South Beach Diet
Tips and Guides
The South Beach Diet is different
from the Atkins diet in that it is not a low
carbohydrate diet. Regardless of which phase you are
currently in, you should follow these
recommendations:
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Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of
water, decaffeinated beverages such as club
soda, tea, coffee, or decaffeinated sugar-free
soda every day
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Limit your intake of
caffeine-containing beverages to 1 cup each day
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Take one multivitamin and
mineral supplement daily
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Take 500 mg of calcium for both
men and women under the age of 50, and 1,000 mg
for women over the age of 50, each day
Eating
can be both pleasurable and healthy as long as you
eat the proper foods. All the meals in the
South Beach Diet consist of healthy combinations of
carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Dishes can be
made by anyone and the ingredients can be found in
most grocery stores. These foods will satisfy your
hunger without depriving your system of the
low-quality starches and sugars that caused problems
with your blood chemistry in the first place.
The South Beach Diet does not
involve counting calories, fat grams, or portion
sizes.
This plan was designed to be
simplistic and will help you understand the
principles of metabolism and put it to work for your
own body. A major key to success with the South
Beach Diet is the Glycemic index (GI), which ranks
carbohydrate foods based on the effect on blood
sugar levels. When you start adding foods back into
your diet in Phase 2, keep your focus on low-GI
foods such as apples, berries, grapefruit,
high-fiber cereal, and whole grain breads.
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