The New South Beach Diet: An Updated Version of the Popular Plan

We would encourage you to follow the new South Beach diet plan, which now allows some of the foods once banned in the original plan. It offers more information on exercise and includes a 10-week walking program to get you started.

Everything in the Latest Book

The new South Beach Diet is the book South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life.. Written by South Beach Diet creator, Dr. Arthur Agatston, and exercise physiologist, Dr. Joseph Signorile, the new book incorporates the three Phases of the diet with a three-phased workout regimen. The book also includes new and expanded food lists including more fruits, updates on the latest nutritional studies, and testimonials from dieters who have been successful following the South Beach diet plan.

Factoring the GI & GL Indexes

Was the original plan too restrictive regarding foods with a low GI number? New studies have found that certain foods that were banned in Phase 2, such as carrots and bananas, have a lower glycemic index (GI) rating than was known about in 2003, which is when the original South Beach diet was introduced.

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The GI number has been an important factor in the diet’s approach to weight loss. It is believed that a food with a low GI number causes a small rise in blood sugar levels, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike in blood sugar.

Furthermore, the South Beach Diet Supercharged plan factors in a food’s glycemic load or GL ranking, which is the combined effect of the GI of a carbohydrate and the available carb content (carbs minus fiber in grams) of a food.

If you are familiar with the GI glucose index, you know that the high mark is 100 (as set by white bread) and you have been trying to eat foods that have a GI of 55 or below.

On the GL glucose load index, a score of 10 or less is low, while 20 or more is high.

The GL is now regarded as a better indicator of a food’s effect on blood sugar. For example, watermelon has a high GI of around 72, yet has a low GL of around 6 grams of carbs per serving. Which means that watermelon is back on the menu!

The new South Beach diet follows the same pattern of the old plan but now includes more allowed foods because of these low GL scores.

The Same 3-Phase Plan, Now with Exercise!

You’ll be delighted at the expanded food selections in the Supercharged book, which include 40 new recipes and two full weeks of all-new meal plans for South Beach diet Phase 1 and 2. The first 2-week phase includes more of everything you can eat including soy, lean meats, low starch vegetables, leafy greens, legumes, desserts, and prepared foods. The updated Phase 2 food list includes everything from the first list plus more low GI starches and fruits, and beverages.

While exercise was not emphasized in the original plan, the newest South Beach diet plan details an exercise program to be performed during Phase 1 and Phase 2. It is a high and low intensity fitness regime that centers around a 10-week walking program, and also features 27 strengthening exercise for building muscle. This daily 20-minute exercise program is easy to do and will help you progress in stages. If you are just starting out on South Beach, the new South Beach diet plan and the Supercharged book are highly recommended.

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