Diet therapy suggests different types of special diets for various diseases. These diets can cure special ailments. The diet for various diseases with their description is provided below,

Best bet diet is meant for multiple sclerosis. This diet is free from proteins like gluten, dairy products and eggs. It contains small amount of yeast, sugar and other carbohydrates. Cabbage soup diet cures obesity. It consists of various types of cabbage, which is cooked in different ways. It contains spices in small quantities, which can be added to give it a taste. However by consuming the cabbage soup diet people tend to generate excessive gas inside the alimentary canal.

Atkins diet is also meant for curing obesity. Dr. Richard Atkins conceived the idea of this diet in the sixties, which is now one of the most popular low carbohydrate diets in the world today. This diet highlights the need of saturated fats in the diet and that trans fats need to be avoided. It puts forward that refined carbohydrates like sugar, flour etc. are the prime cause of obesity.

Diabetic diet is meant for people suffering with diabetes mellitus. This diet is rich in digestive fiber but low in sugars and carbohydrates. The diet consists of hypoglycemic substances.

DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. As the name suggests the diet is meant for people suffering from hypertension. It is a mixture of different foods, which are meant for lowering the blood pressure. The diet consists of poultry, fish food, fiber, nuts and whole grains but less red meats and unsaturated fats.

Gerson diet is meant for diseases like cancer. This diet is rich in fresh vegetables and fruits, which requires minimum cooking. Animal products, plant products, sugars and diary products are reduced or totally kept off the diet. Graham diet is meant for those suffering from physiological defects. It consists of fresh vegetables and fruits with whole wheat and high fiber.Eggs are reduced to a minimum and meats and spices are completely avoided in the diet.

High protein diet is meant for bodybuilding and is followed by body builders and musclemen all over the world. Gym professionals recommend this diet as it consists of high amount of proteins among the other nutrients. Jenny Craig diet is recommended for weight loss. As the name suggests the diet was the brainchild of Australian diet expert, Jenny Craig. It has been proved that people loss their weight if they follow this diet, which occurs gradually, spread over a period of a few weeks. Natural foods diet is meant for curing obesity, diabetes, mood swings and cancers. This diet consists of only natural ingredients and synthetic or prepared food is a strict no. The diet also avoids ingredients like sugars and salt.

Ornish diet is meant for people suffering from heart diseases and obesity. This is a very strict diet where saturated fats are allowed only in fewer quantities. Egg whites are allowed but apart from that the diet is completely vegetarian. It consists of vegetables, legumes and high fiber foods. The diet does not even consist of fish and nuts, which are actually good for the heart. Pritikin diet is a low fat and rich fibrous diet, which is meant for people suffering from obesity. It is somewhat similar to Atkins diet.

Apart from disease specific diets, there are certain broad-spectrum diets, which aim at curing a range of ailments. A list of such diets is given below,

Breatharian diet is a very regulating diet that is difficult to practice. This diet eliminates almost all foods, except some fluids that can be consumed. It has been proven that this diet helps to keep the body free of external attacks in to the body.

Fat Resistance diet is a typical diet to combat various problems caused owing to excessive collection of fat in the body. This diet consists of fruits, vegetables, omega fats and proteins, which will help the fats in the body to be properly utilized.

Detox diet also referred to as detoxifying diet, which is a dietary regiment, which helps to flush out the toxins from the body. It comprises mainly of high fiber carbohydrate foods, which provide the collagen for the proper removal of undigested toxins from the body.

Fruitarian diet recommends mainly fruits in the diet. It can be either all fruits or at least three fourths of the diet should consist of food. The aim of this diet is to keep it completely natural. Fruits have high water content and so diet experts claim that it is easy to digest and so it does not cause dietary problems within the body.

Low carbohydrate diet restricts all foods, which that are rich in carbohydrate. Food grains like rice, wheat and their products, sugar and other sources of carbohydrates are more or less eliminated. Instead foods, which are rich in proteins and fats, are used in high quantity.

In low protein diet, protein rich diets like milk, eggs and all forms of meat are reduced. Proteins take a high time to digest and therefore they cause digestive problems such as constipation, indigestion. Instead of proteins nutrients like carbohydrates and fats are used in excess. It is good for people suffering from constant digestive problems.

Diet therapy has become so popular in the world that is now referred as an alternative to medical science,