South Beach Diet Guide South Beach Diet
Guide has greatly helped many people to lose weight quickly
and avoid mistakes that result in weight gain.
Regardless of which phase you are currently in, you should follow
these recommendations:
- Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water, decaffeinated beverages
such as club soda, tea, coffee, or decaffeinated sugar-free soda
every day
- Limit your intake of caffeine-containing beverages to 1 cup each
day
- Take one multivitamin and mineral supplement daily
- 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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