plenty of high protein diets out there. Amidst all of the controversy, there is one underlying theme; there are people losing weight by following these diet guidelines.

There may be some science behind this, according to British researchers. It seems that the hormone PYY, known as the weight loss hormone, is activated more effectively by high protein foods.

The researchers are not advocating diets like Atkins, which are high in saturated fats. Leaner meals that are low in carbs and high in protein may be what you are looking for to trigger your weight loss hormone. Researchers also say that a diet close to our ancestors, the hunters and gatherers, may be the key.

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