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The South Beach DietTM
Nutritionist Melissa O'Shea on
South Beach Diet
Melissa O'Shea, MS, RD is a registered dietitian with a master's degree in nutrition education from Columbia University. Melissa has experience in counseling patients in community settings and in the clinical environment at doctors' offices.
Bread, Pasta & Sweets (carbs)
almost never
Red Meat
always
Fruits & Vegetables
limited
Milk & Dairy
in moderation
Alcohol
sometimes
Fast Weight Loss
nutritionist
agrees
Feeling Healthier
nutritionist
kind of agrees
Simple Rules
nutritionist
kind of disagrees
Frequent Meals
nutritionist
kind of disagrees
Great Tasting Food
nutritionist
agrees
Easy To Eat Out
nutritionist
agrees
Affordable
nutritionist
kind of agrees
A Nutritionist Weighs in...
Like many diet plans, The South Beach Diet does not teach you how to eat for the rest of your life. At the end of the day, eating a banana (a forbidden fruit on this diet) is not going to sabotage your diet. However, you do get some healthy eating tips such as eating more whole grains and limiting saturated fats and "bad" carbohydrates.
Besides its useful eating tips, I would recommend this diet for its many delicious recipes that can be a part of any healthy eating plan.
If you're a planner and a cook, this might work for you In Phase 1, the variety of foods to choose from is limited. Cutting out bread products, fruits, and certain vegetables can make the diet very limited and possibly boring without some creativity. Even in Phase 2, there are many food restrictions, which could make it hard to stick to the diet long-term, especially if you are stuck in Phase 2 for six months to a year. Although Phase 3 offers more flexibility, the diet does not define what you can and can not eat in this phase, which may lead to weight gain. On this diet, you may be constantly reverting back to the restrictive food plans of Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Eating out may also be difficult, since finding meals that do not contain the many restricted foods on this diet can be challenging. If your lifestyle includes eating out often, you will have to order carefully to comply with the meal plans.
Many of the sample meal plans involve making recipes provided from numerous South Beach books and website. This means you will be preparing your own meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you aren't comfortable in the kitchen, you may find it challenging to stick to the diet-although many convenience foods can be purchased in stores or online.
However, if you do cook, there are some wonderful recipes in this book (whole-wheat penne with eggplant and ricotta sounds tasty), as well as in several supporting cookbooks and on the Web site. In fact, although the food choice is limited on this diet, the many creative recipes help make the diet more appealing.
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