The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life

The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life | Arthur Agatston, Joseph Signorile | The South Beach Diet Supercharged

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	The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life Arthur Agatston, Joseph Signorile Rodale Books, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 73 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Comprehensive Plan for Diet, Exercise, and Healthful Living

Instead of repeating other reviewers, let's focus mostly on seldom-discussed details of this book.

The South Beach diet centers on natural foods. Agatson contends that portion size usually takes care of itself when natural foods are eaten. He opposes the taking of supplements with the exception of fish oils (p. 314), because he doesn't believe that supplements can adequately replace the nutritive content of natural foods. Fish oil is effective at reducing the inflammatory response that is part of the metabolic syndrome. (p. 81)

Agatson traces the obesity epidemic in the western world. He points to the overconsumption of refined carbohydrates and other foods with a high glycemic impact, and the increase in sedentary living. In fact, he shows that NEAT (nonexercise activity thermogenesis) has declined not only since the Industrial Revolution, but even at much more recent times, owing to such inventions as the e-mail. (p. 57) Even subtle declines in everyday activity levels add up, over time, to increased fat accumulation.

He points to the irony of the fact that American children are overfed but undernourished. This causes a host of problems beyond the most obvious ones. For example, the attention span of children in schools has declined in recent years. (p. 87) As an experienced educator, I fully agree.

Belly fat is the most dangerous, as it contributes to the inflammatory process that leads to cardiovascular disease, strokes, etc. Agatson shows how crude weight measurements and the BMI have been superseded by measurements of the waist-to-hip ratio. It should not exceed 0.8 in women and 0.95 in men. (p. 64)

Agatson prescribes many different kinds of exercise. He also stresses interval training, pointing out the fact that this facilitates fat-burning. Also, more intense exercise gives a longer afterburn, which is the time that fat burning is still occurring at above-resting rates after the exercise session has been finished.

There are numerous menu ideas presented in this book. There is also a helpful table of food substitutions (p. 242) for use in the Phase 1 of the South Beach diet. For instance, mashed potatoes can be replaced by mashed cauliflower or pureed navy beans, and potato chips can be replaced by baked zucchini chips.

This book concludes with a list of references, to articles in medical journals, which the research-oriented reader can use for further study.

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The South Beach Diet Supercharged

Reinforces what was written in the first book, with some additional interesting information. The list of foods to enjoy got bigger, which is better to choose a wider variety of acceptable foods. And of course, the supercharged part of it, exercising, makes it a must-have book for an all around excellent diet and lifestyle change. Would also recommend The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook, which has many more delicious recipes.

The South Beach Diet Super Charged

Outstanding. Dr. Agatston has done it again. The first book was great and this is an incredible addition. I have gotten great results!

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More good stuff from the Dr.

There is more great information in this book for those of us who are determined not to be in ill health in our later years. All of this is possible with the information that you can get from this newest edition of South Beach. Many thanks!

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