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

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Harmony/Rodale/Convergent, Apr 5, 2003 - Health & Fitness - 320 pages
Discover the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that has helped millions reach their goal weight by focusing on cutting carbs and choosing healthy fats

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 regimens 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 it 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 lose 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. Now, you too can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with The South Beach Diet
 

Contents

A Brief History of Popular Diets
17
A Day in the Life
25
Good Fats Bad Fats
32
Hello Bread
41
Its Not Just What You Eat Its How You Eat It
52
How Eating Makes You Hungry
61
Is It Diabetes Yet?
75
How to Eat in a Restaurant
85
Why Do People Occasionally Fail on This Diet?
100
Phase One Recipes
128
Phase Two Meal Plan
183
Phase Two Recipes
200
Phase Three Meal Plan
243
Phase Three Recipes
258
Credits
295
Copyright

Back to Cardiology
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About the author (2003)

Arthur Agatston, MD, is the medical director of wellness and prevention for Baptist Health South Florida and a clinical professor of medicine at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Creator of the bestselling South Beach Diet series, he has also authored numerous scientific articles and is frequently quoted in the media on diet and health. Dr. Agatston lives and practices in Miami Beach.

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