It has, indeed, reached desperate dieters and weight watchers not only in America but in different parts of the globe. South Beach Diet has become a phenomenon that people ask how different this diet plan can be from others, which, apparently, are not so effective to many.
South Beach Diet has been formulated by Dr. Arthur Agatston, a well-respected cardiologist and, at the same, associate professor of Medicine at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine.  Actually, the creation of South Beach Diet was not intended for weight loss. It was actually formulated to help his overweight patients with chronic heart diseases with their eating control. After investigating about ways aside from the intake of low carbohydrates, he was able to come up with South Beach Diet, an insulin resistance diet.

His good reputation has engaged thousands of people to believe and try the different strategy of South Beach Diet. Unlike in other weight loss formulas, wherein doctors recommend in-take of foods with low carbohydrates and fats, South Beach Diet encourages dieters to choose the right kind of food, which are those with the right carbohydrates and the right fats. The bad ones are to be avoided, for they are easily absorbed by the bloodstream. In fact, South Beach Diet helps the dieters to be more disciplined in choosing the right kind of food, keeping in mind the effect of every intake into the body.

However, this diet does not starve people. In fact, in the first phase of the diet, the dieter is required to eat three balanced meals plus snack and dessert. Phase one includes meals of beef, turkey, chicken, fish, vegetables, cheese, eggs and salads. Come Phase two, those that were taken away from your diet list in Phase can be brought back in little amounts. Chocolates, wines, and other indulgences are welcome, since by this time, changes in outlook are observed when it comes to eating. In the last phase, your body reacts differently to every intake of food. The dieter, by this time, is expected to be much more disciplined in choosing foods, although given the freedom to choose whatever food he or she likes.

To sum it up, the success in this diet is not achieved by starving one’s stomach or by cutting meals from three to one per day. It’s in the discipline of the dieter and the way he or she looks at eating, not one of indulgences and cravings.