Tag Archives: carbs

South Beach—is this the diet for me?

May 12, 2009 – 11:39 am

The South Beach diet is a low glycemic index plan which focuses on heart-healthy fats, lean protein, vegetables and—in the later phases—complex carbohydrates in limited amounts.
The pros as I see them are:
• the diet includes reasonable amounts of protein, including legumes
• monitoring and limiting high glycemic index foods is helpful for blood [...]

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High Carb / Low Fat Diets: Good or Bad?

May 9, 2009 – 9:51 am

For awhile the high carbohydrate and low fat diet was all the rage. Books like Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé, written 30 years ago, talked up the benefits of a vegetarian diet and emphasized the ways in which we coud eat to minimize our impact on the earth. The Pritikin Eating [...]

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