The idea is that eating foods high in sugar causes overproduction of insulin, which inhibits weight loss.

Refined sugar found in cakes, candies, and sodas as well as potatoes, white flour and pasta, is toxic, according to Sugar Busters. Eating these types of foods causes the body to produce increased amounts of the hormone insulin, which leads to increased amounts of body fat and weight.

The Sugar Busters diet aims to turn the tables on the traditional high-carbohydrate, insulin-producing diet. People on this diet are encouraged to eat fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains and lean meat, and avoid all types of refined sugars.

Some proponents have claimed that this diet can help people avoid diabetes through its ability to control insulin production. However, this concept is highly controversial .

• Decreasing sugar intake is never a bad thing. Most people consume approximately one pound of sugar per week!
  
  
• Increased fresh fruit and vegetable consumption and decreased reliance on refined foods is a healthy goal.
  
  
• The diet gives clear guidelines on which foods to avoid, making it easy to follow.

• There is no scientific justification for the premise that healthy people who eat foods high in sugar will automatically gain weight.
  
  
• Lumping whole foods such as potatoes, corn, and carrots with the "forbidden" sugars makes no nutritional sense.
  
  
• The diet doesn't encourage exercise, which is an essential part of losing weight and keeping it off.