Arthur Agatston is the Official Guide for Dieting and Weight Loss on SelfGrowth. A cardiologist and creator of the South Beach Diet, he brings evidence-based nutrition guidance to a space often dominated by fads.
Weight management is one of the most searched and most misunderstood areas of personal development. Between fad diets, conflicting research, and aggressive marketing, it is hard to know what actually works.
Arthur Agatston is a preventive cardiologist best known for creating the South Beach Diet — one of the most medically grounded popular diet programs. His approach emphasizes sustainable eating patterns over extreme restriction.
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As the Official Guide for Dieting and Weight Loss on SelfGrowth, Dr. Agatston's work anchors practical, evidence-based resources on nutrition and weight management.
The South Beach Diet lifestyle program has grown to include Web-based materials and a family of healthy and convenient foods, including delicious and nutritionally balanced bars and snacks. Its popular online program, SouthBeachDiet.com, provides weight loss tools, recipes, exercise routines, customized meal plans, support from registered dietitians, and a vibrant community of South Beach Diet followers. The creator of the South Beach Diet, Dr. Arthur Agatston, answers some common questions below. 1. I'm doing so well on Phase 1. Why can't I stay on it indefinitely?
With the publication of The South Beach Diet, renowned Miami cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston set out to change the way America eats. Now he has an even more ambitious goal: to change the way America lives by helping Americans become fitter as well as thinner and healthier . . . for life.
Dr. Agatston has authored over 100 articles and abstracts for scientific jou als. His pioneering work in noninvasive cardiac imaging has resulted in computerized tomography scanning methods and measures that bear his name: the Agatston Score and the Agatston Method, which are used for screening coronary calcium, are r…
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