How to Lose Belly Fat?

How the diet works

The plan is based on the principle that certain types of carbohydrates cause people to gain weight. Carbohydrates are allowed on the diet but are put into good and bad categories. Refined foods like biscuits and pasta are classed as the bad.

Good and bad carbohydrates

Dr Agatston proposes that bad carbs make you feel temporarily full by causing your blood sugar levels to rise rapidly. When levels start to decline, you then start to feel lethargic and hungry again.

Diet Plans

These bad carbs are also classed as foods with a high glycaemic index (GI). The GI is simply a scientifically valid way of describing how the carbohydrates in individual foods affect blood glucose levels. Food with a high GI contain carbohydrates that have a dramatic effect on blood glucose levels, while food with a low GI contain carbohydrates with much less impact.

The good and bad dichotomy extends to fats, with monounsaturated fats (e.g. from olive and rapeseed oils) being classed as good fats and saturated fats (e.g. from fatty meats and dairy products) as the bad.

So, what does this mean?

The South Beach Diet claims that it is not low in carbs or low in fat, but that weight loss is achieved by learning to eat the right carbs and the right fat.

It advocates a life-long regimen to help you live without the bad carbs and fat. The diet does not require you to measure what you eat in ounces, calories, or anything else. The meals should be of normal size, enough to satisfy your hunger but no more than that.

to be continued…