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

by AGATSTON, ARTHUR

• ISBN13: 9781579546465
• ISBN10: 1579546463
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-05
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

When Dr. Agatston set out to develop a palatable, safe diet to ensure the long-term health of his chronically overweight heart patients, he also caused an overnight sensation among South Beach's body-conscious beachgoers. Why? With Dr. Agatston's plan, you shed pounds fast-right from the waistline and belly. His scientifically proven program offers immediate results, helping dieters shed 10, 20, 30 pounds while radically changing their blood chemistry, reversing diabetes, and lowering high cholesterol. The diet works in three stages to change your metabolism and then maintain it, with a healthy assortment of meat and fish, cheese, healthy oils and nuts, vegetables, and even small amounts of carbohydrates and sweets. And it does all this without the dangerous long-term effects of the Zone, Atkins, or other severely restrictive diets, which is why The South Beach Diet earned the support of the American Heart Association, which has warned against many other popular diets. The diet will show you how to: -Shed pounds-without breaking a sweat (no mandatory exercise) -Banish frustrating cravings in 2 weeks -Forget willpower-diet relies exclusively on the physiology of appetite and metabolism

Author Biography

Arthur Agatston, M.D., is a cardiologist who has served on committees of the American Society of Echocardiology, the American College of Cardiology, and the Society of Artherosclerosis Imaging, where he is a member of the founding board of directors. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, Sari, and their two children.

Table of Contents

Part One: Understanding the South Beach Diet
Losing Weight, Gaining Life	3	(3)
Good Carbs, Bad Carbs	6	(11)
A Brief History of Popular	17	(8)
A Day in the Life	25	(7)
Good Fats, Bad Fats	32	(9)
Hello, Bread	41	(11)
It's Not Just What You Eat, It's How You Eat It	52	(9)
How Eating Makes You Hungry	61	(14)
Is It Diabetes Yet?	75
How to Eat in a Restaurant 85	3	(88)
Back to Cardiology	91	(9)
Why Do People Occasionally Fail on This Diet?	100	(11)
Part Two: Meal Plans Recipes
Phase One Meal Plan	111	(17)
Phase One Recipes	128	(55)
Phase Two Meal Plan	183	(17)
Phase Two Recipes	200	(43)
Phase Three Meal Plan	243	(15)
Phase Three Recipes	258	(37)
Credits	295	(1)
Index	296