With it being a brand new year many people are trying to fulfill their new year’s resolutions. As a result people are trying to lose weight and are trying all kinds of crazy diets to achieve weight loss.  According to the U.S. News and World Reports Best Diets 2012, the dash diet took the number one spot as the best diet of 2012.

The dash diet, which has no correlation to Kim Kardashian, stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. It is considered the best diet because it works well for different body types. The dash diet is recommended for people with hypertension or prehypertension. It has also been found to fight against diabetes, lower cholesterol, and lower blood pressure, prevent heart disease, and strokes.

Dash diet was also ranked as the healthiest diet because the eating plan is well rounded. The diet is rich in fruits and vegetables and consists of whole grains, potassium, calcium, magnesium, as well as being low to moderate in fat.

Although the dash diet has become a popular lifestyle choice, others are finding more unique ways to shed the pounds and get in shape.  Annie Kelahan, a circus arts fitness student, has taken to circus fitness to lose weight. Circus fitness is a full body workout that uses circus equipment to work the core muscles of the body.  Annie has lost 15 pounds in the past two years and claims “it’s not just workout for the body, but for the mind and soul as well”. To watch, click the video below: