Article by Sandra Stammberger

Everybody is talking about the South Beach Diet today. It is the best thing, that is happening to people who really want to lose weight yet hate dieting. This is a new program in the market. However, it is already making waves as one of the most effective weight loss programs available.

Dr Arthur Agatston has developed the South Beach Diet. This diet was initially designed for controlling the cholesterol in heart patients. This was meant to help reduce the threats of cardiac problems in people who were prone to it. However, the diet that Dr Agatston had engineered for his heart patients turned out to be an especially effective weight loss program. Since Dr Arthur Agatston was practising in a clinic in Miami South Beach, this diet was baptised as the South Beach Diet. So the question is asked, what is the South Beach Diet?

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Article by Claudia

Rationale of South Beach DietThe South Beach Diet is based on the glycemic index of foods and uses the index to integrate specific foods back into the diet. In other words, this diet is consumed on the theory that eating the wrong carbohydrates leads to insulin resistance (major cause of diabetes) and weight gain. Hence, the rise in blood sugar after eating carbohydrate is not the main factor in weight gain. Instead, the amount of total calories eaten is the major factor affecting weight loss or gain. Glycemic index looks at the effect of specific foods on blood sugars and how much they are raised after eating each respective food. By including foods that do not increase blood sugar as much, such as those with a low glycemic index, the South Beach Diet claims that dieters will have less insulin response and ultimately lose weight. Overall the diet will be lower in total energy than previously being consumed and hence more weight loss will be seen.

Phases / stages of South Beach Diet

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Article by TRICORI.COM

The South Beach Diet was created by Dr. Arthur Agatson, a well-regarded cardiologist, with the intent of helping millions of people lose weight while developing healthy, life-long habits. The South Beach Diet does involve avoiding certain types of food entirely, but not forever. Followers of the diet are encouraged to approach their weight loss in three different phases.

The point of these phases is not to encourage very rapid, unhealthy weight loss or put you on a diet roller coaster, but to ease you into a healthy lifestyle and a lean body you can be proud of.

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Article by Linda Miller

“How safe is the South Beach Diet?” is a question regularly asked amongst those who want to shed some of those surplus pounds. People are naturally skeptical due to the fact that in the past so many crash diets have resulted in a rapid weight loss and just as rapid a weight gain as soon as the food intake reverts back to normal. Various health issues of a serious nature are often associated with these faddy diets too. However, when you follow the South Beach Diet you will be losing weight in as healthy a way as possible, even though it may seem that the changes you are making in your eating habits are somewhat unnatural to begin with.

No matter what diet program you are considering, it is important for you to determine which plan suits you best. The South Beach Diet is not just a weight-loss program. It is an education program that teaches you about good and bad foods, and shows you how to eat the proper way both for losing weight and for maintaining the weight loss once you reach your goal.

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Article by $ Mandeep Saini

Many people grumble a lot when they get on a diet program because they feel that they will have to miss out on their favorite foods. They tend to equate weight-loss-facilitating healthy and nutritious food with boring and insipid food. But this is anything but true with the South Beach Diet, which serves both taste and health on the same plate.

The South Beach Diet is wildly popular, and that is largely due to the wide variety of recipes that come with the South Beach Diet. Cooking your South Beach Diet recipes is almost as satisfying as eating them because your choices are nearly endless.

