With so many fad diets popping up in the past decade, the South Beach diet has been one of the big players in the arena. The South Beach diet was created by Miami, Florida cardiologist Arthur Agatston in an attempt to help his heart patients cope with high blood pressure and heart disease. The diet concentrates on feeding the body “good” carbohydrates and fats such as lean beefs, fish, and vegetables. The programme takes the dieter through three phases in which certain foods are allowed and disallowed. After the three phases the dieter can lose a significant amount of weight because the body creates an insulin resistance syndrome in which the body cannot produce excess fat.
The diet sounds legitimate enough. It was created by a cardiologist, it sounds scientific, and it has been proven to help millions of Americans lose a great deal of weight. But the question still remains on everybody’s mind, “Will the South Beach diet work for me?”
It’s hard to deny the overwhelming evidence that suggests this diet works. However, one must look at whether it will work after you stop the diet. Remember the Atkins diet? Millions of people went on that diet, and lost a lot of weight, but as soon as they stopped the diet, they gained it all back. This is the case with most diets, and the South Beach diet is no different.
As with the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet has been the center of a fair amount of negative press that suggests the South Beach diet does not work. The reason behind this states that all high protein diets like the South Beach diet are very bad for the heart, and can actually be deadly for some heart patients. Hard to believe considering the diet was conceived by a cardiologist! That being said there are several medical doctors that claim the South Beach is one of the worst diets a person with heart problems can go on.
One the other side of the coin, there are several doctors and diet professionals who suggest that the South Beach diet is good for you, and a safe way to lose weight. The South Beach diet is considerably balanced after you get past the initial phase. And furthermore the diet encourages regular meals and snacks, while not making its dieters count carbohydrates or calories.
So will it work? If you are solely interested in losing weight, then yes, the South Beach diet can and will help you do that. However, with conflicting opinions on the dangers of consuming a high protein, low fat diet then it is hard to know who is right and who is wrong. Personally I would go for a less controversial diet, there are plenty of diets out there that will help you and do not have the possible dangers associated with them.
If you are seriously considering using the South Beach diet to lose weight, I highly suggest you do some research and contact a professional dietitian that will tell you the advantages and disadvantages of the diet.
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