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 1 st 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 lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/south-beach- diet/art ?pg=2 lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/south-beach- diet/art ?pg=2 nutrition/south-beach-diet.aspx nutrition/south-beach-diet.aspx