The South Beach Diet for Your
Heart
The South Beach diet has been one of the most popular diets
on the “popular diet” market for over four years. It quickly
overshot the popularity of the Atkins diet quite possibly
because while the Atkins diet advocates the complete
restriction of carbohydrates from the diet, the
South Beach Diet acknowledges
that some carbohydrates are good for people.
Since its release, the South Beach Diet has inspired a wide
variety of companion books, and recently Dr. Agatston (the
creator of the South Beach Diet) has developed a version of the
South
Beach Diet that is designed to increase the
healthfulness of the heart. It was only a matter of time,
considering that Agatston is a cardiologist.
The new diet, the South Beach Diet Heart Program Agatston
advocates the avoidance of trans fats (these come from the
hydrogenated oil that is often used in fast food and some baked
products), eating more fruits and vegetables instead of taking
dietary supplements and eating more fish to increase the
omega-3 fatty oil intake. Like the original South Beach Diet,
the South Beach Heart Diet is divided into three phases with
the first phase being the most restrictive.
There has been some controversy surrounding the book. Some
doctors are very skeptical as to the overall healthfulness of
the
South Beach Heart Diet. The
first phase is very restrictive of heart-healthy foods and that
could prove disastrous for someone with a heart condition. What
the book is good for is teaching people how the heart and
cardiovascular system work. Learning how the cardiovascular
system works is the first step to making sure you eat a heart
healthy diet, whether you follow the South Beach Heart Diet or
not.
Here are some background tips on the South Beach Diet:
South Beach Diet Recipe Tip #1
The South Beach diet is named after the South Beach area of
Miami Florida and was developed by Arthur Agatston. Agatston,
at the time the South Beach diet was developed, was a
cardiologist who believed that people should eat carbs and
fats… good carbs and good fats. A cardiologist advocating carbs
and fats carries quite a bit of authority in the dieting
world.
South Beach Diet Recipe Tip #2
Kraft Foods conducted a study of the South Beach diet. The
study involved sixty nine research subjects who were studied
over a three month period of time. The research study backed up
the information that was found by Agatston, who did his own
study of the effectiveness of the South Beach diet a year prior
to the Kraft Foods study. The results of both studies were
favorable.
South Beach Diet Recipe Tip #3
The South Beach diet promotes eating habits that are low in
“bad” carbs and “bad” fats. Examples of the good and the bad of
each food category can be found in the South Beach diet
books.
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