What is the diffrence between Atkins and South Beach?

Answer 1

There are three diets that are almost exactly the same, but take a slightly different philosophical view on caloric intake. These diets are Atkins, South Beach, and the Abs Diet.

These diets can all be distilled down to three key principals.

1. Eliminate or substantially decrease the amount of refined sugars and simple carbs in your diet.
2. Dramatically increase the amount of protein and fiber in your diet.
3. Keep your blood sugar level steady throughout the day

Many people criticize the Atkins diet as a bad diet because they do not understand it. This is usually because somebody told them it was bad, or they read an article by someone, who takes a quote out of context; and actually has not read the book or even the basic information on the website.

They think that the Atkins diet means no carbs and you should eat fatty food like bacon and cheese for every meal.

This is simply not true. Even during the phase one introductory stage of the Atkins diet you are allowed to each vegetables, which, of course, contain carbohydrates.

Don't forget, you might if you don't eat any carbs, your brain uses exclusively carbohydrates for fuel.

I, for one, am a practitioner of the Abs Diet, since no foods are "off limits." It is centered around eating 5-6 small meals a day instead of three large ones and "Twelve Power Foods." It suggests that each of your meals contains as many power foods as you can squeeze into them. The idea behind this is that the more power foods you have in each meal, the less room there is for "bad" foods. Plus you get one cheat meal a week, where you can eat anything you want!!

Answer 2

Induction is similar however South Beach does not condone as much red meat. On Atkins red meat is ok.

On Atkins you do not eat potatoes, rice, bread etc. You can have natural carbs like veggies (except excessively sweet/starchy ones like carrots, potatoes.)

On later inductions of SouthBeach I am pretty sure you can have rice and complex carbed breads etc. They allow you to have more fruit. Atkins is a little more strict with the carbs.

I am somewhere in between. I am sick of eggs and bacon, so I eat a Wasa Rye Flat bread (7 carbs) with peanut butter for breakfast. (Which was a suggestion by Dr. A in his book.)
I eat any fruit unless I find it too sweet. Like grapes--I don't eat many but berries which are less sweet I eat without measuring etc. (Atkins is more strict)

I think when you tell people you do this they think you are a big meat eater, but I don't eat that much more...I just don't eat bread, potatoes, and pasta--and sweets--things I over do on.

I eat a lot of whole foods...like nuts and fresh green leafies. I find I am healthier and definitely skinnier. Still, I could go some waffles.

Answer 3

South Beach lets you eat about 33% more carbs than Atkins. So, you have a much wider range of food choices.
(Unfortunately, it also means that you might as well just skip the diet, since you'll never go through [Atkins] Induction to "switch over" to fat-burning, and therefore be hungry all the time....)

Answer 4

It's kind of like "Atkins Lite". Low-fat and higher carb.

Answer 5

looks the same for me, but i like south beach better

Answer 6

don know