This article was written by Support

With all of the different diet methods on the market these days, there are a few that tend to stand out the brightest, the South Beach Diet being one of them!  This diet has gained such popularity in recent years and has even become a member of best seller book lists for the many books written on South Beach Diet Recipes. There are literally thousands of delicious recipes, like whole wheat pizza, available to those participating in the diet that due to the vastness and variety of the different meals they could not all be contained in just one place! For most people who are on the diet they consider it not just a diet, but a way of life and in order to live out those days maintaining the diet, they need great recipes!

The South Beach Diet was developed by a Miami, Florida cardiologist named Dr. Arthur Agatston.  Dr. Agatston had originally developed the diet with the hope that it would help treat his heart patients whose health was deteriorating due to different diseases and stages of disease attacking their hearts.  Not only did his patients lose a significant amount of weight, many patients were able to forgo any medical treatment after implementing the diet, some were even completely cured of their ailments and Dr. Agatston knew he was on to something.

The South Beach Diet consists largely of eliminating “bad fats” and “bad carbohydrates,” or at least cutting them back significantly, from one’s daily food intake. There are score of books, websites and other literature that contain information about what foods are used on the diet and which ones are to be avoided. Also, the diet uses certain combinations of foods that act as catalysts in aiding weight loss at a quicker pace. The beauty of utilizing the literature available is that you can find the right combinations and right foods to be used in preparing meals which makes maintaining the diet  more convenient than having to study the chemical makeup of each food in order to know whether they are “allowed” or not!

In addition to information about the diet itself and how it works, there are several resources available to anyone wishing to participate in the diet chock full of fabulous and delicious recipes that have been developed. Not only are there recipes specifically designed by the manufacturer of South Beach Diet products but there is also a wealth of information and food preparations that have been put to use and put together by others who are participating as well. The variety is immense and there is surely something for everyone when it comes to individual tastes.

South Beach Diet recipes are accessible by so many means. Due to its popularity, recipes can be found almost anywhere form bookstores to magazines and scores of websites online. By collecting these recipes and starting your own notebook from which to cook your favorite meals, you may even find that you may have a contribution to make for others who are on the diet. Losing weight was never as delicious of an idea!