<human>: I am a very [skeptic](/r/skeptic)al person who has decided to lose weight. Currently fitting into tshirts of size XXL, and I will get back in to my old L tshirts by this time next year. That's the easy part - it is just a question of counting calories, and I have found [quite] [good] [tools] to help with that. (And I'm 30 months into [recovery](/r/redditorsinrecovery) from addiction, so I'm fairly certain I have the other skills to get there).

But I need some help in learning about food - what tools do others use to distinguish between Atkins/Mediterrnaean/Paleo/Watermelon diets? Personally I'm more interested in a lifestyle change than a diet, but I do need to learn the skills needed to evaluate the myriad of claims out there, not to mention the media's "butter is good ...  butter is bad ... good ... bad" carousel. I don't need to get to dietitian-level, nor want to encourage [nutritionists] just learn how to evaluate what I eat - seeing as I'm counting anyway.

Thank you for any sources / advice / heuristics you can offer

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<bot>: How do I find out if whether [what worked for Dr. Terry Wahl's mitochondria] would also work for me?