South Beach Diet

By: Eric Kim

Background

• Florida based cardiologist Arthur Agatston created a simple diet to help prevent serious medical conditions such as diabetes and hearth disease

What is the point of this diet?

• To change the overall balance of foods you eat to encourage weight loss

• Teaches eliminating bad carbs• Limits unhealthy fats

How this Diet works?

• The diet is divided in to 3 phases where you would have 3 meals, 2 snacks, and 1 dessert per day

• Phase 1: two-weeks where you eliminate food craving that is high in sugars

• Cutting out almost all carbohydrates • No fruit juice or alcohol• Only lean protein such as fish, seafood etc.• Eat high fiber vegetables, low-fat dairy

Phase 2

• Long-term process to weight loss• As days go by, slowly add the good

carbohydrate foods:• Whole-grain breads, whole-wheat pasta,

brown rice etc. until goal is reached

Phase 3

• In phase 3, the purpose is to maintain the healthy eating and lifestyle that is carried over from phase 2

• Also in this phase you can include fitness training and other activities to fulfill the healthy lifestyle

Conclusion

• Research states that you will lose 8-12 pounds throughout the first phase

• 1-2 pound loss in the second phase• You will end up with improved blood pressure,

with eating healthy carbs

Compared from the course material

• In the course material, it says that you should eat every 3-4 hours to prevent food craving

• The South beach diet consists of 3 meals a day, 2 snacks and 1 dessert

• Overall, the diet helps the craving

Amount of food per day

• As teenagers(intended for men), we like to eat a lot since our body is still growing and puberty and such

• The food guide states that one should eat 7-8 servings of fruits or vegetables, 6-7 servings of whole grain foods, 3-4 servings of dairy, and 3 servings of meat

• The south beach diet actually cuts down the amount of whole grain foods in the 1st phase

• So eating healthy in the diet is unbalanced

Personal thoughts

• I personally think that for any teenager that is out there even if they are over weight, this diet is not a healthy plan

• Research shows that you lose 8-13lbs during the first phase, which is a dramatic decrease of weight

• Also, cutting out ALL of carbohydrates during the first phase is unhealthy

• I do not think that it is worth to go through this tough diet to lose a couple pounds

Sources

• http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/south-beach-diet/art-20048491?pg=2

• http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/south-beach-diet.aspx