You said in another post that your kidney numbers were high? I think my mother lost weight following a kidney diet. But it is really restrictive. You dont want to be on it unless you really have to be on it. Like the only cereal you can eat is puffed rice. Not rice krispies, just plain puffed rice. Bland as heck. She wouldnt follow it when i was living with her, but i guess later in life her kidneys got worse and she had to follow it. At first her numbers improved when she stopped taking all the supplements my brother was making her take. And her dr was yelling at ME because he thought it was my fault! But she never listened to me the old hag!