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South Beach Diet

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Tinkerhell

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Does anyone know the bad aspects of the South Beach Diet? I know the Atkins diet has a lot of bad points about it, but does this diet? My mother wants to try this diet, and I want to know all the pros and cons. Thanks
 
My mother is on it right now, and so is my aunt. They seem to be doing great on it. My mother is not only eating 'better', but she's going to curves too. Woot to moms!
 
it's simliar to atkins, except they use more fruits, more carbs. it's not as restrictive. the book is really good. Dr. Agiston, the author, is a cardiologist as well.
 
South Beach is a better diet than Atkins for women from everything I've heard about it.
 
My brother is on this one. From what I gathered a less hardcore version of atkins but still lets you eat limited carbs and has lots of varity so it's platable. All these new diets are basically the same. No carbs high protien. key is consistancy, no cheating and some excerise to compound the benefits.
 
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
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good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
 
The bad aspects? Sure. It's a diet, which means it doesn't work, and any weight loss will be temporary, only to be gained back in short order, plus a few additional pounds for good measure.
Save your money, eat right, and exercise.
 
Originally posted by: Carbo
The bad aspects? Sure. It's a diet, which means it doesn't work, and any weight loss will be temporary, only to be gained back in short order, plus a few additional pounds for good measure.
Save your money, eat right, and exercise.
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Its not for me, its for my mother. If i lost any weight i'd die 🙂 I'm happy at my 105 pounds.
 
Originally posted by: falias
Was on it for awhile, you have no energy and you're always hungry...
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the no energy part is true, but the hungry part is not. If you eat the right foods you'll rarely be hungry. I went on it twice (first stage only) and lost 15 pounds and 7 pounds respectively. I went back to eating how I always ate and gained back about 3 pounds (6 months of eating regularly).

I'm about to start it up again next week. PM me if you have any questions about it.
 
Originally posted by: Carbo
The bad aspects? Sure. It's a diet, which means it doesn't work, and any weight loss will be temporary, only to be gained back in short order, plus a few additional pounds for good measure.
Save your money, eat right, and exercise.
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Save your money? If you mean save your money by not buying the book, it's only $15 at the MOST. Not to mention there's a lot of valuable information you can gain by just reading it. You don't have to go on the diet but if you read it you'll understand why low carbs does what it does.
 
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
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good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
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Atkins doesn't MAKE you eat anything. They are both good for cholesterol.
 
Originally posted by: Carbo
The bad aspects? Sure. It's a diet, which means it doesn't work, and any weight loss will be temporary, only to be gained back in short order, plus a few additional pounds for good measure.
Save your money, eat right, and exercise.
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the problem is not the diets, the problem is people look for quick fixes to dieting. they wanna lose 15lbs in 2 weeks, then go back to eating how they were. it don't work that way. atkins, SB, they tell you you have to excercise. it should be part of any regiment. the beauty of Atkins and SB, is not only learning to eat better, SB does a better job at this BTW, it's also about elminating cravings. it's no fun being hungry all the time. SB and Atkins eliminate that for most people.
 
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
Click to expand...

good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
Click to expand...

And yet, research after research have shown that on an Atkins' diet, cholesterol levels actually gets better.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-11-18-adkins_x.htm

The Atkin's diet doesn't 'make' anybody eat anything that absurd. The point of it is, that fat is not as dangerous as people believe. When you eat a low carb diet, your body handles fat MUCH differently than it does when you eat a high carb diet. Humans have only had agriculture and farming for about 8000 years, prior to that, for hundreds of thousands of years, we were a hunter/gatherer society... so our body knows full well how to handle fat... infact, it handles it much better than carbohydrates, which is a reason why obesity and diabetes is such a big problem in NA society.
 
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
Originally posted by: Carbo
The bad aspects? Sure. It's a diet, which means it doesn't work, and any weight loss will be temporary, only to be gained back in short order, plus a few additional pounds for good measure.
Save your money, eat right, and exercise.
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Save your money? If you mean save your money by not buying the book, it's only $15 at the MOST. Not to mention there's a lot of valuable information you can gain by just reading it. You don't have to go on the diet but if you read it you'll understand why low carbs does what it does.
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If you still insist on throwing your money around, albeit only $15, give it to me and I'll tell you again: eat right, and exercise. That's all you need to know.

 
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
Click to expand...

good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
Click to expand...

And yet, research after research have shown that on an Atkins' diet, cholesterol levels actually gets better.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-11-18-adkins_x.htm

The Atkin's diet doesn't 'make' anybody eat anything that absurd. The point of it is, that fat is not as dangerous as people believe. When you eat a low carb diet, your body handles fat MUCH differently than it does when you eat a high carb diet. Humans have only had agriculture and farming for about 8000 years, prior to that, for hundreds of thousands of years, we were a hunter/gatherer society... so our body knows full well how to handle fat... infact, it handles it much better than carbohydrates, which is a reason why obesity and diabetes is such a big problem in NA society.
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I have news for you, even the Atkins crowd is rethinking the approach of saturated fats in the diet.
 