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Article by kevin moshayedi

The beverages allowed on the South Beach diet follows some rules. In South Beach diet, water is the main beverage. The beverage must not be sweetened with sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc. It must not include fruit juices. South Beach diet does not allow the intake of soft drinks. Similarly, beverages containing caffeine are to be avoided. However, you are allowed to sip decaffeinated beverages such as club soda, tea, coffee, or decaffeinated sugar-free soda. Caffeinated beverages must be limited to 1-2 per day.Generally, the beverages encouraged on the South Beach Diet are water, tomato juice, vegetable cocktail juice and milk. The beverages acceptable on the South Beach Diet are mineral water, selzer or unsweetened club soda, artificially sweetened black coffee, decaf black coffee, hot or iced tea without sugar, sugar free decaf tea, dry wine with dinner after phase one, non-carbonated diet beverages, carbonated diet beverages in moderation.More particularly, the beverages allowed in the first phase of the South Beach diet plan are tomato juice, vegetable juice, diet soda, coffee and tea. Beverages that are not allowed in the first phase of the South Beach diet plan are alcohol of any kind including beer, fruit juice, and regular soda. Thus Phase One allows any diet, decaffeinated, or sugar-free sodas, and drinks, caffeinated coffee, fat-free milk and low-fat plain soy milk.Though alcoholic beverages must not be strictly included during Phase One, wine can be used in cooking during Phase One. Dry table wine is nearly carbohydrate-free so if you use it for cooking it will not affect your South Beach dieting success or your blood sugar level. Beverages allowed in the second phase of the South Beach diet plan are red wine or hard liquor. Beverages that are not allowed in the second phase of the South Beach diet plan are fruit juice, regular soda. Beer must not be strictly included until Phase Three of the South Beach diet plan.South Beach Beverage Company (SoBe), owned by Pepsi-Cola North America, makes and markets the world’s best-tasting naturally flavored South Beach diet beverages. They make exotic teas, fruit juices and blends, elixirs, waters, and sports drinks. They have designed healthy refreshment beverages with fun and active people in mind. They offer noncarbonated juice, tea-based drinks, herb- and vitamins-enhanced beverages with such names as Tsunami, Love Bus Brew, and Orange-Carrot Elixir, energy drinks including Adrenaline Rush and No Fear Super Energy Supplement, SoBe Ice frozen fruit juices, Pepsi-Cola and AriZona Beverages, and Barton Beers. They offer Green Tea, Red Tea, and Oolong Tea drinks, which contained such exotic ingredients as Echinacea, selenium, and bee pollen. Their tea and fruit-flavored wellness or functional drinks contained various combinations of exotic herbs, vitamins, and minerals. Boca Berry-Grape and Palm Peach-Mango, several iced teas, non-alcoholic cocktails such as Pina-Colada Nite Cap, and a blend of orange and carrot juice called Orange Elixir are some of their South Beach drinks which hit stores.When following South Beach diet, it is advisable to increase consume large amounts of water. Make sure that you take at least eight glasses of water. Avoid soft drinks and beverages containing caffeine. You can take decaffeinated beverages such as club soda, tea, coffee, or decaffeinated sugar-free soda. Avoid fruit juices during first phase of South Beach diet plan.

