U.S. News evaluated and ranked 29 diets with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, and effective for weight loss and against diabetes and heart disease.

Best Diets Overall

1) DASH - designed for high blood pressure,but works as a general diet as well.

2) Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, or TLC

3) Mayo Clinic Diet

3) Mediterranean Diet

3) Weight Watchers

6) Flexitarian Diet

6) Volumetrics

8) Jenny Craig

9) Biggest Loser Diet

9) Ornish Diet

Get the entire list, including recipes here.