sorry to ask but, good "diets"?

I don't know if the States have one but in Canada we have a food guide that has reccomended servings from each food group.
The healthiest way to live is to follow that religiously.
It's everything in moderation, really, and enough exercize.

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Updated On: 8/5/04 at 12:52 AM

I really like Weight Watchers. The points system is really easy to use, and it works very well, as well as teaching you portion control and healthy eating habits.

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Obviously you have not studied either diet very closely if you think that they're the same thing.

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Updated On: 8/5/04 at 12:48 PM

From the south beach diet website:

"It retains the best part of the Atkins regime – meat – while losing the tenet that all carbs should be avoided."

Um, Atkins at NO point says ALL carbs should be avoided. It cuts out all unhealthy carbs while allowing you to continue to eat (in moderation) healthy sources of carbohydrate.

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Atkins also says that you can eat all the red meat and bacon that you want. The South Beach Diet does not say that.

So, um, no they are not the same thing.

That would be like saying that all diets are the same and that would just be an ignorant comment.

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Maybe they take pot shots at it because while you may lose weight it's extremely bad for your heart and your cholesterol.

It's comparing people who eat steak and bacon for every meal to people who eat chicken and fish.

You do the math and tell me why one is different.

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I like South Beach because you are not "counting carbs" - you are not saying, "a bagel has 24 carbs but an english muffin has 21..." etc. etc.

South Beach basically says, NO WHITE FLOUR - STICK TO WHOLE GRAINS FOR YOUR CARBS - PERIOD.

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It's comparing people who eat steak and bacon for every meal to people who eat chicken and fish.

And I thought I was the one making the ignorant statements. On Atkins you don't eat steak and bacon for every meal. Nor are you at any point advised to. What's more, you can eat chicken and fish instead if you wanted. So if I compared someone who was on Atkins but stuck to chicken and fish plus an intake of healthy carbohydrate to someone doing the same thing on the South Beach Diet, the difference would be what?

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Stay the heck away from Atkins- any diet that is essentially intended to give you the metabolism of a diabetic seems wrong to me.

There has been one long-term study of the effects of the U.S. "food pyramid" diet vs. the Atkins diet, when both are combined with excercise. Atkins helps you lose weight faster, but the food pyramid will eventually get you to the same level. The difference is that Atkins causes more health problems, and people who continue on it eventually start gaining back some weight.

So try to follow a conventional, food pyramid-ish diet if you can. Try to eat whole grains, brown rice and sugar, etc. any time you can and avoid too much over-refined food. Avoid foods that have a chemical name as their first ingredient. :) Making your own food rather than thawing something from a box is always best. Eat chicken and fish rather than red meat, but don't be a afraid to have a hamburger once in a while.

Oh, and this is important- eat slowly. When you gorge yourself your body doesn't have time to send your brain "I'm full" signals, so you eat too much. Take your time and don't feel obligated to finish everything on your plate, especially at restaurants, which consistently serve way too much. Similarly, don't snack while doing something like watching TV, because you won't pay attention to how much you're eating.

If you're willing, try eating 4 meals a day instead of 3- breakfast in the morning, lunch around noon, another lunch around 4, and dinner around 8. Keep the meal sizes moderate, and the shorter spaces between them will help you avoid snacking. I was forced by the schedule of my dining hall in college to have 3 meals a day. For some mysterious reason I've lost 7 pounds this summer, just by getting my meal schedule (and the ability to cook for myself) back.