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
Click to expand...

good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
Click to expand...

And yet, research after research have shown that on an Atkins' diet, cholesterol levels actually gets better.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-11-18-adkins_x.htm

The Atkin's diet doesn't 'make' anybody eat anything that absurd. The point of it is, that fat is not as dangerous as people believe. When you eat a low carb diet, your body handles fat MUCH differently than it does when you eat a high carb diet. Humans have only had agriculture and farming for about 8000 years, prior to that, for hundreds of thousands of years, we were a hunter/gatherer society... so our body knows full well how to handle fat... infact, it handles it much better than carbohydrates, which is a reason why obesity and diabetes is such a big problem in NA society.
Click to expand...


I have news for you, even the Atkins crowd is rethinking the approach of saturated fats in the diet.
Click to expand...

Well guess what. Your 'news' means fvck all unless you actually have somethign to back up that statement.
 
Originally posted by: Carbo
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
Originally posted by: Carbo
The bad aspects? Sure. It's a diet, which means it doesn't work, and any weight loss will be temporary, only to be gained back in short order, plus a few additional pounds for good measure.
Save your money, eat right, and exercise.
Click to expand...

Save your money? If you mean save your money by not buying the book, it's only $15 at the MOST. Not to mention there's a lot of valuable information you can gain by just reading it. You don't have to go on the diet but if you read it you'll understand why low carbs does what it does.
Click to expand...
If you still insist on throwing your money around, albeit only $15, give it to me and I'll tell you again: eat right, and exercise. That's all you need to know.
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WTF is "eat right". :roll: Explain to me what "eat right" is so everybody can save their $15 (actually you can get it for free if you go to the library). The whole point of reading the south beach book is so you can learn what "eat right" means.

Your ignorance is hilarious.
 
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
Click to expand...

good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
Click to expand...

And yet, research after research have shown that on an Atkins' diet, cholesterol levels actually gets better.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-11-18-adkins_x.htm

The Atkin's diet doesn't 'make' anybody eat anything that absurd. The point of it is, that fat is not as dangerous as people believe. When you eat a low carb diet, your body handles fat MUCH differently than it does when you eat a high carb diet. Humans have only had agriculture and farming for about 8000 years, prior to that, for hundreds of thousands of years, we were a hunter/gatherer society... so our body knows full well how to handle fat... infact, it handles it much better than carbohydrates, which is a reason why obesity and diabetes is such a big problem in NA society.
Click to expand...


I have news for you, even the Atkins crowd is rethinking the approach of saturated fats in the diet.
Click to expand...

Well guess what. Your 'news' means fvck all unless you actually have somethign to back up that statement.
Click to expand...

you think i give a sh!t? get a god damn tv and turn it on sometime. it was on 20/20 or one of them damn shows.

 
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
I have news for you, even the Atkins crowd is rethinking the approach of saturated fats in the diet.
Click to expand...

Well guess what. Your 'news' means fvck all unless you actually have somethign to back up that statement.
Click to expand...

you think i give a sh!t? get a god damn tv and turn it on sometime. it was on 20/20 or one of them damn shows.
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well this turned ugly quick. Before you open your trap again rickn, you should maybe learn the difference between atkins and south beach. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Hardcore
Originally posted by: rickn
Originally posted by: Tinkerhell
is it good or bad for your cholesterol?
Click to expand...

good. unlike atkins approach to fats, SB is geared more around the safe fats, like olive oil. etc. they don't make you eat a pound of bacon for breakfast
Click to expand...

And yet, research after research have shown that on an Atkins' diet, cholesterol levels actually gets better.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-11-18-adkins_x.htm

The Atkin's diet doesn't 'make' anybody eat anything that absurd. The point of it is, that fat is not as dangerous as people believe. When you eat a low carb diet, your body handles fat MUCH differently than it does when you eat a high carb diet. Humans have only had agriculture and farming for about 8000 years, prior to that, for hundreds of thousands of years, we were a hunter/gatherer society... so our body knows full well how to handle fat... infact, it handles it much better than carbohydrates, which is a reason why obesity and diabetes is such a big problem in NA society.
Click to expand...


I have news for you, even the Atkins crowd is rethinking the approach of saturated fats in the diet.
Click to expand...

Well guess what. Your 'news' means fvck all unless you actually have somethign to back up that statement.
Click to expand...

you think i give a sh!t? get a god damn tv and turn it on sometime. it was on 20/20 or one of them damn shows.
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So why bother participating in this thread? You're making the claim, you're the one that needs to back it up. Dumbass.
 
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