To help with weight issues and for overall improved health, many people turn to diets. In fact, government statistics show that while about 65 percent of Americans are overweight, 38 percent are actually doing something about it.

And a new survey by the national health Institute shows that a third of overweight Americans who are trying to lose weight do so by eating fewer carbohydrates. This is due in large part to the popularity of fad diets like South Beach diet and Atkins diet.

The terminology "low-carb" wasn't really coined until around 1992 when the USDA announced America's model food pyramid included six to eleven servings daily of grains and starches. However, low-carb dieting dates back more than 100 years before the trendy Atkins diet to 1864 with a pamphlet titled Letter on Corpulence written by William Banting, as close to the first commercial low-carb diet as you could get.

The most popular low carb, high protein diets on the market today are:

1. Atkins Diet 2. Living Low-Carb 3. The 7-Day Low-Carb Rescue and Recovery Plan 4. The Glycemic Index Diet 5. NeanderThin 6. Protein Power 7. Schwarzbein Principle 8. Somersizing 9. South Beach Diet 10. Sugar Busters! 11. The Zone 12. Thin for Good 13. Hampton's Diet 14. Carbohydrate Addict's Diet

So, how do you choose the low carb high protein diet that's right for you? When you visit my site now you can read in detail about each of the diets described above in order to make an informed choice. In fact when you visit www.easyfatloss.us and sign up for my free newsletter you'll get a free BMI calculator and a free dieting e-book just for visiting today! Click on the blue links below right now!