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How It Works:
The diet is based on the observation that Americans are carb
crazy. That's the reason for the induction phase. Those first
two weeks are meant to help people quit craving carbs. And it's
why carbs are minimized throughout the diet.
Highly processed carbs, according to the South Beach theory,
get digested too quickly. That makes insulin levels (a hormone
the body makes to process sugars) spike. And once those fast-burning
carbs are used up, your high insulin level makes you crave more
food. So what do you tend to eat? More carbs, of course.
Why Choose The South Beach Diet? The South Beach diet is not
a 'portion limiting' diet, so will not be accompanied by the traditional
hunger pangs associated by a lot of diets. It also looks at your
food intake in the long term guarding against weight loss 'yo-yo'
- the cycle of gaining and losing weight over and over. The diet
has been recommended by Dr Cheskin of the John Hopkins Weight
Management Centre. The diet has also been proven to improve insulin
levels while decreasing cholesterol.
South Beach Diet Results. Does the South Beach Diet get results?.
Well, the diet has does have one of the lowest diet drop out rates,
reported to be around 5% during tests. The diet is the most searched
for diet term on the Internet.
South Beach diet promises to make you want to eat less food,
but better food!
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