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The South Beach Diet book became tremendously successful when the diet book with the obvious name was finally published and picked up with fast succession among a dedicated inner circle. Each with their own dieting successes to brag about, the South Beach Diet book, authored by Doctor Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss, is still growing in popularity, but The South Beach Diet phase one keeps confusing readers.

The South Beach Diet phase one is designed to be the shortest of all phases of the diet, only lasting for a two-week period. It was designed to be intense, kick-start your body and how you think about how you diet from that point on. The myth to popular thinking and one of the harder to understand parts to Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you do not have to limit yourself only eating low carb foods.

In a nut-shell, Phase 1 force feeds you the thinking to: get rid of bad carbs that aren't providing anything nutritionally for your body, substitute the bad carbs that are found in surplus in the American diet 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 do more harm than benefit: fruit, candy, cereal, potatoes, grains, etc. all are eliminated, or the dieter must phase themselves off of during The South Beach Diet phase one. A safe bet, if you should have any confusion, just consume as much salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you desire, as they are on target for nutritional benefit.

It is during this stage that Doctor Agatston has proven that your body's resistance to insulin will lower, so depending on your current weight and current health, you may lose 6 to 14 pounds initially, even in the first 2 weeks, as your body begins to eliminate excess body weight.

The major goal of The South Beach Diet phase one is two fold: to throw you into a routine that you stick with which keeps you free from hunger and to lay the groundwork for a mindset that ensures you rid yourself of the bad foods and move toward the food that sheds pounds, guarantee more energy and better your quality of life.