Diets or empty promises? The Top 10 Diets of 2025

Well, here we are, a new year, and with it comes that time of year when everyone suddenly decides to get healthy. Yep, those resolutions we forget about by February! But this year, U.S. News & World Report decided to give us a list of the best diets for 2025, as if we needed more options that make us feel guilty every time we look at a slice of pizza.

These diets were selected by a group of “experts” who know everything about diabetes, heart health, and weight loss. And because they know everything, they decided to rate these diets based on:

Nutritional Balance: Does it have everything your body needs? (Yes, even chocolate!).

Health Benefits: Will it keep you alive until you’re 100? (Or at least until you pay all your bills).

Stickability: Can you follow it without going crazy? That's the real challenge!).

Scientific Backing: Are there studies that prove it works? (Or is it just a fad?)

1. The Mediterranean Diet

This is everyone’s favorite, like that friend everyone loves for no apparent reason. It’s said to reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. But let’s be honest, is it because of the olive oil or because people in the Mediterranean live a more relaxed lifestyle?

What do you eat?

Lots of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.

Olive oil, because it’s definitely better than butter (even though butter is tastier).

Some fish and poultry, because red meat has become public enemy number one.

Why is it great?

Because it makes you feel like you’re on vacation on the beaches of Greece, even if you’re stuck in your office.

2. The DASH Diet

This diet was designed to lower blood pressure, but it seems to have become the magic bullet for all our health problems.

What’s the idea?

Eat fruits and vegetables until you feel like a rabbit.

Cut back on salt and red meat, because, of course, it’s the cause of all the evil in the world.

3. Flexitarian Diet

This diet is the perfect solution for those who want to be vegetarian but can’t resist a delicious steak.

Why do people like it?

Because there are no hard and fast rules. You can eat meat occasionally without feeling guilty.

It’s like a relationship: flexible and no commitments!

4. MIND Diet

This diet is a mix between the Mediterranean and DASH diets, like a child of an arranged marriage between two diets.

What’s the benefit?

It may protect you from Alzheimer’s, because of course we need to remember all the things we forget every day.

5. Mayo Clinic Diet

This diet is a 12-week program, like a training course to become a better person.

What’s the special thing?

It offers meal plans and tracking tools because, of course, we need a new app on our phones.

6. TLC Diet

This diet is designed to lower cholesterol, like cholesterol is the arch enemy that needs to be defeated.

What’s the point?

Reduce saturated fat and increase fiber, because of course we love living a fiber-filled life!

7. Menopause Diet

For middle-aged women, as if menopause needed its own diet.

What to eat?

Lots of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, because of course they are the answer to all of life’s problems.

8. Dr. Weil’s Anti-Inflammatory Diet

This diet is all about reducing inflammation, as if our body is a constant battlefield.

Why try it?

Because it focuses on unprocessed foods, as if we were living in the 19th century.

9. The Volumetrics Diet

This diet encourages you to eat large amounts of low-calorie foods, as if you were eating a lot without eating a lot.

Why do people like it?

Because it’s flexible and easy, as if it’s that friend who doesn’t ask too much of you.

10. Cleveland Clinic Diet

This diet offers a smart app to help you improve your health, as if we needed another app to monitor our lives.

What’s so special?

It offers personalized plans because, of course, we need our own diet.

How do you choose the right diet for you?

Avoid restrictive diets: Choose a diet that you can stick to without losing your mind.

Focus on natural foods: Because, of course, we live in a world full of unnatural foods.

Consult the experts: Talk to your doctor or nutritionist, because of course they know everything about you.

The best diet is the one that makes you happy, even if that means eating chocolate occasionally.