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Weighty advice from 8 new diet books

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It's too late to lose that unwanted weight for summer. But if you start now, you could drop as much as 40 pounds in time to ring in 2013.

The hardest part, however, might be choosing a new diet. For every diet book urging you on to eat More carbs! More protein! More fat! there's another seemingly well-reasoned argument to do the opposite. As if this isn't confusing enough, there's a new bogeyman on the diet scene: gluten.

The naturally occurring protein found in wheat, barley and some other grains is being blamed for a variety of health woes, including gut unrest, inflammation and those love handles. (People who suffer from a gluten intolerance such as celiac disease must shun it for far less glamorous reasons.) Of course, it's not exactly surprising that people lose weight on a gluten-free diet. Eating gluten-free means slashing high-calorie breads, cakes and cookies.

There is one consensus among the most popular new diet books: All emphasize the need to scrutinize food labels and ditch chemical-laden products in favor of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and healthy fats. Dig in:

"Eat to Live": Dr. Joel Fuhrman makes a powerful case that Americans are courting disease by the forkful. He urges ditching low-calorie diets and piling the dinner plate with nutrient-dense fruits and raw veggies. You won't be hungry. Sample dinner: Fish fillets with mango salsa, kale with cashew cream sauce, rice and chocolate cherry "ice cream" made from almond milk.

"It Starts With Food": Need some tough love cleaning up a lousy diet? Dallas and Melissa Hartwig ask that you enlist in their 30-day boot camp dump the processed junk and embrace whole foods and you'll emerge a brand-new person. You're encouraged to eat plenty. Recipes such as Asian stir fries, frittatas and soups are ultra simple and encourage creative substitutions based on what you and your family enjoy.

"Six Weeks to OMG: Get Skinnier Than All Your Friends": Amusing 'tude-filled argument that everything you think you know about dieting is wrong. According to author Venice A. Fulton, skipping breakfast is good, and small, frequent meals are bad. And exercise? "Exercise is just so 2011!" Just move more, he argues. He advises amping up on proteins and scaling back carbs to 50 to 120 grams per day. (That's well under the minimum carb intake recommended by the federal government, of about 175 grams per day for an adult woman.) One suggested trick for flattening your abs? No joke: Blowing up balloons. As might be expected, this book has come under fire by critics who question its wisdom.

"Paleoista": The paleo diet meets fashionista, courtesy of Los Angeles' Nell Stephenson. Ditch flours, sugar, grains and dairy. What's left, you say? Steak and eggs for breakfast. Seared sea bass with a coconut curry sauce or sun-dried tomato-and-basil stuffed tenderloin for dinner.

"The Manhattan Diet": Eileen Daspin adopts an everything-in-moderation approach as she name-drops her way through living, dining and dieting on the world's most chic island. Ditch the unfulfilling junk, she says, in favor of celeb-chef recipes such as a Mario Batali fennel-and-arugula salad and Eric Ripert's grilled salmon with a ponzu vinaigrette. You have to love a diet book with a chapter dedicated to cheating.

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