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| The '''South Beach Diet''' is a popular diet developed by ] and promoted in a best-selling 2003 book.<ref name=goff/> It emphasizes eating ], ] ]s, ]s, and lean ], and categorizes carbohydrates and fats as "good" or "bad".<ref name=Goodnough03/> | The '''South Beach Diet''' is a popular diet developed by ] and promoted in a best-selling 2003 book.<ref name=goff/> It emphasizes eating ], ] ]s, ]s, and lean ], and categorizes carbohydrates and fats as "good" or "bad".<ref name=Goodnough03/> | ||
| While no longer widely viewed as a "fad diet", some dieticians and nutitionists still view it as such<ref name=fad>{{cite book|work=Nutrition and Diet Therapy|author=DeBruyne L, Pinna K, Whitney E|title=Nutrition and Diet Therapy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GaEKAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT209|year=2011|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=1-133-71550-8|page=209|title=Chapter 7: Nutrition in practice — fad diets|quote='a fad diet by any other name would still be a fad diet.' And the names are legion: the Atkins Diet, the Cheater's Diet, the South Beach Diet, the Zone Diet. Year after year, 'new and improved' diets appear ...|edition=8th}}</ref> and most nutritional experts caution that the initial low-carbohydrate stage could be unhealthy, especially if repeated in cyclical dieting. While scientific research has come to roughly validate its worth for overcoming cravings caused by insulin resistance, this provides no advantage to many dieters except the psychological boost of rapid weight loss, at possible risk of nutritional shortfall. <ref name=goff/><ref name=dubious/> | |||
| == Technique == | == Technique == | ||
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| == Health effects == | == Health effects == | ||
| While early evaluations were often skeptical, and correctly noted that some aspects were hortatory rather than strictly scientific <ref name=goff>{{cite journal|pmc=1924692 | pmid=16808780 | doi=10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00501.x | volume=21 | issue=7 | title=BRIEF REPORT: nutrition and weight loss information in a popular diet book: is it fact, fiction, or something in between? |date=July 2006 | journal=J Gen Intern Med | pages=769–74 | author=Goff SL, Foody JM, Inzucchi S, Katz D, Mayne ST, Krumholz HM}}</ref><ref name=Goodnough03/>, some aspects of the diet were recognized from the begining as sensible:<ref name=dubious>{{cite journal |author= |title=Sizing up South Beach. It makes some good points, but The South Beach Diet has problems typical of diet books: lack of proof and some dubious claims |journal=Harv Health Lett |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=5 |date=November 2003 |pmid=14633496 |doi= |url=}}</ref> its last two stages are sufficiently nutritious to be considered healthy.<ref name=nhs/> | |||
| The ] recommends that, as with other similar diets, people get medical advice before trying the South Beach diet.<ref name=mayo>{{cite web|title=South Beach Diet|url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/weight-loss/in-depth/south-beach-diet/art-20048491|website=Mayo Clinic|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> Some concerns about the South Beach Diet and other low carbohydrate diets is the lack of dietary fiber, which is generally considered to aid in weight loss.<ref name=slavin>{{cite journal |author=Slavin JL |title=Dietary fiber and body weight |journal=Nutrition |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=411–8 |date=March 2005 |pmid=15797686 |doi=10.1016/j.nut.2004.08.018 |type=Review}}</ref> |
The ] recommends that, as with other similar diets, people get medical advice before trying the South Beach diet.<ref name=mayo>{{cite web|title=South Beach Diet|url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/weight-loss/in-depth/south-beach-diet/art-20048491|website=Mayo Clinic|accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> Some concerns about the South Beach Diet and other low carbohydrate diets is the lack of dietary fiber, which is generally considered to aid in weight loss.<ref name=slavin>{{cite journal |author=Slavin JL |title=Dietary fiber and body weight |journal=Nutrition |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=411–8 |date=March 2005 |pmid=15797686 |doi=10.1016/j.nut.2004.08.018 |type=Review}}</ref>. | ||
| Cindy Moore, RD, a director of nutrition therapy at ] and a former spokeswoman for the ] claimed that although the diet meets the important criteria for a healthy diet – it emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean protein while not omitting any major food group – stage 1 can throw the body's electrolyte balance off because most of the weight loss is water weight.<ref name="webmd.com"/> | |||
| == Difference from other low-carb diets == | == Difference from other low-carb diets == | ||
