Arthur S. Agatston M.D. - The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss Books

Pros: some good nutritional advice; well-organized and detailed
Cons: some bad nutritional advice; you will need chocolate and supplements

Finally after what, five months, have I been able to obtain a copy of this widely-popular diet book, so called The South Beach Diet Book: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan For Fast And Healthy Weight Loss. I agree the doctor is from ...

Pros: Actually lost weight! The large print is nice.
Cons: Two week "cold turkey" approach is tough.

Reportedly losing weight has never been easier. One of the newer diets that has churned out millions of followers is the South Beach Diet. You know a diet has become fashionable when everyone starts bashing carbs. I recently purchased the ...

Pros: Clear Instructions, Nice Balance of Diet Theory & Advice
Cons: The Book is Excellent. The plan is demanding, especially if you like high-carb foods.

Why? During the high school, college, and young married chapters of time, it never occurred to me that there would come a phase in which I would need to look at dietary options. In fact during the high school and early college phase, I was often ...

Pros: Well-reasoned; well-detailed; lack of hype; easy-to-follow plan; some good recipes
Cons: Relies heavily on artificial sugars

As a rule, I'm wary of Diets with a capital 'D'. I believe in eating with moderation, and most diets take their ideas to an unhealthy extreme in the name of losing weight as quickly as possible. I want to lose weight, sure, but I want to do it to be ...

Pros: Very little hard to understand jargon.
Cons: Another "diet" book with nothing new to say.

I couldn’t resist The South Beach Diet by Dr. Arthur Agatston in spite of what I heard about similarities to Atkins. Perhaps spending so much time in that area of the country inspired the purchase! Rodale Press publishes this 320-page book. Abo ...

Pros: A three-stage plan that's easy to follow. Great recipes.
Cons: None that I could find

These days you can usually catch me singing or humming my own version of W. Benton Overstreet and Billy Higgins' song There'll Be Some Changes Made while I make a salad dressed with virgin olive oil, a bit of vinegar, some dry mustard, salt and pep ...

Pros: Easy to read, to follow, and works
Cons: No bread or pasta

I carry around a few (understatement) extra pounds and as I have gotten older the quantity of cloth needed to girdle the center of me has increased. My honey is a few years younger than I and was always thin until that terrible thing called ...

Pros: Daily Menu Plans and Wonderful Recipes Included
Cons: May be a tough plan to stick with in our world of highly-refined carbohydrates.

”Hi, my name is BonzoBean and I am a dieting junky.” This would be your cue to show me the love and support of any twelve-step recovery program and say, “ Hi Bonzo ” because I know, you too share my pain (and my hunger!). ...

Pros: Effective, easy to follow diet program. Book informative.
Cons: Tough to cut carbs at first! With all *diets*, must be a lifestyle change.

I used to be able to maintain my weight without watching my food intake. Unfortunately after gradua ...

Pros: Lose Weight -- 8-13 lbs in the first 2 weeks!
Cons: Cut-out some of the foods you love at first.

I got to the point where I didn't know what to do any more. I grew up with the American Heart Association's low fat diet. A typical day's food for me would be a low-fat muffin, a turkey sandwich on low-fat bread, a bowl of pasta with tomato sauce, and, ...

Pros: America can change their eating habits, low Carbs/Low Fat means healthy life style.
Cons: Hard to find items in this book.

In today’s newspaper October 15, 2003 were two articles on more adults becoming extremely obese and another with a study on Low-carb diets and weight lose. The first article stressed that since the 1980’s American were becoming at least 100 pound ...

Pros: variety, good food, effective
Cons: title somewhat of a misnomer

The South Beach Diet promotes itself as easy, fast and foolproof. It’s not easy (especially if you don’t like to cook), the first pounds come off fairly fast, and it is far from foolproof (what diet is foolproof). The book is written by Dr. ...

Pros: Secret to weight loss; easy to read and apply; healthy heart
Cons: Food exclusion to get started

With the ongoing epidemics of obesity that our nation is going through, it's time that somebody, a renowned cardiologist who has seen the ravages of heart attacks, cholesterol and insulins step up to the plate. Step up, he did! Dr. Arthur Agatston is ...

Pros: Fun and relatively entertaining to read, nice anecdotes
Cons: poorly organized, not thorough

I picked up The South Beach diet last week because a friend recommended it to me - that and I was sick of walking past it on the shelf in all the supermarkets and bookstores. So I began to read it, and it was quite entertaining. The book is written ...

Pros: Explains how and why the diet works. And it does work- at least short-term.
Cons: Diet requires much planning, hard to stick with long-term.

The Book: The Fundamental Theory It will change the way you think about dieting. Fat is not as bad as we thought it was, and sugar, including starches, is worse than we thought it was. More importantly, Dr. Agatston explains why. ...