diet - Quick Facts on South Beach Diet

Quick Facts on South Beach Diet

by Karen Kay

It is a fact: we are born in a society where beauty is a powerful asset. It is important, for specially women, to fit that sexy and coveted figure projected by Hollywood. Physical beauty may not mean everything, but it does mean a lot. Who wouldn't want to get approving stares from eligible bachelors? Who wouldn't want to be tagged sexy and beautiful? Everyone dreams of that faithful day.

The world-renowned South Beach Diet promises a way to get that dream. It claims have a way of living relying by taking in just the right amount of fats and carbohydrates. Meaning, you don't need to deprive yourself of delicious desserts and meals any longer. Sweet deal right?

The South Beach Diet has been in existence for years now. Even Senator Hilary Clinton has tried and benefited from it. Celebrated talk show host Oprah made an effort with the program. Sex In The City's Kim Cattrall and award-wining actress Nicole Kidman swears it works for them. After several books published about the phenomena of South Beach Diet, Hollywood stars have joined the craze. You might just want to join the bandwagon.

The heart-friendly South Beach Diet was fashioned by cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston MD, director

of the Mount Sinai Cardiac Prevention Center in Miami Beach, Fla. He also wrote the best-selling book entitled South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss. The South Beach Diet gives emphasis to the consumption of healthy fats and carbs. Not only do doctors believe that too much intake of unhealthy or bad carbohydrates adds to the probability of a person to have heart diseases but it creates a resistance to insulin. Insulin is important to our body without which we will tend to eat a lot but still our body will be in a state of starvation.

The South Beach Diet has tree stages. In all three of them, Dr. Agataston advises to lessen the intake of unhealthy fats.

The first stage of The South Beach Diet lasts for two weeks. Lean meats are advised but dieters are asked to forget sweets that have high sugar content and that include the yummy cakes and bread of friendly neighborhood bakeshop. Staying away from this food will make your body non-resist insulin and in turn, your body will burn up the fats you wanted to loose leading to weight loss of up to 13 pounds. The objective is to eat three balanced meals in a day, and to have adequate food intake so that

you won't crave for more.

There are a number of tools you use to gauge your progress by following The South Beach Diet|: the practical and a-must-have weighing scale at home, hearty yet delicious recipes, a meal planner, a calendar, a journal were you could not only track how South Beach Diet has helped you in your weight dilemma but also how it changed your life, and of course to make weight loss more fulfilling try be in a group so you could also discuss with friends and share tips.

So now you ask the question, are you one the people who can make South Beach Diet bring incredible results? Well, if you have the will, determination and self-motivation to loose weight then you are sure to get that perfect figure in no time. Just a quick reminder, it s is always wise to consult a physician first before getting into a South Beach Diet program. For it would not be smart to loose weight and be unhealthy, it misses the whole point.

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