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Move over Atkins: the South Beach Diet is Hot, Hot Hot!
Web MD ^ | 6/17/2003 | John Casey

Posted on 06/17/2003 8:46:37 AM PDT by sinkspur

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To: gridlock
Now, what did they mean by lean bacon?

Canadian bacon?

21 posted on 06/17/2003 9:12:32 AM PDT by Hugin
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To: mombonn
Here's another article from the same website:

Red Meat May Be Key to High-Protein Diet

Women With High Triglycerides Lost 25% More Weight on Red-Meat Diet

By Jeanie Lerche Davis
WebMD Medical News on Friday, May 09, 2003

May 9, 2003 -- Carnivores, rejoice! Red meat might be key to your high-protein diet. That's the finding from a new study, presented at an annual meeting of the American Heart Association.

"This is not the Atkins diet," says lead investigator Manny Noakes, PhD, a research dietitian with the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization in Adelaide, Australia. "This is a high-protein diet, but it includes more fruits and vegetables than Atkins," she tells WebMD.

The Atkins Diet, which has drawn criticism from dietitians, is a high-protein diet but allows few carbohydrates (at least in the first few weeks). Later, dieters are allowed to gradually add in limited amounts of fruits and vegetables. Atkins allows too much saturated fat and is too skimpy on fruits and vegetables, many dietitians say, but research has shown that people on the Atkins diet do lose weight without upping their cholesterol.

In their study, Noakes and colleagues set out to analyze red meat's effects -- very lean red meat, that is -- on risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, she explains. However, the results turned up a surprising conclusion.

But first the data: 100 women were enrolled in the study -- all overweight, with an average body mass index (BMI) of 33. For 12 weeks, half the women ate a high-protein diet of 34% protein, 46% carbohydrate, and 20% fat. The other half ate a high-carbohydrate diet that was 17% protein, 64% carbohydrate, and 20% fat.

Each diet consisted of about 1, 340 calories, and protein in both diets was from lean red meat.

After 12 weeks, both groups lost weight -- but some of the high-protein-diet women lost substantially more weight. Those women who had triglyceride levels higher than 133 mg/dL -- a fat in the blood -- at the study's beginning lost 25% more weight, reports Noakes. At the study's end, the high-meat eaters also had 22% lower levels of triglycerides, she says. High triglyceride levels are often seen in people at risk for diabetes.

Other measures of health -- "good" HDL and "bad" LDL cholesterol, blood sugar, and fasting insulin levels -- fell in both groups.

"You can lose weight in lots of different ways," Noakes says. "But certain people might do better on a certain dietary pattern with less carbohydrates, more protein. They will feel less hungry, be able to tolerate eating less for longer periods of time. We find that's generally true of high-protein diets."

Whether or not you have high triglyceride levels in your blood, this type of red-meat, high-protein diet might work for you, she adds. "It's whether or not a particular pattern suits you. A high carbohydrate diet -- rice, pasta, fruit, vegetables -- hasn't always worked for people. There are lots of strategies to lose weight, and this is one of them."

"Younger women may be especially interested in the high-protein diet, since it has lots of calcium and iron, and provides lots of micronutrients," Noakes adds. "We believe that a higher-protein pattern is more nutrient rich and may in fact be a diet of choice for women who are trying to lose weight."

Noakes' high-protein diet is certainly healthy, says Kathleen Zelman, RD, spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). In fact, the carbohydrates, protein, and fats in both diets that Noakes tested are within approved ranges set by the ADA and the National Academy of Sciences, she tells WebMD.

"We're not talking Atkins," says Zelman. "These are within normal limits."

Other studies have documented the effectiveness of increasing protein, she tells WebMD. Protein works partly because it makes us feel full. Also, studies have shown that high protein and fewer carbohydrates work well together in terms of weight loss.

Bottom line: Eat fewer refined carbohydrates -- table sugar, baked goods, white bread, pasta -- and more fruits and vegetables, says Zelman. Eat lots of lean protein -- sirloin steak, flank steak, chicken, eggs, tofu, and fish.

22 posted on 06/17/2003 9:17:53 AM PDT by sinkspur
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To: Bahbah
Go to the targetweight.isagenix.com website. It appears to be some kind of drink, sold through multi-level marketing.
23 posted on 06/17/2003 9:28:34 AM PDT by sinkspur
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To: Paulus Invictus
I just lost 17 pounds in 15 days on the Isagenics diet. This is the most I have lost on any of several I have tried, including the vaunted, fat-filled Atkins Diet.

How can you stand that stuff?

24 posted on 06/17/2003 9:33:15 AM PDT by Pure Country
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To: Bahbah
"the Isagenics diet." So tell us what this is.

It's a diet drink plus other stuff that within four hours you are trotting to the pot continuously. Sure you lose weight, but diarrhea always does that to you.

