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What is South Beach Diet?

                                 


Both South Beach Diet and Atkins Diet may seem similar, but the South Beach diet is more than just a heart-friendly version of the Atkins diet. However, they have a lot in common. Both South Beach and Atkins diets restrict carbohydrates, as diet dilettantes like to say. True, "good carbs" are allowed. But South Beach dieters must say goodbye to potatoes, fruit, bread, cereal, rice, pasta, beets, carrots, and corn for the first two weeks. After that, most of these foods remain strongly discouraged. Both South Beach and Atkins diets are the creation of medical doctors. The father of the South Beach diet is cardiologist Arthur Agatston, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Cardiac Prevention Center in Miami Beach, Fla. South Beach diets have a more severe induction phase, followed by a long-term eating plan. The difference between South Beach Diet and Atkins Diet are:

• Fats    : The South Beach diet bans unhealthy fats but strongly promotes healthy ones.
• Carbs : The South Beach diet doesn't count grams of carbs. The Atkins diet seeks to change a person from a sugar-burning machine into a fat-burning machine. The South Beach diet looks at how much sugar is in a carbs. Low-sugar carbs -- those with a low glycemic index (they don't cause the blood sugar levels to rise and fall as quickly) -- are good.

That means that South Beach Diet is not exactly a low-carb diet or a low-fat diet.

The healthy South Beach Diet plan teaches you to rely on the right carbs - the good carbs - and the right fats - the good fats, so you'll lose weight, lowers triglycerides, lower your cholesterol level, reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes, and get rid of hunger cravings without feeling hungry.

What You Can Eat in South Beach Diet?
You won't go hungry. In fact, like the Body-For-Life diet, the South Beach diet promotes strategic snacking. You're not doing it right if you don't snack. There's no counting calories or strict portion sizes. But there's no gorging, either. The idea is to eat normal portions. To many of us, normal portions will seem small at first. They are enough to satisfy hunger, but no more.

As noted above, sugar-rich carbs are off the menu. These include rice and potatoes, and vegetables -- such as beets and corn -- with high sugar content. Also, there are no pastries or other sugar-filled desserts. And alcohol is forbidden in the induction phase and limited in the long-term diet. To make up for the overall cut in carbohydrates, the healthy south beach diet meal plan permits the intake of lean beef, pork, veal and lamb.  Even egg yolks, as a natural source of vitamin E, are allowed.  Chicken, turkey and fish (the oily ones) are recommended in the healthy diet plan, along with nuts and low-fat cheeses, milk and yogurt.  They are nutritious and non-fattening.  Good fats (mono and polyunsaturated fats) such as olive oil, canola oil, rapeseed oil and peanut oil are included as food allowed on South Beach Diet Plan.

There are three phases:

§        South Beach Diet Phase 1
South Beach Diet Phase One is the strictest phase of the south beach diet plan which lasts for two weeks only.  On south beach diet phase one rapid weight loss phase you could lose weight of 8 to 13lbs in two weeks depending on your initial weight. The 14-day induction phase bans bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, sugar, ice cream, and fruit. And you can't have even a drop of beer, wine, or other alcohol. The diet promises that after a couple of days, you really won't miss this stuff. As for dairy, two servings of low-fat or non-fat milk, yogurt, or buttermilk are now allowed during this phase. On South Beach Diet Phase 1 meal plan you'll have three balanced meals a day, and it will be your job to eat so that your hunger is satisfied.  You'll be urged to have snacks in the midmorning and mid-afternoon, whether you want to or not.  You'll have dessert after dinner. South Beach Phase One meal plan does not require you to measure what you eat but the meals should be of normal size, enough to satisfy your hunger but no more than that.

During south beach phase 1 meal plan, you can eat normal meals of chicken, beef, turkey, fish and shellfish, lots of vegetables, eggs, cheese, nuts and salads using 100% olive oil for your salad dressing. You can also drink all the coffee and tea you want and be sure to drink lots of water.

§        South Beach Diet Phase 2
South Beach Diet Phase Two called ongoing weight loss is the more liberal phase of the South Beach Diet plan whereby certain healthy good carbs are reintroduced into the diet such as whole-grain breads, fruit, brown rice, whole meal pasta and sweet potatoes. You should remain on South Beach Phase Two until you hit your target weight loss, after you hit the target you can move on to South Beach Diet Phase Three.

If you regain some weight during south beach diet phase 2 period, switch back to South Beach Diet Phase One, until you lose what you gained and get yourself back on track. The goal is to eat more carbs again while continuing to lose weight. So you have to be really careful by eating the good carbs. And you should be aware of foods that increase cravings.

§        South Beach Diet Phase 3
Hey, you did it, Guys! Congrats! The final stage is your diet for life. Eat normal foods in normal portions, following a few basic guidelines. In this phase you should feel good for yourself. In this third phase you can eat everything now, but you will less want to eat sugary food and ‘bad’ carbs anymore.

How Does South Beach Diet Work?
Highly processed carbs, according to the South Beach theory, get digested too quickly. That makes insulin levels (a hormone the body makes to process sugars) up. And once those fast-burning carbs are used up, your high insulin level makes you crave more food. So what do you tend to eat? More and more and more carbs! That’s the way it goes!
By breaking this cycle, the South Beach diet promises to make you want to eat less bad food, but better food, better carbs, and better fat.