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South Beach Diet is definitely most top diet plans today when it comes to popularity.  It has been a unique way especially to those people who wants to trim down their fats.  From an everday person to actors and actresses, when they say South Beach Diet, one of the best and effective ways for people who needs to lose some weights and maintain their "wow" figure!  What is it about this diet that makes other so crazy about it?

The Basics of South Beach Diet

Cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, founder and writer of South Beach Diet says that the essence behind the diet itself, it’s a reduced carbohydrate diet, which stresses the value of whole carbohydrates and the glycemic index.  Some people has a misconception about South Beach Diet, the diet is associated being another "low-carb" diet or another version of Atkins, which is a false thought.

South Beach Diet has also been derided as just another development on the diet world, but only time can tell whether this is true or not.  It may appear to some as being a craze diet, but South Beach has more value than that.  Apart from different views and opinions, probably there’s no other book has educated as many people when it comes to responsible nutrition.  It gives highlights to the value of healthy fats, and the blood sugar / insulin reaction of many processed carbohydrate foods that we normally eat.

3 Phases of South Beach Diet

Like many other diets that has been scattered around the fitness market, the South Beach is divided into 3 phases; Phase 1which is the induction phase – it takes not longer than 2-3 weeks. Phase 2 –The weight loss phase and Phase 3 - A life-long maintenance phase.

1.    The Induction Phase
It’s a low-carb phase where most carbohydrates
and all starchy carbs are completely eliminated. It will give your body a complete rest from reducing your blood sugar and insulin levels. The theory is, this will help you to resolve insulin resistance.

2.    The Weight Loss Phase
This phase is fantastic. It reintroduces (complete carbohydrates
lean proteins and good fats). It educates you to make good food selections, and gratifying your hunger.

3.    The Maintenance Phase
In this last phase, dieters introduce to an even wider array of
foods. The aimed of this phase is to keep your weight stable and the south beach diet recommends you to keep on, on this kind of diet.

In every phase, there’s no boundary on portion or sizes. You simply eat enough amount of food to fulfill your appetite and you’re encouraged to eat 3 meals and snacks each day.
 

The Pros of South Beach Diet
In today’s dieting world where low-carb, high-fat diets are in trend, it’s good to see a diet that recommends eating less foods filled with saturates and replacing some of these foods with heart-healthy one. Diets based on eating low GI foods are also becoming more known and in general, it encourages you to maintain a healthy diet and cut down on carb-rich foods that are packed with few other nutrients such as sweets, cereals and breads.

The Cons of South Beach Diet
The extreme carbohydrate restriction in the first two weeks requires serious willpower and it will make you weak.  For the meantime, you can’t eat fruits and vegetable during the first phase of South Beach Diet.  Trying to reduce all carbohydrate-rich foods during this phase may also means you will be cutting down some other good source of vitamins, minerals and fiber.

South Beach Diet has its own pitfall, and there’s no exact diet that is suitable for everyone by any means. But, it brought a rebalancing in nutrition.  So, it’s all up to you whether you will pursue this kind of diet or not.  Remember the key to each success of every diet plan is in your hand, through willpower and most of all discipline.