| | |  | Books | Home » » The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss | | | | | | | Description: | | When Dr. Agatston set out to develop a palatable, safe diet to ensure the long-term health of his chronically overweight heart patients, he also caused an overnight sensation among South Beach's body-conscious beachgoers. Why? With Dr. Agatston's plan, you shed pounds fast-right from the waistline and belly. His scientifically proven program offers immediate results, helping dieters shed 10, 20, 30 pounds while radically changing their blood chemistry, reversing diabetes, and lowering high cholesterol. The diet works in three stages to change your metabolism and then maintain it, with a healthy assortment of meat and fish, cheese, healthy oils and nuts, vegetables, and even small amounts of carbohydrates and sweets. And it does all this without the dangerous long-term effects of the Zone, Atkins, or other severely restrictive diets, which is why The South Beach Diet earned the support of the American Heart Association, which has warned against many other popular diets. The diet will show you how to: -Shed pounds-without breaking a sweat (no mandatory exercise) -Banish frustrating cravings in 2 weeks -Forget willpower-diet relies exclusively on the physiology of appetite and metabolism | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Arthur Agatston | | Hardcover:
| 310 pages | | Publisher:
| Rodale Books | | Publication Date:
| April 05, 2003 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1579546463 | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 762 reviews |
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 Healthy Way to Lose Weight- The South Beach DietMar 11, 2010
South Beach Diet..........It Works. Lose weight the healthy way.
A Sustainable Low Carb DietMar 03, 2010
The South Beach Diet was written by Dr. Arthur Agatston is a cardiologist from Miami Florida. The premise is that processed carbs make you fat, and cutting them out of your diet will make you thin. Agatston recommends a diet high in lean protein along with plenty of green vegetables, nuts, and modest amount of legumes. At first glance this diet might seem strikingly similar to the Atkins diet, however it has a few noted differences, which make it much more doable. First and foremost he does not advocate a diet high in saturated fat, and encourages eating only lean protein. The fats he does recommend are monounsaturated fats that can be found in olive oil and salmon. Also he recommends plenty of vegetables and a moderate amount of fruits and legumes later in the diet, with the occasional piece of whole grain bread allowed. South Beach Diet now offers an online program that provides personalized support, along with an interactive community and plenty of virtual tools.
Pros
Quick Weight Loss If you have the willpower to stick with it you can lose a ton of weight on this diet, and in a fast amount of time. It's not uncommon for people to lose 20 or more lbs on this diet in the first month.
Cons
Hard to maintain: Though the diet is far less restrictive then Atkins, it still may prove too tough for some to maintain over a lifetime.
Bottom Line
The South Beach Diet really does work when it comes to taking the weight off. The question is, can it be sustained over a lifetime? For some yes, for others....not so much. When it comes to low carb diets, this is the best option out there.
Quick, easy weight loss.Feb 26, 2010
Lost 40 lbs in 6 weeks It works!
I noticed a couple of posts here asking how do you stick to this plan? That's easy because staying or sticking to this diet is easy. So much variety. So many many choices. You feel real good on this plan. High energy and satiety. This isn't some low calorie, high carb, nutritionless program that looks great on paper but leaves you tired, hungry and tense and still fat. It is a program that is complete, provides good nutrition and you will feel great.
I lost 30 lbs in 6 weeks and it was the easiest 30 lbs I have ever lost. Although I have lost weight on other programs, the results were always short lived and I couldn't stick to those programs either because of hunger pangs, irritablity or just lack of food choices---diets were boring. Not so with this program. And it's good for you too.
Try it, you'll like it
South Beach DietFeb 14, 2010
This diet is the diet to beat all diets. I received the exact book promotly and as described. Thanks!
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The book came in great condition and earlier than expectedFeb 14, 2010
I've been on the South Beach Diet Since January and have lost 14 pounds. I fell off in the 3 week and gained 5 lbs but went back to phase I and lost the 5lbs. So far I've lost 20 pounds. I recommend this diet to those who don't really exercise and have a portion control problem to try this.
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