04 Jan 2024 --- In its annual evaluation of best diets, U.S. News and World Report ranked the Mediterranean diet as the best out of 30 diets, followed by the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) and MIND diet — a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets. The organization ranks well-known and used diets across eleven categories, assessing their nutritional completeness, health risks and benefits, long-term sustainability and evidence-based effectiveness and examining their strengths, weaknesses and specific goals they most effectively address.