The South Beach Diet Cookbook" Agatston.
Agatston defines a"bad" carbohydrate as one that is starchy,
or that has a high glycemic index.
Agatston focuses heavily on the role of insulin
and how spikes in blood sugar make you hungry.
Years ago, we realized that the first phase of the South Beach Diet, while being intentionally grain free,
was unintentionally gluten-free," Agatston said.
Dr. Agatston: Ricotta cheese can be
used for more than 1 snack--I have used this myself--but my only concern is that it could get boring.
The fact that she would be on everyone's lips in such a way that probably her inventor,
the American cardiologist Arthur Agatston, did not expect.
Agatston says he has seen it happen to hundreds
of patients on the South Beach Diet over the past 20 years, even if it wasn't planned that way.
Also,"alcohol can stimulate the appetite,
so it is better to drink it with food," says Arthur Agatston, MD, a cardiologist
and author of the popular book The South Beach Diet.
When you have a heart scan,
you are given an overall number called the Calcium Score, or Agatston Score, which represents the total amount of plaque in your coronary arteries.
Dr. Agatston: One major difference between The South Beach Diet
and the Atkins diet is that we emphasize the good fats that help our general health and aid long-term weight loss by fighting insulin resistance.
Cardiologist Arthur Agatston, who created the South Beach Diet
and wrote the recently published South Beach Diet Gluten Solution, believes that if you find out which level, if any, of gluten sensitivity you have, your health can dramatically improve.