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Book Review: The South Beach Diet

Written by Arthur Agatston

Topic: Dieting and Weight LossPublished March 6, 2008
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This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Diet and Weight Loss. Dieting and Weight Loss is the regulation and limitation of food in order to improve physical condition and health. Tricia Greaves is the Official Guide to Diet and Weight Loss. Tricia has identified The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss, by Arthur Agatston, as a valuable resource for people interested in Diet and Weight Loss, and it is available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

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nFor years, cardiologist Arthur Agaston, M.D. urged his patients to lose weight for the sake of their hearts, but every diet was too hard to follow or its restrictions were too harsh. Some were downright dangerous. Nobody seemed to be able to stick with low-fat regimens for any length of time. And a diet is useless if you can't stick with it. So Dr. Agaston developed his own. The South Beach Diet isn't complicated, and it doesn't require that you go hungry. You'll enjoy normal-size helpings of meat, poultry, and fish. You'll also eat eggs, cheese, nuts, and vegetables. Snacks are required. You'll learn to avoid the bad carbs, like white flour, white sugar, and baked potatoes. Best of all, you'll lose that stubborn belly fat first! Dr. Agaston's diet has produced consistently dramatic results (8 to 13 pounds lost in the first 2 weeks!) and has become a media sensation in South Florida. Now you, too, can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with The South Beach Diet.

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n This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Dieting and Weight Loss. The Official Guide to Dieting and Weight Loss is Tricia Greaves. After overcoming her own lifetime battle with compulsive eating and losing 50 lbs. —without the use of diets, pills, medication or excessive exercise—in 2000 Tricia Greaves founded Be Totally Free!, a non-profit that helps people overcome eating disorders, emotional eating and addictions.

Additional Resources covering Dieting and Weight Loss can be found at: Website Directory for Dieting and Weight Loss Articles on Dieting and Weight Loss Products for Dieting and Weight Loss Discussion Board Tricia Greaves, the Official Guide To Dieting and Weight Loss

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