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We are a nation devoted to dieting. Whether it’s a new start in the New Year, a new relationship or a new season, there’s always something we want to slim down for.

But with the 1000s of diets coming at us in adverts on TV and social media, how do we know which one is the best one for us?

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Aims to investigate the most talked about diets and fads to help you sort the wheat from the chaff. And with some of experts involved having lost weight, they at least have some insider knowledge about the struggle of being overweight.

Presenter, Dr Xand van Tulleken has lost 6 stone and cook Stacy Stewart lost 3 stone. They were joined for this series by Dr Helen Lawal.

Each episode, the team give 3 lots of volunteers diets to follow and Stacy cooks dishes with food from the diets to show them what is possible. The volunteers are split into 3 groups:

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Friends and work colleagues, Jonno and Alfie both wanted to lose weight for a family BBQ that was just 2 weeks away.

His wife likes making cakes so he’s surrounded by temptation. During the interview, there were three large cakes in the kitchen – that’s quite a lot of cake to have around in one go!

The diet that Jonno got was the Multicooker Diet created by blogger, Brittany Williams. Brittany lost 9 stone in a year by eating food cooked in a multicooker.

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The diet focuses on 2 meals a day being cooked in the gadget that does the work of a roasting tin, a slow cooker, a pressure cooker, s steamer and a fryer. The diet also advises eating plenty of veg and lean protein with limited carbs. (Not sure with this one if it will be the gadget that helps Jonno to lose weight of if it is the sorts of foods that he was eating instead – his diet pretty much consisted of grab ‘n go and fast food before!)

Alfie’s diet was the Nutribullet Lean 7 Day Transformation Diet (the Blender Diet). This diet means that 2 meals a day would be smoothies made from mainly veg with a little fruit, with 1 portion-controlled meal that needs to be chewed thoroughly.

‘We’ve never dieted together. Mandi has gone on a diet and lost a few pounds and then I’ve thought oh gosh, I need to lose weight because I don’t want to be the fat twin!’

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‘I remember when I went on the aeroplane and I put the seatbelt on and I barely could do it up. I thought 1 more inch and I’m going to need an extender on my belly!’

Michelle was given the Mama Mia! Diet (The Italian Diet). It’s based on eating Mediterranean food cooked from fresh with lots of veg, fish, nuts and whole grains, with a glass of red wine a night if you want it.

Mandi got the No Grain Diet which makes grains and carbs the villain and focuses on protein, non-starchy veg and fats. It comprises of 3 meals a day and 3 snacks.

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The ladies both agreed that food played a big part in their social lives. Any kind of celebration or occasion was marked with food.

Sonal got a portion controlled diet called the Fist Diet – all portion sizes are measured out by the size of your fist, palm or cupped hands. It recommends lots of veg, lean protein and dairy.

Surekha got the Body Clock Diet. The idea behind this one is that it works with the body’s natural circadian rhythms to give it a reset and help you lose weight. It has strict timings for eating and exercise and limits processed foods.

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‘I’ve seen Alfie’s diet and seen what he’s got to do and I think I’ve been given the better end of the deal!’

Alfie really struggled with his diet, suffering from headaches and lack of energy. He even got to the point where he couldn’t stomach the smoothies because they were making him feel sick. He did say there was a bright side and he had to keep pulling his trousers up.

Michelle was very keen on her diet, especially because she could have red wine and chocolate – although in moderation. However, Mandi was not so keen on hers. She said,

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Basically, all the food I eat every day is banned. So’s the drink I drink. Gosh it’s so strict. I think I’m gonna be a bit grumpy for a while until I get used to this.’

By day 4 Mandi was really struggling and Michelle was loving her diet! She hadn’t even had any wine by day 4 as she just didn’t feel she wanted it.

‘I think this diet sounds too good to be true, in reality it’s not. It’s the best diet I have ever been on.’

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Mandi was not so impressed with hers. She said that it was boring, badly designed, difficult to follow – everything you don’t want in a diet.

Surekha said she really liked the idea of her diet as she could pop it into a spreadsheet and she loves a good spreadsheet! 5 days in a she said she was feeling nice and even, including her mood.

Sonal said she felt she was doing really well on her diet – especially when there was a training day at work with lots of goodies all laid out – she managed to resist. Unfortunately, she caved in the evening and had burger and fries. But she got right back on it the next day.

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Century buzzword. A combination of hunger and anger, it describes a sudden irrational rage but Xand wanted to know if it was real.

He decided to take part in some tests set up by Dr Ruth Hackett, a behavioural scientist, to see if it was.

Dr Hackett wouldn’t tell him what the tests were that she had him doing and he had his blood pressure measured and some bloods taken.

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‘So Ruth asked me to come back in a couple of hours and do the same tests again but without having any food in my belly. I have to say, I’m not looking forward to it and I am really confused!’

The production team then sat and ate their lunch in front of Xand and, unbeknown to Xand, they had been asked to keep the stress levels up throughout. They had hired an actor to be an incompetent member of the production team. He kept making mistakes and getting phone calls while they were trying to film – generally being a bit of a pain. Xand was definitely very grumpy by this point.

He then repeated the tests that Dr Hackett had arranged. After he had completed the test, Dr Hackett took his blood pressure and bloods again to compare to the previous results. That’s when she explained that the test were designed to increase his stress levels and explained about the actor hired to stress him out.

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His blood pressure had gone up – no surprise there. But what was a surprise was the time it took before it returned to a more normal level. He said,

‘So this means that everyone in the UK that skips lunch and then has a stressful meeting are then stressed for the next hour.

This isn’t good for the cardiovascular system and being hangry has been linked to a couple of occasions of cardiac arrest according to Dr Hackett.

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Xand wanted to know who is worse off at the end of a drinking session – the drinkers or the designated drivers. And whether drinking affects your choices when it comes to food.

So Dr Christiansen devised a test to illustrate what would happen. They got a group of 4 students together for an afternoon drink with one of the group drinking soft drinks as the designated driver. After having 4 drinks each, the students were asked to guesstimate how many calories they thought they had consumed.

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Then the students were let loose on a buffet to see whether the alcohol would change the amount they ate. Dr Christiansen said that when we consume alcohol, the prefrontal cortex of the brain becomes less sufficient. This is the bit that allows you to self regulate and controls your behaviour. And, it only takes 4-5 units of alcohol for the prefrontal cortex to be affected.

‘It’s clearly easy to drink your calories but it’s also the effect that alcohol has on your brain when it comes to food after drinking that we need to watch.’

Sandra did all the cooking at home and Cherise felt like she was living in a restaurant with all the lovely food her mum cooked.

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Sandra’s diet was the Fat Flush Diet (Cleansing Diet). It starts with a 3 day detox of just liquid and the author, A L Gittleman claims you can lose 12lbs in 12