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 enlarge | Author: Arthur Agatston
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 2805
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Exp
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1594861986
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
UPC: 039697861984
EAN: 9781594861987
ASIN: 1594861986
Publication Date: April 19, 2005
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Very Helpful March 19, 2006
G. Ramirez
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I did find this bok very helpful whil on the south beach diet however I found descrepencies between the south beeah book, the cook book and the carb guide. It was a bit confusing.
 Handy little pocket guide March 7, 2006
H. Grove (Maryland, USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a small book, and it's meant as something you can easily tote to the grocery store with you to help you buy the right things from week to week. The South Beach Diet's guidelines are simple enough that for the most part, with a little experience, you won't need a book, but for the first few weeks we found this guide invaluable. It also acts as a great quick-reference from time to time when you need info on corner-cases and little things you can't remember, and as a sort of summary of the diet.
The beginning of this guide answers a few frequently asked questions about the diet. For instance, do sugar alcohols (mannitol, xylitol, sorbitol) make viable sugar substitutes for the diet's purposes, or are you stuck with sucralose and the like? It also includes quick lists of good and bad foods for each of the diet's three phases. It serves as a good reminder that this is not a "carbs are evil!" diet, but rather a diet that encourages you to choose, as the title says, "good fats" and "good carbs."
The end of the book includes a quick supermarket cheat sheet about items you can easily grab that'll fit into the diet, as well as a brief guide to dining out.
The main attraction of the book, however, is its food listing. It contains extensive charts of foods, from beans and legumes to condiments, candy bars, fast food, sauces, nuts, pizza, poultry, meats, salad dressings, vegetables, and so on. Each of these comes with a handy set of check boxes for the various phases of the diet. A "G" in this box means that the food is good for you to eat during that phase. "L" is limited (once a week or so), "V" is very limited (once a month or so), and "A" is avoid. This makes it easy to tell at a glance whether it's okay to have something, and roughly how often, without having to get into all sorts of details. I found this contributed greatly over the first couple of weeks to my growing understanding of what I should and shouldn't eat.
Better than the last edition February 23, 2006
J. Wilt (New Orleans, LA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I own both the older edition and the new edition and I find that the new edition is much easier to use. Not only is there an index for most items, but there is a breakdown of the foods by phase, which was lacking in the previous version. It is very helpful, however, I still feel that it is lacking in some food choices. I hope that the next edition has more foods listed.
Portable Guide to What to Choose and What to Avoid on South Beach August 24, 2005
Donald Mitchell (Boston)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
The South Beach diet was like a miracle for me. After several years of unsuccessful weight loss attempts on tiny caloric diets, the weight just dropped off me with the South Beach diet.
I originally memorized some foods that I could always count on to be low fat and low glycemic. Over time, my wife would ask me if I could have food X or Y. Since this question always came up at the grocery store or in a restaurant, I couldn't answer her . . . because my copy of the South Beach diet was at home.
I also found that I couldn't remember very well what a portion was without constantly referring to the original book. That was frustrating too.
The South Beach Diet Good Fats Good Carbs Guide proved to be a solution to all of these problems. It has all the information I want about what foods to eat and which to avoid . . . and what a portion size is. Whew! With this guide, the South Beach Diet becomes even easier . . . and tastier too. A lot of foods that I had been avoiding are actually all right on the diet.
The size of this book will fit into almost any purse and jacket pocket. It will even fit into a hip pocket (but it won't be very comfortable to sit on).
If you've liked the South Beach diet, I suggest that you give yourself the gift of this book as well.
If you haven't tried the South Beach diet yet, I suggest that you buy both The South Beach Diet book and this one. You'll do even better, I think, if you do.
Nice job, Dr. Agatston!
 They is a Better book than that. August 12, 2005
Dianna
1 out of 31 found this review helpful
This book is ok but far away to reveal the truth about the Diet and the bad impac on the body. I really like the new book by Jean Carrillo title "What's NEXT?" I learn so much with this book, and stop to lose my money on Diets, Miracles Products etc... A must to Have for the one who really want Burn Fat, Lose Weight and change the life style.
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