RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) - Millions of Americans make health-related resolutions for the New Year, but finding what diet plan works for you can be a task. To help, U.S. News worked with physicians and dieticians who compared 35 diet plans and found the ones that actually work.

For the third consecutive year, the mediterranean diet ranked first for the best overall diet.

"That diet is focused on plants with some meat you know for protein. What we really see is we're getting rid of the packaged and processed foods," said Registered Dietician, Marni Whalen.

According the U.S. News, Weight Watchers was voted the best diet for weight-loss by health professionals. But Whalen says if you aren't ready to take on a whole diet plan, utilizing the 'plate method' for meals is a good start.

'Vegetables, non-starchy vegetables such as broccoli. Then we have about three to four ounces of meat and a serving of potatoes. That would be an appropriate plate method meal," said Whalen.

With the KETO diet being one of the worst diets on the 2020 list, Whalen says most of the time, people will do restrictive diets like KETO for a short period of time, then go back to old habits.

"Some of the worst diets out there are the ones that are really restrictive and I always find those to be red flags. When you have a list of 'you can have these but you can't have this,'" says Whalen.

Whalen says a good rule of thumb for healthy eating is to start the day with a good, protein-rich breakfast.

For the full list of the best and worst diets in 2020 ranked by U.S. News, click here.

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Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel discusses the declining rate of cancer deaths and the health of singer Adele following her dramatic weight loss.

Hello,body transformation.

Adele reportedly shed nearly 50 pounds after hiring a personal trainer and following the Sirtfood Diet, a regime of eating specific foods that trigger a group of proteins in the body called sirtuins (SIRTs) that are said to boost metabolism and reduce inflammation. And personal trainers attribute the majority of her transformation to her diet.

Adele lost a reported 50 pounds after hiring a trainer and following the Sirtfood Diet. (AP/Backgrid)

"Ninety-percent is from the diet, and of course exercise helped," Camila Goodis, a Los Angeles-based celebrity fitness trainer who worked with Adele and actressSophia Vergara, told FOX Business.

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"We did pilates, nothing strenuous. It was very gentle. She's not a big fan of exercising. I believe she changed the way she was eating and cut out a lot of the processed foods and started to eat a clean diet with lean proteins, fruits and of course consuming fewer calories and burning more," Goodis said.

Goodis, who charges up to $280 per session,uses a combination of Pilates and core strength training exercises, she said.

The "Hello" singer has reportedly also been following the Sirtfood Diet, which ranked as Googles No. 7 most-searched meal plan of 2019. Itadvises eating a diet rich sirtuins -- a family of proteins -- found in foods like kale, strawberries, soy, buckwheat, blueberries, walnuts and dark chocolate that increase the level of proteins in the body. And the diet plan even allows drinking wine.

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The diet also incorporates calorie restriction, which can also trigger the bodys ability to produce a higher level of sirtuins, Healthline.com explained. Followers of the diet start off drinking green juices and one Sirtfood-based meal a day for the first three days consuming just 1,000 calories per day. Then theyre allowed 1,5000 calories per day, which includes sirtuin-filled juices such as green juices made from celery, parsley, green tea, lemonand kale -- and two meals.

But nutritionists and registered dietitians say following the diet without exercise isnt sustainable for long-term health goals.

The foods the diet is touting are good for you, but its a low-calories diet,"registered dietitian and author of Finally Full, Finally Slim Lisa Young told FOX Business. "If youre going to limit your calories, youre going to lose weight regardless of what youre eating so its not really a sustainable diet.

Goodis agreed: "Whenyou work with so much restriction sometimes your body doesnt like it. It's fine if it's just for a couple of weeks, but I bet any amount of money once you stop the diet you could gain everything back."

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The U.S. weight loss market is now worth $72 billion, according to data from Research and Markets. And with New Year's resolutions in full swing, the diet and weight loss market will likely see a boost in the next few months.

While the U.K.-based Sirtfood Diet has amassed more than 13,000 people on social media and has resulted in a fan following from the likes of Pipa Middleton, no scientific evidence has proven the diet to be effective on humans.

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You are what you eat. The food the body is fed either makes or breaks one'shealth, especially when aiming to ward off diseases and cancer. There is no prescribable anti-cancer diet that can protect the body entirely against cancer.