| Many sources place the South Beach Diet on lists of "low carb" diets such as the ]. While the South Beach diet does prohibit foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as white bread, white potatoes and white rice,<ref name="webmd.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/diet/south-beach-diet-what-it-is |title=The South Beach Diet Review |publisher=Webmd.com |accessdate=2013-08-08}}</ref> it does not require dieters to forgo carbohydrates entirely or even measure their intake. Instead, it focuses on the "glycemic impact" (short term change in blood glucose) of foods. Many vegetables are permitted even in phase 1. Complex, fiber-rich carbohydrate sources such as brown rice and 100% whole grain bread are permitted during phase 2. Agatston has tried to distance the South Beach Diet from "low carb" approaches; in the ''South Beach Diet'' book he wrote: "It is my purpose to teach neither low-fat nor low-carb. I want you to learn to choose the right fats and the right carbs."<ref>Arthur Agatston. The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss. Rodale, Apr 5, 2003. ISBN 9781579546465</ref>{{rp|22–23}} | Many sources place the South Beach Diet on lists of "low carb" diets such as the ]. While the South Beach diet does prohibit foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as white bread, white potatoes and white rice,<ref name="webmd.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/diet/south-beach-diet-what-it-is |title=The South Beach Diet Review |publisher=Webmd.com |accessdate=2013-08-08}}</ref> it does not require dieters to forgo carbohydrates entirely or even measure their intake. Instead, it focuses on the "glycemic impact" (short term change in blood glucose) of foods. (Nutritionists continue, however, to question the net benefit of the first phase to dieters not affected by impaired glucose metabolism.) Many vegetables are permitted even in phase 1. Complex, fiber-rich carbohydrate sources such as brown rice and 100% whole grain bread are permitted during phase 2. Agatston has tried to distance the South Beach Diet from "low carb" approaches; in the ''South Beach Diet'' book he wrote: "It is my purpose to teach neither low-fat nor low-carb. I want you to learn to choose the right fats and the right carbs."<ref>Arthur Agatston. The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss. Rodale, Apr 5, 2003. ISBN 9781579546465</ref>{{rp|22–23}} | ||
| == History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 20 March 2015
The South Beach Diet is a popular diet developed by Arthur Agatston and promoted in a best-selling 2003 book. It emphasizes eating high-fiber, low-glycemic carbohydrates, unsaturated fats, and lean protein, and categorizes carbohydrates and fats as "good" or "bad".
While no longer widely viewed as a "fad diet", some dieticians and nutitionists still view it as such and most nutritional experts caution that the initial low-carbohydrate stage could be unhealthy, especially if repeated in cyclical dieting. While scientific research has come to roughly validate its worth for overcoming cravings caused by insulin resistance, this provides no advantage to many dieters except the psychological boost of rapid weight loss, at possible risk of nutritional shortfall.
Technique
The diet has three stages, and gradually increases the proportion of carbohydate consumed as it progresses while simultaneously decreasing the proportions of fat and protein. It includes a number of recommended foods such as lean meats and vegetables, and has a concept of "good" (mostly monounsaturated) fats. It makes no restriction on calorie intake, includes an exercise program, and is based around taking three main meals and two snacks per day.
The first stage of the diet aims for rapid weight loss (13 lbs in 2 weeks). According to the National Health Service, (NHS) the severity of the first stage of the diet may result in the loss of some vitamins, minerals and fiber. The NHS reports that dietary restrictions during stage one may cause side effects including "bad breath, a dry mouth, tiredness, dizziness, insomnia, nausea and constipation." Such symptoms would be rectified once the less extreme phases of the diet then began.
Health effects
While early evaluations were often skeptical, and correctly noted that some aspects were hortatory rather than strictly scientific , some aspects of the diet were recognized from the begining as sensible: its last two stages are sufficiently nutritious to be considered healthy.
The Mayo Clinic recommends that, as with other similar diets, people get medical advice before trying the South Beach diet. Some concerns about the South Beach Diet and other low carbohydrate diets is the lack of dietary fiber, which is generally considered to aid in weight loss..
Difference from other low-carb diets
Many sources place the South Beach Diet on lists of "low carb" diets such as the Atkins Diet. While the South Beach diet does prohibit foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as white bread, white potatoes and white rice, it does not require dieters to forgo carbohydrates entirely or even measure their intake. Instead, it focuses on the "glycemic impact" (short term change in blood glucose) of foods. (Nutritionists continue, however, to question the net benefit of the first phase to dieters not affected by impaired glucose metabolism.) Many vegetables are permitted even in phase 1. Complex, fiber-rich carbohydrate sources such as brown rice and 100% whole grain bread are permitted during phase 2. Agatston has tried to distance the South Beach Diet from "low carb" approaches; in the South Beach Diet book he wrote: "It is my purpose to teach neither low-fat nor low-carb. I want you to learn to choose the right fats and the right carbs."
