The best weight loss plans are all high in fruit, vegetables and fiber, and low in artery-clogging types of fat. The worst is the high-protein, low-carb Atkins plan."Obese people already have a higher risk of heart disease," explained Dr. Yunsheng Ma. "So it's particularly important that they make heart-healthy diet changes that can be kept up."

Middle-aged women who adopt low-carbohydrate diets and increase their intake of proteins as proposed in the Atkins plan may risk premature death due to cardiovascular disease, a new survey said.

From high protein to low-fat, from eating right for your type to eating like a caveman, any calorie deficit (burning more calories than you eat) diet can help you lose weight. But the real name of the game is maintaining that weight loss for your long-term health and wellbeing including reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Eating a low-protein diet may protect against certain cancers, while a diet high in protein may increase the risk for malignancies, a new study suggests.

With the obesity epidemic a front-page story, 'diet wars' is a hot topic. And at the centre of the debate is the quantity and quality of carbohydrate. What should it be: low carb or slow carbs? Both high protein and low GI diets will help you shed fat, but a diet rich in low GI carbs also significantly reduces your risk of heart disease.

A high protein diet is often recommended by bodybuilders and nutritionists to help efforts to build muscle and lose fat. It should not be confused with low-carb diets such as the Atkins Diet, which are not calorie-controlled and which often contain large amounts of fat.While adequate protein is required for building skeletal muscle and various other tissues, there is ongoing debate regarding the use and necessity of high protein diets in weight training and bodybuilding. Various sources advise people to consume anywhere from 0.6 to 1.5g of protein per pound of bodyweight per day (1.4–3.3g per kg) . However, many medical professionals believe that consuming more protein than the Recommended Dietary Allowance provides no benefits, and that the excess is merely burnt for energy or excreted. HazardsRelatively little evidence has been gathered regarding the effect of protein on the development of chronic diseases and more research is needed to better understand protein's role in bone health.While there was initial suspicion that high protein diets increased the risk for renal failure, studies have shown that kidney problems occur only in people with pre-existing kidney disease . (Still, it should be noted that such problems may become apparent only when the stress of extra protein is applied to the kidneys.) Similarly, the long-held concern that it could worsen hepatic encephalopathy (brain disease due to malfunction of the liver) appears to be ungrounded.The increased load on the kidney is a result of an increase in reabsorption of NaCl. This causes a decrease the sensitivity of tubuloglomerular feedback, which, in turn, results in an increased glomerular filtration rate. This increases pressure in glomerular capillaries. When added to any additional renal disease, this may cause permanent glomerular damage. OligospermiaA high protein diet is sometimes used as a treatment of oligospermia in lack of anything better.. However, there is no proven effect.