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The South Beach Diet Exposed

The South Beach Diet is a popular diet.

It was started by a man named Arthur Agatston and emphasizes on
the intake of "good" carbohydrates that are "low glycemic."
While most dieters consider this diet relatively safe, they fail
to look at the other side of the diet, which can actually cause
harm to the body.

The South Beach diet exposed, here:

First things first, the South Beach diet consists of 3 phases.
Each phase has a different requirement and different time is
allocated to them. The 1st phase is aimed to eliminate cravings
and hence, the dieter is restricted from eating any
carbohydrates. The 2nd phase is similar to phase 1, only that
now you are able to include carbs slowly back into the diet, The
3rd and last phase is to make you maintain the new diet by
making "smarter" food choices.

It certainly sounds excruciating, especially in the 1st phase.
Dieters who have tried on this diet usually give up after the
1st phase thus many do not actually like to use this diet as
part of their weight loss plan due to the fear of having to deal
with the 1st phase. But because of the numerous praises that the
South Beach Diet received, there are still quite a number of
dieters who would overlook the critics and the unhealthy
negative side effects that the diet entails and go forward to
embrace this diet.

#1 Bowel disruption

The South Beach diet's first phase focuses on eating foods that
are low in fiber. Some failed to realize that fiber plays a very
important function in the formation of stools. It also helps to
aid in healthy bowel movements and without it, you can actually
experience terrible pain due to constipation and it can worsen
into a medical condition if not treated properly. If fiber is
not present, the dieter might be forced to take dietary
laxatives to compensate the lack of fiber and have a healthy
bowel movement.

#2 Just a temporary diet

Many other dieticians have concluded that the South Beach diet
is just another yo-yo diet which means that the weight loss
during the diet is just temporary. Why go on a diet when you
will gain even more weight once the dieting stops? Do I want to
try it, NO thank you.

This diet is not really worth trying out. There are plenty of
better balanced diets out there that allow you to lose weight
without eliminating critical food groups and help you to
practice healthier eating habits. One such example is the Mayo
Clinic Diet that is based on the food pyramid. An ideal diet
should be one that allows you to eat all sorts of foods, ranging
from vegetables, to meat, and sugar in moderate proportions.
Starving yourself from certain foods will definitely do you no
good. So please do take a second look at the South Beach Diet
before you jump in to embrace it as you might end up worse than
before due to the possible negative effects it brings.