However, eating a balanced diet with whole grains, fruits and vegetables can help fend off cancer in the long run, although not immediately. Avoiding exposure to toxins, not succumbing to stress, not drinking and smoking are other correlated factors involved in preventing cancer.

Here are some of the few changes you can make to adopt an anti-cancer diet.

Stay away from toxins and actively detoxify

The first step towards protecting the body against damage from free radicals is to eliminate toxins from entering the body through various products that we use on a daily basis without giving it much thought.For example, several seemingly harmlessbeauty products contain carcinogens sometimes. Hence, it is best to use shampoos and conditioners after checking their ingredients to ensure the products do not contain toxins.

Moreover, use household cleaners that do not contribute to indoor air pollution. Instead, use alternate homemade products without chemicals. Avoid overusing medication such as paracetamol because it can increase the risk of liver disease.

Consuming food after heating plastic or microwaving plastic material could cause interferencesin the functioning of the neuroendocrine system. Intermittent fasting helps cleanse the body of toxins, especially through the skin, kidney, respiratory and digestive tracts. Furthermore, green juices, raw foods, lightly steamed vegetables and drinking alkaline water aids the process of detoxification.

Avoid burnt food

Acrylamide is formed on fried food and exposure to the chemical can increase the risk of cancer. Avoiding foods high in starch content and processed food also lowers acrylamide exposure.

Cakes, fries, crackers, chips and cookiescan be problematic in the long run. High temperatures and heating the food for a long period of time also increases acrylamide levels as well. Boiling and steaming are safer methods of cooking.

Avoid processed food

Refined food products, sugary drinks, frozen food, unhealthy vegetables and other processed food cause health problems if consumed excessively. Due to low costs and availability, wheat and corn are subsidized and sold as refined food products in the U.S.

These manufactured products contain pesticides, herbicides and heavy metals, hence not consuming them is the best practice. Organic and whole grain products can be added to the anti-cancer diet to keep the body healthy and intact.

Eat food with cancer-fighting properties

To actively fight the possibility of cancer, eat several cancer-fighting food, particularly broccoli, sprouts, cabbage and kale. Cruciferous vegetables are full of antioxidants that help fight breast, colon, prostate and rectal cancers.

Foods high in vitamin C and A are powerful antioxidants that protect the immune system against various diseases. Garlic, green tea, olive oil and oolong tea reduce inflammation and also prevent damage to the immune system, thereby preventing cancer. Calcium-rich foods combined with vitamin D3 prevent breast and ovarian cancer.

Nature's grocery store has an aisle full of cancer-fighting foods to add to your diet. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

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The Diet will convene on Jan. 20 for a 150-day regular session that will put priority on early passage of draft budgets for the current and next fiscal years, government officials said Friday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver his policy speech on the first day of the Diet session, which will last through June 17, along with the foreign, finance and economy ministers. The Cabinet approved the schedule Friday.

The speeches will be followed by questioning by ruling and opposition party leaders in both houses from Jan. 22 to 24.

Abe has been increasing his calls for an active debate on constitutional reform, a long-held goal of the prime minister and his Liberal Democratic Party.

But the outlook remains uncertain as opposition lawmakers are set to grill the government over its handling of guest lists for an annual publicly funded cherry blossom viewing party at the center of a campaign scandal as well as a casino-bribery scandal involving LDP lawmakers.

The governments Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatch to the Middle East for an intelligence-gathering mission is also expected to come under intense scrutiny amid U.S.-Iran tensions.

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In a blow to gym vloggers who pretend to be scientists everywhere, the paleo diet may not be all that paleo. According to a new study, humans were eating carbs up to 170,000 years ago.

The paleo diet is based on the assumption that modern farming and agricultural practices dont match up to what the human body was made to digest. It therefore cuts out many carbohydrates: legumes, pulses, grains and even white potatoes, depending on what kind of paleo you are.

Paleo enthusiasts suggest we should return to the eating patterns of our ancestors in the Paleolithic period (spanning from about 2.5m years ago to the end of the last Ice Age, around 9,600 BCE), which usually means eating mostly meat, fish, nuts and vegetables.

