The South Beach Diet Good Fats, Good Carbs Guide

The Complete and Easy Reference for All Your Favorite Foods

About the Book

You don't have to give up fats or carbs--you just need to choose the right ones. All fats and carbohydrates aren't created equal. The good kinds nourish your body as they help you lose weight. The bad kinds--found in sugary, fatty foods like doughnuts, snack foods, and fast-food meals--damage your body’s ability to burn off what you eat. Worse, eating them actually triggers cravings and makes you even hungrier!

On the South Beach Diet, by best-selling author and Miami Beach cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., you eat plenty of good carbs and good fats--delicious, healthy foods that crush cravings, curb overeating, and leave you satisfied rather than starving. And now, with the revised The South Beach Diet Good Fats, Good Carbs Guide, you have all the information you'll need to make the right meal choices--anytime, anywhere.

This expanded guide does all the work--more than 1,200 food listings at your fingertips. You'll know at a glance if a food is compatible with the South Beach Diet--each entry lists its carbohydrate, sugar, fiber, fat, and saturated fat information. Plus, for the first time, all the foods have recommendations for each phase of the diet, according to the nutritional principles Dr. Agatston explains in his introduction. Packed with new essential information and expanded sections covering foods like meal replacement bars and fast-food listings, meal makeovers, and more, The South Beach Diet Good Fats, Good Carbs Guide is your key to lifelong health and weight loss.
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The South Beach Diet Good Fats, Good Carbs Guide

BEANS AND LEGUMES

Beans and legumes are excellent sources of soluble fiber, which delays stomach emptying time, slows glucose absorption, and can lower blood cholesterol and assist weight loss. Beans are also an excellent source of protein for vegetarians. Soy protein, found in soybeans and soybean products, lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol. We recommend liberal consumption of these healthy foods.

Avoid canned beans that contain brown sugar, lard, or molasses.

BEANS/LENTILS

Food Portion Total Carbs (g) Total Sugar (g) Fat/ Sat Fat (g) Fiber (g) Ph 1 Ph 2 Ph 3 Aduki beans, boiled 1/2 cup 19 2 0/0 8 G G G Baked beans Homemade, w/sugar 1/2 cup 27 11 6 1/2/2 1/2 7 A A A Plain, vegetarian, canned 1/2 cup 24 4 0/0 6 G G G W/bacon and brown sugar, canned 1/2 cup 29 13 3/1 7 A A A W/beef, canned 1/2 cup 22 6 5/2 7 L L L W/honey and mustard, canned 1/2 cup 31 12 0/0 7 A A A W/pork, canned 1/2 cup 25 8 2/1 7 L L L Black beans, canned 1/2 cup 17 1 0/0 6 G G G Black-eyed peas, frozen 1/2 cup 20 3 1/0 4 G G G Black turtle soup beans, presoaked, boiled 1/2 cup 23 4 0/0 5 G G G Butter beans, canned 1/2 cup 18 1 0/0 5 G G G Calico beans, cooked 1/2 cup 24 2 0/0 9 G G G Chickpeas, canned, drained 1/2 cup 27 1 1/0 5 G G G Chickpeas (hummus) (homemade) 1/2 cup 25 2 11/1 1/2 5 G G G Chili, vegetarian, canned 1/2 cup 19 3 0/0 5 G G G Chili, w/turkey and beans, canned 1/2 cup 13 3 1 1/2/0 3 G G G Chili con carne, w/beans, canned 1/2 cup 16 2 5/2 1/2 5 G G G Chili con carne, w/meat, canned 1/2 cup 11 1 12/41/2 3 A A A Kidney beans, red, canned, drained 1/2 cup 28 2 1/2/0 11 G G G Kidney beans, white, boiled 1/2 cup 20 2 1/2/0 6 G G G Lentils, brown, boiled 1/2 cup 20 2 0/0 8 G G G Lentils, pink or red, boiled 1/2 cup 24 2 0/0 7 G G G Lima beans, frozen, reheated 1/2 cup 18 2 0/0 5 G G G Mung beans, cooked 1/2 cup 17 2 0/0 6 G G G Navy beans, cooked 1/2 cup 24 2 1/2/0 6 G G G Pinto beans, canned 1/2 cup 18 1 1/0 6 G G G Refried beans Fat-free, canned 1/2 cup 24 1 0/0 7 G G G Prepared w/corn oil 1/2 cup 20 1 5/1 8 L L L Prepared w/lard 1/2 cup 24 1 6/2 7 A A A Split peas, boiled 1/2 cup 21 3 0/0 8 G G G

SOYBEANS

Food Portion Total Carbs (g) Total Sugar (g) Fat/ Sat Fat (g) Fiber (g) Ph 1 Ph 2 Ph 3 Black soybeans, canned 1/2 cup 9 1 2/0 5 G G G Green soybeans (edamame) boiled 1/2 cup 10 2 6/1 4 G G G Yellow fermented soybeans (natto) 1/2 cup 13 3 10/1 1/2 5 G G G Yellow soybeans, boiled 1/2 cup 9 3 8/1 5 G G G

SPROUTS, BEAN

Food Portion Total Carbs (g) Total Sugar (g) Fat/ Sat Fat (g) Fiber (g) Ph 1 Ph 2 Ph 3 Kidney bean sprouts, raw 1/2 cup 4 1 0/0 1 G G G Lentil sprouts, raw 1/2 cup 9 1 0/0 2 G G G Mung bean sprouts, raw 1/2 cup 3 1 0/0 1 G G G

About the Author

Arthur Agatston
Arthur Agatston, MD, is the medical director of wellness and prevention for Baptist Health South Florida and a clinical professor of medicine at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Creator of the bestselling South Beach Diet series, he has also authored numerous scientific articles and is frequently quoted in the media on diet and health. Dr. Agatston lives and practices in Miami Beach. More by Arthur Agatston
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