The South Beach Diet Phase One: The Essentials
By: EMMA WICKHAM

The South Beach Diet book became extremely successful as soon as the diet book with the obvious name was finally published and grew with rapid succession among a grassroots following. Each with dieting successes to brag about, the South Beach Diet book, officially titled as, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss, continues to grow in readership, but The South Beach Diet phase one keeps confusing readers.

The South Beach Diet phase one is the shortest of all phases of the diet, lasting for a fourteen day period. It was created to be intense, kick-start your body and your mindset about eating from that point on. Contrary to readers' thinking and one of the stickier parts to Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you don't have to limit yourself only eating low carb foods.

In a nut-shell, Phase 1 instills in you the thinking to: rid yourself of bad carbs that are not doing anything nutritionally for your body, replace the bad carbs that are abundant in most American diets with large amounts of protein, good fats and low glycemic index (G.I.) carbs that solves your hunger and regulate your blood sugar balance.

Foods that cause you more harm rather than benefit: fruit, candy, cereal, potatoes, grains, etc. all are to be eliminated, or the dieter must wean themselves off of during The South Beach Diet phase one. If in doubt, if you should have any confusion, is to eat as much salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you want, as they are on target for nutritional benefit.

It's during Phase 1 that Dr. Agatston has proven that one's body resistance to insulin will lower, so depending on your body weight and condition, you may lose 5 to 10 pounds initially, just in the first two weeks, as your body begins to eliminate extra body weight.

The major purpose of The South Beach Diet phase one two fold: to test and discipline you into a routine that you stick with which keeps you free from hunger and to plant a seed and the groundwork for a frame of mind that ensures you get rid of the bad foods and move towards the food that sheds pounds, guarantee more energy and better your lifestyle.

A regular author of the independently owned an up and coming healthy living tips web site, Dave Whitsom, strives to share with his readers the essentials of healthy living eating and its role in your quality of living.

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