But scientists from the Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI) at Wits University in Johannesburg recently found evidence that southern Africans were cooking starchy plants hundreds of thousands of years ago. (In case youre wondering whether a starchy plant really is a carb, the charred remnants of the plant they found is nicknamed the African potato.)

This is not the first time such evidence has arisen: previous studies have shown that our ancestors were eating starchy grains over a million years ago. There is also a body of evidence showing that humans didnt necessarily evolve to eat meat.

Then again, proponents of the paleo diet call their ideology theoretical in nature and wide for interpretation, so that information probably doesnt matter too much.

The [paleo notion] of following these very specific, restrictive guidelines really doesnt hold weight, says Meredith Price, a registered dietitian from New York. There is no scientific proof this was the way we ate, because it wasnt.

Price says there are many benefits to eating whole grains, legumes and other things restricted by the paleo diet such as good heart health and reduced risk of cancer and diabetes. Although there are ways to get the nutrients found in these carbohydrates elsewhere, she asks, whats the point in making it so difficult?

We are talking about a group of people who did not live past the age of 35, says Price.

Of course, a movement trying to limit the refined, sugary, processed foods we are fed in abundance shouldnt be vilified we all agree those are bad for us. But Price emphasises that many of the benefits touted by the paleo diet seem to be about cutting out sugars and processed food rather than healthy carbs such as grains.

And while a minority of paleo enthusiasts argue that carbs are not at odds with their diet, its hard not to think of the diet as little more than reimagined carb-phobia. Maybe the best indication of this is the beef within the paleo community over the humble potato. Paleo extremists will tell you potatoes are forbidden, and argue that: Paleo is all about eating only those foods that people living the pre-agricultural age could have eaten.

Seeing as potatoes were first domesticated between 8,000 and 5,000 BC, this seems like bad science but then again, what about basing a modern diet on the proposed practices of cavemen doesnt?

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Immediately after the Broncos 2019 season ended, running back Phillip Lindsay started thinking about how he can improve this offseason to go into the 2020 season with a better body.

Im going to go and get healed up, Lindsay said on Dec. 30. Then Im going to start my plan for next year with my dieting and everything and go from there.

Lindsay (5-8, 190 pounds) has gained 2,485 yards from scrimmage and has scored 17 touchdowns since signing with Denver as a college free agent out of Colorado in 2018. He plans to tweak his diet this offseason.

I think Im going to take a couple things out of my diet and see if it helps me out just in general, Lindsay said. I just want to eat cleaner this year coming up and thats throughout the offseason. Honestly, its harder to eat clean during the season because youre getting banged up and hit so much.

Im just trying to stay consistent with what I do and go from there.

Lindsay has missed just one game over the last two years and he is yet to fumble in the NFL. The running backs new diet will aim to help him stay healthy and productive going into next season.

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It is a well-established fact that 6-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton is a firm supporter of veganism. So, he uses every opportunity to try and convince his fans to adopt a plant-based diet.

Earlier this year Australia was rocked by catastrophic bushfires and parts of the continent continue to burn. So, he pleaded with his fans to not only aid in Australias efforts to recover, but to save the environment by going vegan.

The Mercedes driver regularly uses his platform to advocate for veganism and stresses on the need to save the environment. In the wake of the devastation, he expressed his sympathy for everyone in Australia and then posted a series of stories about the impact of animal agriculture on the environment.

Grazing livestock is responsible for 54 percent of Australias land use. Urban usage is less than 0.18 percent. Eight percent is conservation, read one post, which credited the Australian Government, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.

Lewis Hamilton also referred to an Oxford University study that supported the vegan diet and its positive impact. According to it, the diet is supposed to be the best way to reduce a persons negative impact on planet Earth. It affects, not only greenhouse gases, but also global acidification, eutrophication, land use, and water use.

Aside from Hamilton, the likes of Daniel Ricciardo and numerous celebrities pleaded with the publics about Australias plight. They also made sure to donate to various charities to help tackle the fires.

The situation in Australia is so dire that it is believed that more than one billion animals are now feared dead in the blazes. Infernoes have also ravaged more than 2,000 homes, and more than 30,000 square miles, across New South Wales and Victoria killing an estimated 27 people.

In response to the disaster, a fundraiser was set up to help those affected. Reportedly, it raised more than $20 million Australian dollars in 48 hours to help tackle the fire.

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