What exactly is The Atkins Diet? It is a way of eating which puts focus on the consumption of nutrient-dense, unprocessed foods and vitamin supplements. The Atkins diet restricts the dieters diet of processed and refined carbohydrates (which often makes up over 55% of a person's diet). The Atkins Diet is one of the worlds most popular diets with an estimated 20 million people worldwide on the program since the inception of the Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution in the mid 1970s.

The founder of the South Beach Diet is Dr. Arthur Agatston a cardiologist whose was trying to improve the cholesterol and insulin levels of his patients. The South Beach Diet involves a strong willpower and lots of self motivation. According to its founder it is scientifically based and rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean protein.

Well, to begin with, there isn't really any one Mediterranean Diet! There's a whole swag of countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The basic Mediterranean Diet has common characteristics even if the sourrounding countries differ in culture, language and recipes to some extent.