- Experts assembled by US News & World Report suggest a raw food diet is the worst way to eat for 2023.
- They said the diet was too restrictive and not evidence-based and may be lacking in essential nutrients.
- Healthy diets are flexible and easy to maintain over time and emphasize whole foods and plants.
the US News & World Report annual food rankings have identified the raw food diet as the worst overall eating plan for 2023.
The diet includes only foods that have not been cooked, such as fruits and vegetables, sprouted grains and beans, and sometimes animal products like raw fish or unprocessed dairy products. He took last place in several categories of the ketogenic dietor keto for short, which moved up the rankings slightly.
Each year, US News & World Report brings together experts in health and nutrition to rank popular diets based on factors such as their overall health, ease of following, and potential for weight loss and disease prevention. This year, they reviewed 24 diets.
Experts ranked the raw food diet lowest overall because there are no evidence of benefits to cut cooked food, it is extremelimitingand it can make you hungry, as raw foods tend to be lower in calories and protein than prepared foods.
As a result, it is difficult to maintain over time. While short-term diets can lead to temporary results, often for weight loss, healthy long-term diets involve eating strategies you can stick with, said Gretel Schueller, senior health editor at US News. .
“Ultimately it’s about how long can I stay on this, can I do this long-term,” Schueller told Insider. “You may look good for a few months, but eventually it will go back to where you started.”
Experts say too many restrictions can make a diet plan fail
Although diets that have strict rules or cut out certain food groups may seem effective, they can be difficult to maintain, and the benefits won’t last if you stop in a few weeks.
“As soon as you’re too restrictive or feel deprived, you’re going to jump in and not stick with it long term,” Schueller said.
The expert panel noted that other lower-ranked diets were too strict or difficult to follow long-term, or cut out potentially nutritious food groups.
Commercial diets, including the low-carb Atkins diet, as well as SlimFast and Optavia, which involved highly processed shakes, bars and supplements used to replace whole foods, were other bad performers.
In contrast, the top Mediterranean diet and other highly rated plans involve variety, don’t exclude food groups, and are easier to adjust to accommodate different lifestyles.
“The top diets are the ones we’ve known for years that use a common sense approach to healthy eating, incorporate whole foods, and are flexible,” Schueller said.
The keto diet ranked slightly higher this year
Whereas for several years it was rated the worst diet For healthy eating, the high-fat, low-carb keto diet landed first place for rapid weight loss and 20th overall this year.
Proof has emerged in recent years suggesting that Keto and low-carb diets can help people manage weight and blood sugar and can be structured to include more nutrient dense foods and healthy fats.
“We see that it has the potential to be done in a healthy way, when done correctly,” Schueller said. “Ask yourself what people are replacing carbs with. If that’s a healthy answer, it makes all the difference.”
Experts ranked the keto diet last for heart health. They have previously expressed concern that the diet is high in saturated fat, which some research has linked to heart health problems. Eliminating carbs can also mean eliminating nutrient-dense foods like fruits, some vegetables, and whole grains, which is part of why experts have consistently ranked keto in the bottom five this year.
But that shouldn’t be the stereotype.dirty ketoA diet full of butter, burgers and cheese, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, a professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine who studies low-carb diets, told Insider.
He said examples of healthier keto foods include fat sources like olive oil, protein like fish, low-carb fruits like berries, and plenty of leafy greens for nutrients.
Correction: January 3, 2023 – An earlier version of this story’s headline missed the keto diet’s position in the latest US News & World Report ranking. Although it was passed below where it was in 2022, experts did not rank it the second least healthy diet for 2023.
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