25 posted on 06/17/2003 9:35:53 AM PDT by Pure Country
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To: 1stFreedom
This does seem a bit milder than Atkins, but the same basic idea, which was around before Atkins "invented" it.
The problem with all these "diets" is that people don't stay on them, you have to have a lifestyle change with smaller portions, and more exercise, period.
But some of us do need a program to follow. I have had excellent results with Sugerbusters, but I also keep in mind that even the good carbs have too be cut down.
My workout program is Power 90 which you may have seen the TV ads for. I've never bought a TV program, but this has a great website where you can see others results and chat with others doing it. Its a simple but hard 40 minute a day workout program incorporating light weights and cardio.
Unless you have a serious medical condition, there's no excuse for being a walking teletubbie. I was once 30 lbs overweight, now have I have a better body than I did in high school.
26 posted on 06/17/2003 9:42:11 AM PDT by CMClay
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To: sinkspur
This sounds like it is identical (or very nearly so) to the diet suggested in: The Schwarzbein Principle: The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger -- Diana Schwarzbein, Nancy Deville
27 posted on 06/17/2003 9:42:58 AM PDT by The Electrician
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To: Pure Country
LOL. I think I'll stick with Atkins.
28 posted on 06/17/2003 9:45:35 AM PDT by Bahbah
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To: sinkspur
"IMAGINE Beautiful Hair and Youthful Skin!"

This is from the site, and I doubt very much whether it could deliver me either of the above.
29 posted on 06/17/2003 9:47:24 AM PDT by Bahbah
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To: Mr. Jeeves
It sounds to me like the Atkins diet combined with that of Nicholas Perricone (author of "The Wrinkle Cure"). Perricone provides lists of foods with good and bad carbohydrates based on their glycemic rating.
30 posted on 06/17/2003 9:48:00 AM PDT by LanPB01
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To: 1stFreedom
If they give up flour and potatoes, anyone will lose weight.
31 posted on 06/17/2003 9:49:23 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: sinkspur
This is not so. Atkins does not require monitoring of ketosis at all. It is suggested but not required. I have been on atkins for just over two months and have lost 30 lbs. I'm 10 pounds from my goal. Also, you only get bad breath and constipation if you do not drink enough water. Water intake is very important. As for the South Beach Diet, no thank you, I like my Brauts, sausage, heavy cream in my coffee. In the maintenance phase of atkins you phase back in complex carbs upto 100g a day.
32 posted on 06/17/2003 9:50:02 AM PDT by Angry_White_Man_Syndrome (I'm Okies love Dubya 2's "other half")
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To: sinkspur
Ping for further reading
33 posted on 06/17/2003 9:51:09 AM PDT by egarvue (Martin Sheen is not my president...)
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To: sinkspur
"It's a well-established fact that rapid weight loss can be achieved when your body does not have carbohydrates to digest... many positive aspects of Agatston's South Beach diet... the epidemic of obesity is caused partly by government health organizations promoting a carbohydrate-rich, low-fat diet... the South Beach diet can be healthy..."

This is disgusting. Pretty much since Atkins first published his diet decades ago, the evidence has been continually mounting that he was absolutely correct. That didn't stop the medical establishment from demonizing the man right up to the day he died. Practically the minute he's no longer around to say "I told you so," suddenly, magically, overnight it's "well-established" that low-carb diets cause rapid weight loss while government-backed high-carb diets cause heart disease and obesity. Oh, but only if you follow this altogether "new" diet created by a "well-respected" doctor, rather than the crazy scheme that dead crackpot was pushing.

34 posted on 06/17/2003 9:52:49 AM PDT by Fabozz
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To: sinkspur
No alchohol :-(
35 posted on 06/17/2003 9:53:01 AM PDT by Moleman
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To: Angry_White_Man_Syndrome
Love your tag line!
36 posted on 06/17/2003 9:54:01 AM PDT by Okies love Dubya 2
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To: Bahbah
I'm with you there. I just can' see a reason to give up my breakfast meats.
37 posted on 06/17/2003 9:54:38 AM PDT by Angry_White_Man_Syndrome (I'm Okies love Dubya 2's "other half")
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To: Moleman
On Atkin's you can still have same hard drinks. Plus Michalobe (sp?) Ultra is OK after the first stage of Atkins. Caution it is not as good as most beers.
38 posted on 06/17/2003 10:00:09 AM PDT by Angry_White_Man_Syndrome (I'm Okies love Dubya 2's "other half")
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To: sinkspur
The best way to stay in shape is exactly the same now as it has always been. Eat in moderation (several small meals are much better than two or three large ones), do moderate amounts of strength training (especially if your job doesn't involve much heavy lifting), and run, run, run.

Four hours on the couch a day watching television and eating chips equals turning into a big flat slob.

39 posted on 06/17/2003 10:01:02 AM PDT by jpl
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To: Okies love Dubya 2
Stop stalking me. LOL
40 posted on 06/17/2003 10:05:26 AM PDT by Angry_White_Man_Syndrome (I'm Okies love Dubya 2's "other half")
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