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Supercharge Your Diet – South Beach Supercharged Diet Review

The South Beach Diet has been around for years now, and many individuals have benefited from the program.  Not only is their a series of books outlining the specifics of the diet, named for the famous Florida beach, which gives advice for maximizing the effects of the diet, and offers meal plans, but in addition, cookbooks, frozen meals, and meal replacement bars sold at local grocery stores have followed publication.  By taking the guess work out of dieting results are easier to achieve and, once reached, a goal weight is easier to maintain.

The South Beach Diet is different from its low carb competitors in that it is progressive in nature, meaning that you do not immediately have to give up your favorite foods.  Rather, you gradually wean yourself away from foods restricted in the South Beach Diet in three gradient steps.  As with every diet results will vary, but the South Beach Diet does promise initial weight loss of 8-10 pounds in two (2) weeks if you adhere to the diet program.

The South Beach Diet helps to eliminate the body’s cravings for sweets and carbohydrates by keeping blood sugar levels maintained.  The thought behind this is that with no sudden drops in blood sugar levels the body will not feel week and need to be replenished.  The South Beach Diet also helps guard the body against health problems such as high cholesterol and heart disease by limiting the consumption of saturated fats in the foods being eaten.

The South Beach Diet – SUPERCHARGED

The South Beach Diet now offers a “Supercharged” version of their original diet.  Launched in 2008, “South Beach Diet: Supercharged” applies information that has been learned since the initial release of the diet, and is more user friendly.

Also available for those who want to apply the South Beach Supercharged Diet is an interactive web tool that allows the user to enter a current weight and goal weight and measure the results over time.  The cost of the online program is $5.00 per week and it offers:

• Customized meal plans with over 1,000 recipes*, featuring a personal meal planner and nutritional information.
• Tools to help track weight loss progress.
• 24 hour online support.
• A community of people who are also on the South Beach Supercharged Diet.

*Here is a sample of the more than 1,000 recipes offered on the South Beach Supercharged website:

Recipe: Chicken Puttanesca

Summary: Sometimes making your own tomato sauce takes only minutes longer than warming a prepared sauce — yet the result is so much more delicious. This succulent meal of chicken, olive-caper tomato sauce, and pasta will satisfy the whole family. (Phase 2)

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 4 large boneless, skinless, thin-sliced chicken breast cutlets (4 ounces each)
• Salt and black pepper
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 can (28 ounces) plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
• 2 tablespoons capers, drained
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 8 ounces whole-wheat pasta

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 250°F. Warm 2 teaspoons of oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Season cutlets with salt and pepper; add to hot pan and cook 2 minutes, until browned. Flip; cook 30 seconds. Transfer cutlets to a baking sheet; cover with foil and place in oven to keep warm.
2. Add remaining 2 teaspoons of oil to the same skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook 10 seconds, stirring. Add tomatoes, olives, capers, and pepper flakes and bring to a simmer. Cook 5 minutes, until slightly thickened, stirring to break up tomatoes. Stir in lemon juice and basil.
3. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Toss with tomato sauce; serve with cutlets.

Nutritional Information: 496 calories 13 g total fat (2 g sat) 74 mg cholesterol 57 g carbohydrate 38 g protein 11 g fiber 1,003 mg sodium

Start to finish: 30 minutes | Serves: 4

Diet Generic pharmacy (other): Low calorie, Reduced fat

Meal type: dinner

CulinaryTradition: Italian

My rating: 4.0 stars

A new feature of the Supercharged South Beach Diet is that Dr. Agatston now offers an “Exercise Prescription” with the South Beach Diet Fitness Club. Features of the new fitness club include:

• A daily walking routine that gets the heart pumping and the blood flowing.
• Pilates-based core movements, with pictures and step-by-step video instruction.
• No need for exercise equipment or gym membership.
• Exercises for every fitness level.
• Faster weight loss results.

If you are looking for a diet that spells out how to lose weight the South Beach Diet Supercharged offers a program that takes the guess work out of dieting.

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