History
The South Beach Diet was developed in the mid-1990s by preventive cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston with the assistance of Marie Almon, the former chief dietitian at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida. Originally called the Modified Carbohydrate Diet, the plan was renamed the South Beach Diet after the South Beach neighborhood in Miami Beach near Agatston's practice.
The diet plan was initially developed for Agatston's own patients. Agatston noticed that the American Heart Association's then-recommended low-fat and high-carbohydrate diet was not lowering his patients' weight, cholesterol or blood sugar levels, but that his patients on the Atkins diet were experiencing weight loss. Unwilling to prescribe the Atkins approach to patients with cardiac issues due to the diet's allowance of saturated fat and limitation of carbohydrates containing fiber and other nutrients, Agatston referenced medical research to build an eating plan that categorized fats and carbohydrates as good or bad and emphasized lean protein and fiber.
The plan grew in popularity as a method of weight loss as Agatston reported the results at conferences and patients distributed photocopies outlining the diet throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1999 a Miami TV news show put people on the diet and broadcast the results, popularizing the diet locally.
The first book describing the diet, The South Beach Diet, was written by Agatston and was released in April 2003. By 2004 there about 8 million copies in print, a trade paperback South Beach Diet Good Fats/Good Carbs Guide had 3 million copies in print, and the The South Beach Diet Cookbook went on sale with a printing of 1.75 million copies.
In 2004, the former US President Bill Clinton was reported as being on the diet.
In 2008, Agatston published The South Beach Diet Supercharged, written with Joseph Signorile, a professor of exercise physiology; it included an interval training program. A review for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that "Readers are likely to see success using this diet and fitness book. I recommend skipping the restrictive Phase One meal plans and instead follow the more balanced Phase Two diet. The simple 20-minute-a-day exercise program is a realistic and inexpensive approach to fitness."
See also
References
- ^ Goff SL, Foody JM, Inzucchi S, Katz D, Mayne ST, Krumholz HM (July 2006). "BRIEF REPORT: nutrition and weight loss information in a popular diet book: is it fact, fiction, or something in between?". J Gen Intern Med. 21 (7): 769–74. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00501.x. PMC 1924692. PMID 16808780.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Abby Goodnough (October 7, 2003). "New Doctor, New Diet, But Still No Cookies". The New York Times.
- DeBruyne L, Pinna K, Whitney E (2011). Chapter 7: Nutrition in practice — fad diets (8th ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 209. ISBN 1-133-71550-8.
'a fad diet by any other name would still be a fad diet.' And the names are legion: the Atkins Diet, the Cheater's Diet, the South Beach Diet, the Zone Diet. Year after year, 'new and improved' diets appear ...
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sizing up South Beach. It makes some good points, but The South Beach Diet has problems typical of diet books: lack of proof and some dubious claims". Harv Health Lett. 29 (1): 5. November 2003. PMID 14633496.
- ^ Chahoud G, Aude YW, Mehta JL (November 2004). "Dietary recommendations in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease: do we have the ideal diet yet?". Am. J. Cardiol. (Review). 94 (10): 1260–7. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.109. PMID 15541241.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Top diets review for 2014 § South Beach Diet". NHS Choices. 20 December 2013.
- "South Beach Diet". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- Slavin JL (March 2005). "Dietary fiber and body weight". Nutrition (Review). 21 (3): 411–8. doi:10.1016/j.nut.2004.08.018. PMID 15797686.
- "The South Beach Diet Review". Webmd.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- Arthur Agatston. The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss. Rodale, Apr 5, 2003. ISBN 9781579546465
- ^ Alex Witchel (April 14, 2004). "Doctor Wants 'South Beach' To Mean Hearts, Not Bikinis". The New York Times.
- ^ Allison Adato (April 26, 2004). "Life's a South Beach". People.
- Mayo Clinic Staff (June 5, 2014). "South Beach Diet". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Diet Wars - Interview With Author Agatston, Author of the South Beach Diet". Frontline. August 8, 2004.
- Jefferey A. Trachtenberg (June 30, 2004). "Diet Book Found Novel Ways to Get To Top -- and Stay". The Wall Street Journal.
- Philip Sherwell (October 3, 2010). "Bill Clinton's new diet: nothing but beans, vegetables and fruit to combat heart disease". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Dawn Jackson Blatner for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Book Review: The South Beach Diet Super Charged
Further reading
- "Weighing in on the South Beach Diet". Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter (Book review). 22 (3): 1. 2004.
... like all too many popular diet books, this one is replete with faulty science, glaring nutrition inaccuracies, contradictions, and claims of scientific evidence minus the actual evidence.
- Bijlefeld M, Zoumbaris SK (2014). South Beach Diet. ABC-CLIO. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-61069-760-6.
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