Who benefits from Mount Sinais South Beach Diet TM?
This diet is for anyone who wants to reach their ideal weight, while reducing their intake of saturated fat. It works particularly well for people whose obesity is concentrated around the waistline a condition that often is associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, high levels of triglycerides, cholesterol, and low levels of HDL, (the “good” cholesterol). How does this diet work? Over a period of several weeks, the diet eliminates refined carbohydrates, such as sugar, white rice, white bread and crackers from your diet, and replaces them with fiber-rich whole fruits, vegetables, brown rice, and products made from whole wheat flour. Our goal is to identify the types of carbohydrates that can trigger hunger pangs or that have a tendency to increase body fat. Why does the diet focus on carbohydrates, rather than low fat foods? Fat-free doesn’t mean calorie-free and therein lies the problem. Fat-free foods are laden with refined carbohydrates, which quickly pass through the digestive
