Free South Beach Diet Info

Free South Beach Diet Info

Free South Beach Diet Info

Disillusioned by the low-fat diets promoted by the American Heart Association during the '80s, cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston developed the South Beach Diet in Miami Beach, Florida as a guide to reducing obesity in his heart patients. Nutritional guidance was provided by Marie Almon, chief clinical dietitian at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

"The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat." So says Agatston in the introduction to his 2003 book, The South Beach Diet (Rodale Press, 2003). Nor, as some critics have claimed, is it particularly high-protein. Okay, so what is it?