The Fat Smash Diet, developed by Ian K. Smith, and featured on VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club, is one of the newest rages in modern dieting. The Fat Smash Diet focuses on eating low calorie, filling foods, making healthful lifestyle changes, and incorporating exercise into your daily regimen.

Each phase in the diet, introduces new foods into the allowed menu.

Phase 1 allows unlimited amounts of raw fruits and vegetables (excluding white potatoes or avocado), chickpeas, lentils, tofu, and beans. Limited amounts of brown rice; low-fat, skim, or soy milk; oatmeal; low-fat yogurt; egg whites; and herbal tea.

During phase 2, additional foods are introduced in limited portions, including avocado, lean meats, seafood, whole egg, cheese, a variety of whole-grain cereals, granulated sugar, butter, fat-free mayo, coffee (10 ounces a day), fruit juice, diet soda, lemonade, and club soda.

Phase 3 allows breads and pastas for the first time along with one dessert a day chosen from a limited list of sweets.

During Phase 4, beer, wine, pizza, and potatoes are allowed.

Though nutritional experts agree this is a safe program, they also seem to think that the first phase is a bit strict and many dieters may find this phase difficult to get through and that the restriction of certain foods is a negative aspect. Some experts believe some foods should be allowed in earlier phases to avoid them becoming an “Achilles heel” to dieters. Also, strength training has numerous benefits and is thought to be an important part of a health regimen that should not be restricted during any phase according to many experts.

Overall, this is a diet that is sound, nutritional, and could set precedent for a life of healthy eating habits and continued weight loss and maintenance.