The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss (Hardcover)

Author: Arthur Agatston
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781579546465
Publisher: Rodale Press
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Buy.com Sku: 31088603
Item#: BMD4MQ
Dimensions (in Inches) 9.5H x 7L x 1T
Pages: 320
 
Dr. Agatston has developed an all-science, deliciously heart-healthy program that offers immediate results, helping dieters shed ten, 20, 30 pounds while radically changing their blood chemistry, reversing diabetes, and lowering high cholesterol.

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For years, cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., urged his patients to lose weight for the sake of their hearts, but every diet was too hard to follow or its restrictions were too harsh. Some were downright dangerous. Nobody seemed to be able to stick with low-fat regiments for any length of time. And a diet is useless if you can't stick with it. So Dr. Agatston developed his own. The South Beach Diet isn't complicated and doesn't require that you go hungry. You'll enjoy normal size helpings of meat, poultry, and fish. You'll also eat eggs, cheese, nuts, and vegetables. Snacks are required. You'll learn to avoid the bad carbs, like white flour, white sugar, and baked potatoes. Best of all, as you lose weight, you'll loose that stubborn belly fat first! Dr. Agatston's diet has produced consistently dramatic results (8 to 13 pounds lost in the first 2 weeks!) and has become a media sensation in South Florida. Now you, too, can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with The South Beach Diet.

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Arthur Agatston, M.D., is a cardiologist who has served on committees of the American Society of Echocardiology, the American College of Cardiology, and the Society of Artherosclerosis Imaging, where he is a member of the founding board of directors. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, Sari, and their two children.
 
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The South Beach Diet, by Miami cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, is intended for quick weight loss, but it is really based on permanently changing the way we eat. The diet's initial phase, which lasts two weeks, is a detox mode, emphasizing the total avoidance of certain foods, including potatoes and sugar. Dr. Agatston guides the dieter through this period with encouraging and useful information, providing help with cravings and stressing healthy alternatives. The second phase returns some foods to the diet, while still controlling portions. The third phase is a maintenance plan designed to keep off the weight that's been lost, and to keep the dieter on a sensible practice that will lead to lifelong health and fitness. The South Beach Diet promotes the awareness of "good" fats and "good" carbs based on the glycemic index, and includes recipes, exercise tips, and a wealth of useful information on healthy living in general.

  

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5 of 5 The Best Diet Book Out There Sunday, February 15, 2004
Angel from Maine  

The science behind it makes sense. The whole insuline blood sugar storing fat thing is explained in an easy to understand way. Then, the diet. A sensible doable diet where you can actually eat and not starve yourself. Also, if you want to lose your emotional baggage, I would recommend reading the book called, The Little Guide To Happiness.
 
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5 of 5 Sticking to it??? Monday, January 12, 2004
Kelly Williams from Chicago IL  
Great Diet Book. The first half of the book explains why the diet works - the science behind it. Why we must avoid white flour, white sugar, baked potatoes, etc. It also explains why foods you think are healthy (orange juice, wheat toast, carrots...) aren't healthy. The last half of the book is the actual three-stage diet plan. The bottom line for this book is - healthy eating requires getting our blood sugar under control by eating the right amount, and the right kind of carbohydrates. This book is an improvement over the Atkins diet because it's much more reasonable and relatively more easy to follow. However, I'm still convinced that the only way to really stick to any diet long-term is to make healthy eating a part of your lifestyle. This requires changing our eating habits (when we eat, what we eat, how much we eat). When we alter habits, we can create permanent change in our lives. A friend of mine who is a clinical dietitian gave me a book entitled The Power of Habit. She uses this book to help clients change their eating habits to make healthy eating an automatic part of their lifestyles. The South Beach Diet is a great diet book. It provides the "what" and the "why" of healthy eating. The Power of Habit will provide you "how to stick to it." Although your cravings will subside to a large degree by following this diet, it's still not nearly enough to prevent backsliding into unhealthy eating habits. My only other complaint of the book is that I'm surprised the author, being a cardiologist, so badly underemphasizes the importance of exercise. There are no easy fixes or short cuts, and some form of exercise is a must to get the full benefit of any diet plan. Still, I found this to be a fantastic diet book that I highly recommend.
 
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