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Article by Chris Robertson

People of all ages around the world are interested in good health and longevity. As a result, the weight loss and fitness industries have been booming for years. There are so many diets that those seeking help with their weight loss or health needs don’t know where to turn. Two diets that have become extremely popular recently are the Mediterranean Diet and the South Beach Diet. Here’s a detailed comparison of both diets.Mediterranean Diet ExplainedThe Mediterranean Diet is often called “The Healthiest Diet in the World” because of its healthy weight loss benefits. Just as the name implies, the Mediterranean Diet has been enjoyed by people who live in the Mediterranean region, particularly Italy and Greece, for thousands of years and is now being adopted by many Americans and others around the world.It is a diet low in saturated fat with healthy mono-unsaturated fats being provided through fish, nuts and olive oil. It features foods such as dried fruits, vegetables, whole grains, small portions of meat such as salmon, turkey, lamb, and tuna, and a small amount of wine.The Mediterranean Diet is known for its many benefits such as help in the prevention of gallstones, breast cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, Lou Gehrig disease, high cholesterol, and other diseases.South Beach Diet ExplainedThe South Beach Diet is a newer “no carb” type diet where carbohydrates are prohibited during the first phase of the diet, and then are slowly introduced back into the diet after two weeks. There are three phases all together, with the third being for maintenance. The focus is on lean meats such as chicken, turkey, shellfish, and fish as well as nuts, eggs, and low-fat cheese. The benefits are weight loss with a long-term balanced diet plan to help with weight maintenance.How the Diets are AlikeThe similarities of these two diets include eating restaurant quality recipes and promoting healthy monounsaturated fats. Both diets are low in unhealthy saturated fats. The unhealthy fats are found in cheese and meat. Both diets promote healthy foods. Both provide an avenue for fast weight loss with a plan for lifetime maintenance. Also, both diets offer online support and memberships for delicious diet recipes. For instance, Ayhan’s Mediterranean Menu Plans are available for those who want to change over to a Mediterranean way of eating.How They DifferWith the Mediterranean Diet, alcohol (especially wine) is allowed in moderation. It is prohibited in the first phase of the South Beach Diet. The Mediterranean Diet is high in fiber while the South Beach Diet is low in fiber during its initial phase.Portion control is the main focus of the Mediterranean Diet while the South Beach Diet restricts “what” is eaten by prohibiting certain fruits and vegetables. Another major difference is that those who adopt the Mediterranean Diet may order foods, dressings and seasonings online for their cooking needs. The South Beach Diet does not offer products such as these. The South Beach Diet has only been around a few years while the Mediterranean Diet has been around for thousands of years. Studies have shown that those eating a Mediterranean Diet have less risk of major diseases and can even increase longevity.In this comparison, we see that both diets offer health and weight loss benefits. However, the Mediterranean Diet appears to be better for long-term good health and has fared well in many studies.

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Article by Dr. Rose Windale

As the obesity rate is rising to an alarmingly high percentage, a majority of overweight individuals are frantically in search of means to get rid of excess, unwanted pounds. Obesity has become more than a cosmetic issue. With health experts constantly obliging individuals to be fit and well, obesity has in fact so much more to do with the development of threatening diseases. In whatever angle it is perceived, losing weight is inarguably beneficial, therefore it is imperative that those unsightly flabs and bulges be done away with. There is no doubt that most of the overweight populace’s foremost reason for weight loss is to look good, and at times, they would aim to achieve that state regardless of the means to attain the goal.

With the dire perpetual desire for weight loss came the offshoot of fad diets. It remains disputed whether fad diets are healthy although initially they may be effective. One of the most popular and healthful fad diets is the south beach diet. The term does ring a bell, doesn’t it? The south beach diet has swept all throughout the American continent and there is no doubt that the south beach diet is increasingly becoming acknowledged worldwide. How does one go about with the south beach diet? Is south beach diet really effective and does it deliver health benefits as its advocates have claimed? The south beach diet was originally developed by Dr.

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Have you been asking yourself how does the south beach diet work? The good news is that it is really easy to understand. The south beach diet is broken down into three phases to help you better manage the process. This is by far the biggest, newest trend in the health industry and has garnered much attention from celebrities and regular day folk alike. The main reason for this is that it just works. No matter what your body type, age, or weight the south beach diet can work for everyone.. This is why we have put together the following information to help you understand exactly how it works.

For those of you who are completely unfamiliar with this diet and are wondering “how does the south beach diet work?” it is quite simplistic. The basic idea of the diet is to abandon untested methods of weight loss and return to the basics. This is achieved by replacing the bad carbohydrates and fats that you consume with good ones. This process is broken down into three phases (below) that all have their own benefits.

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A lot of people in health forums all over the internet have been asking, “What can I eat on the south beach diet?” This is mainly due to the fact that the south beach diet is growing in popularity through word of mouth, however the amount of resources available to the public about the diet are somewhat limited. Due to this fact there has been a huge demand for a guide or tutorial on what foods are okay to eat while on the diet, we have put together the following tips to help you get the most out of the south beach diet.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with how the south beach diet works, it’s actually quite easy to understand. The basic idea of the diet is to decrease the amount of bad fats and carbohydrates that you are currently consuming and replace them with ones that are good for you. The fact that the diet is so easy to understand is perhaps the reason that it is becoming so popular and the reason that people have been having so much success with it.

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