South Beach Diet Re: (was Re: Traditiona weight loss groups losing people to low carb diets)

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I hope you're right. As I said, my husband is trying it. It does sound a

lot healthier than the Atkins diet.

on 4/6/2004 8:23 AM, apricot85 at apricot85@... wrote:

> Someone lent me their South Beach book (I'm skimming). The daily meal

> plans for Phase 2 show 1 -2 fruits, and 1 grain. The meal plans during

> Phase 3 (last phase) show 2 fruit servings per day, and 1 serving of

> grains. The person that lent this book to me has used this diet to

> lose 24lbs, & reduce total cholesterol from over 300 to 150. He says

> his doctor cannot believe the blood test improvement & has never seen

> anything like it. This is the story he's telling me, & I assume this is

> true. The one time I saw him eat, he choose the salad bar and grilled

> chicken. He did tell me he takes 1 fish oil capsule per day.

>

>

> Francesca Skelton wrote:

>

>> The South Beach Diet just cuts out fruit and allows eating of these higher

>> starch veggies (unlike the Atkins diet) After two weeks, higher carbs like

>> fruit are reintroduced.

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