The South Beach Diet is truly a food lover's diet.It is all about living and loving what you eat. It is practical, flexible, easy and effective. The South Beach Diet is divided into three phases. Phase 1 lasts two weeks and is designed to eliminate cravings and kick start weight loss. The average dieter loses several pounds during each week. Phase 2 is intended to produce steady long term weight loss. There is a wider variety of food you can eat. You stay in Phase 2 until you reach a healthy weight. The last phase is the life style phase. This is how you will live and eat 365 days of the year and it is the key to maintaining your new healthy weight.
The developers of this diet are cardiologist Arthur Agnaston and dietician Marie Almon. Dr. Arthur Agnatston was a cardiologist looking for a way to reduce body fat in heart patients that people would be able to stick to. Naturally the same diet works for anyone who wants to lose weight. He believes that low fat, low calorie diets, are very hard to stick to because dieters are often hungry. Low carbohydrates on the other hand, keep the blood sugar more even. Thus less insulin is produced and the sence of hunger is reduced. Insulin leads to fat storage and possibly diabetes although a certain amount of insulin production is required.
Like all low carbohydrate diets you actually do eat carbohydrates. Your brain needs them to function properly. Actually the foods you eliminate are those filled with sugar and flour. Other starchy foods like potatoes are also eliminated or reduced. Fruits are trickier. They usually contain lots of sugar but also have many essential vitamins. After the first two weeks fruits are allowed in limited amounts. Some fruits contain fewer carbs than others. Berries are especially good as they are packed with vitamins but are usually lower in carbohydrates.
I tried this diet with success. I lost three to four pounds respectively in the first two weeks but had to significantly increase carbohydrates to maintain my ability to concentrate. Not everyone needs to do this. The main thing is to get your carbohydrates from fruits and vegetables rather than starches and sugars. At the end of the month I had reached my goal for that month. Now I am keeping my refined carbohydrates - breads, pasta etc. - low but not completely eliminating them. This is what is suggested in the third phase of the South Beach diet. I would recommend this diet except I would recommend the addition of more fruits and vegetables in the first two weeks if you need to.
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