| What Is The South Beach Diet?
The South Beach Diet was developed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston to help his patients lose weight and maintain a healthy diet for a lifetime. It is designed in phases, like the Atkins Diet, with different eating recommendations in each phase. All phases have the same underlying philosophy, though. Weight loss and maintenance depends on establishing a balanced diet that avoids 'bad' fats and carbohydrates. The proponents of the South Beach diet claim that you can lose weight and maintain the weight loss without counting calories, weighing portions or depriving yourself of good-tasting, satisfying foods. This is accomplished by cutting out empty, high-carbohydrate foods like sugars, potatoes, rice and white bread. Each phase is specially designed to accomplish a particular goal.
Eat To Live: Rice the new weight-loss food
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Rice is the new miracle diet food. Yes, rice, one of those white foods, those carbohydrates so abhorred by the Atkins Diet. According to Judith Wurtman and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, who have spent more than 30 years looking into the connection between food, mood, brain and appetite, if we want to lose weight we should include carbohydrates in our diet, not take them out. We need carbohydrate foods to help the brain make serotonin. Serotonin is key because it regulates mood and helps control appetite. Carbohydrates provide us with our major source of energy. Some, called simple carbohydrates, come from sweeteners like sugar or honey. Others, called complex carbohydrates, are found in starches, like grains and cereals. Hello, bread.
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