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And the winner for the very best overall diet goes to... the Dash Diet. Dash stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. US News and World Report put the diet on top because its nutritional completeness, safety, ability to prevent and control diabetes, and promote heart health.

Here are the best OVERALL diets:

1) DASH Diet
2) TLC Diet (Therapeutic Lifestyle diet)

Tie for #3 between the Mayo Clinic Diet, the Mediterranean Diet, and Weight Watchers.