South Beach Diet
Created by cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, the South Beach diet plan was designed for obese patients with heart disease, later becoming one of the most popular diets of all time and his book has become a best seller because a weight loss plan adopted by many celebrities.
It is a diet that ensures a pleasant and fast weight loss with healthy eating, including foods like fish, chicken, fruits, vegetables, healthy fats and fibers.
The South Beach Diet is divided into 3 stages opens with a somewhat restricted phase of two weeks will result in a reasonable weight loss.
Most carbohydrates such as rice, pasta and bread should be avoided, making 3 meals per day including snacks.
Meats, seafood, chicken, turkey, and fish are included in the menu as well as nuts, cheese (nonfat), eggs, salads and vegetables.
Phase 1 This could be an alternative menu for the first stage:
* Breakfast: 1 cup tomato juice, scrambled eggs with fresh herbs and mushrooms, 2 slices of bacon, decaf coffee or decaf tea with skim milk sweetener.
* Mid Morning Snack: 1 part skim mozzarella
* Lunch: Chicken salad, 2 teaspoons dressing.
* Mid-afternoon Snack: 1 / 2 cup low fat cottage cheese with 1 / 2 cup of tomatoes and cucumber slices
Dinner: fish and baked vegetables, rocket salad, 2 tablespoons balsamic vinaigrette.
* Dessert: Cream ricotta or cream cheese with lemon zest
Phase 2 The second stage consists of a specific menu and their recipes and includes some of the foods that were not allowed in Phase 1, always eating in moderation.
This phase can be done until you reach the desired goal.
A sample menu for Phase 2 could be:
* Breakfast: Fresh Strawberries 1taza, 1 / 2 cup of oatmeal mixed with 1 cup of skim milk, poached, topped with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nuts, decaffeinated coffee or decaffeinated tea with skim milk sweetener.
* Mid-Morning Snack: 1 hard boiled egg
* Lunch: A chicken salad Mediterranean style.
* Mid-afternoon Snack: 1 pear 1 piece of fresh to low-fat cheese.
Dinner: Fish stuffed with spinach, mixed vegetables, green salad and spicy tomato 1 tablespoon olive oil and vinegar.
* Dessert: Strawberries
Phase 3 The third stage is based on making a healthy lifestyle, healthy eating for weight maintenance.
Here you can eat egg white omelet, lean meat, grilled chicken, Mediterranean salad, steamed asparagus, etc. The menu must always arm themselves following the new dietary guidelines.
Many South Beach diet is very similar to Atkins, but Dr. Agatston himself has taken great pains to stress that your diet is not strictly low carb, since it is based, as he himself has explained, the glycemic index and carbohydrates are chosen according to that ín