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  • The South Beach Diet

  • The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss
  • By: Arthur Agatston MD
  • Narrated by: Arthur Agatston MD
  • Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (251 ratings)

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The South Beach Diet

By: Arthur Agatston MD
Narrated by: Arthur Agatston MD
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For years, cardiologist Arthur Agatston, MD, urged his patients to lose weight for the sake of their hearts, but every diet was too hard to follow or its restrictions were too harsh. Some were downright dangerous. Nobody seemed to be able to stick with low-fat regimens for any length of time. And a diet is useless if you can't stick with it.

So Dr. Agatston developed his own. The South Beach diet isn't complicated, and it doesn't require that you go hungry. You'll enjoy normal-size helpings of meat, poultry, and fish. You'll also eat eggs, cheese, nuts, and vegetables. Snacks are required. You'll learn to avoid the bad carbs, like white flour, white sugar, and baked potatoes. Best of all, you'll lose that stubborn belly fat first!

Dr. Agatston's diet has produced consistently dramatic results (eight to 13 pounds lost in the first two weeks!) and has become a media sensation in South Florida. Now you, too, can join the ranks of the fit and fabulous with the South Beach diet.

©2003 Arthur Agatston, MD (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
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"One of the more appealing diet books." (Publishers Weekly)

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Fell short

Spend the money on the actual book which gives you the basic food templates to follow as you plan your week. Others may not need this,but I found that I do.

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Interesting listen

Lots of good tips and information, I really enjoyed this audio book and plan to implement some of these things .

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Amazing

Short and too the point!! I even placed an order foe the meal plan. Highly recommend

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Not the same content

Not the same content as in the book. It’s much smaller and no guide to support it

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Informative

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would recommend this audiobook to quickly learn about the South Beach Diet. this book contains lots of good information

What did you like best about this story?

I could read/listen/learn very quickly. it only took 2 hrs.

Which character – as performed by Arthur Agatston – was your favorite?

The author

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Neither I was interested in learning about the diet.

Any additional comments?

The audio book does not have suggested foods. You still need to buy the book. But you will really want the book when using the program for daily or as need review.

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Good information. Easy to listen to & understand.

GREAT info. Easy to understand. Well delivered audio. It was a little shorter than I expected.

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Good but would like to follow along if wanted to.

I like the fact of the book being read to me due to I can listen in the car. But I would like to be able to follow along in the book if I want to while at home.

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GREAT LIFE STYLE!

I’ve been on many, many diets throughout the years and have kept my weight down for over a couple of years on a couple of them. This diet, The South Beach Diet, is exceptional because it not only teaches how to achieve positive results but also why. Plus, there is NO measuring, NO exacting menu plans, NO required weigh-ins.
I’ve learned a lot and will listen to this again whenever I drift back to old, self-destructive behaviors.
Thank you.

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Good Overview Of Plan

Even though this selection is abridged, I think it did a good job of explaining what the South Beach Diet is about. (Eating the right carbs) This book didn't really teach me anything new that I haven't already learned from other low-carb plans. But I did find it interesting and I discovered a few new recipe ideas for eating low-carb.

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Easy, quick listen and it works.

I read this book about 5 years back and have done the diet twice (which worked). Over time I had forgotten it and gone back to bad habits and started gaining weight again. Even though I know the basics, I bought the audiobook as a reminder/freshen up on the details.
This diet works, and most of the info here is good (I do not agree with it all, for example he uses fake sugar replacement in place of sugar when having a treat, and I know that ingredient is an appetite stimulant and possibly a cause of serious health concerns).

But overall, the foods he eliminates and slowly incorporates back in is not rocket science but I think accurate, and like I said, followed exactly, it works.

If this approach is new to you, you may want to grab a hard copy of the recipe book too...or google ideas for what to eat with the foods allowed.

Note - he cuts out fruit the first 2 weeks, which I dont 100% agree with for health reasons, but it does make a difference in the first phase in getting over sugar cravings and stimulating weight loss. You incorporate some back in after the first 2 weeks.

I dont know how great this would be for vegan's though, a lot of the diet is based around proteins.

Good luck!

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