Is the South Beach Diet good for my health?

Question

I've been using the SBD to cook dinners lately, but it seems like I am eating a lot of meat. Is this okay? Am I going to get heart disease or have kidney problems when I get older?

Dinners
Fish - 7 times/month
Shellfish - 1/month
Red meat - 5/month
Chicken - 6/month
Turkey - 1/month
Pork - 3/month
Eggs - 4/month
Tofu - 1/month

Thanks!

Answer 1

Meat isn't bad for you.

Saturated Animal Fats Cause Heart Disease and Cancer.

This myth is so widespread and often repeated that it is believed by most people without question. However, a quick review of the health and diet of people in 1900 easily shows they ate a very high level of saturated fat from meat, butter and lard but had virtually no heart disease or cancer. Proponents will site a study which shows an increase in saturated fat in the diet will raise the blood cholesterol level, a claimed precursor to heart disease. Other studies claim saturated fats increase the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. These studies always include a large portion of carbohydrates which are never blamed. They will site studies which show some country that eats a higher amount of saturated fat than another country and has a greater incidence of some form of cancer while ignoring a vast amount of other differences between the two countries. These are big fat lies backed by slick schemes to distort the truth. They call a study of France a "paradox" because the people of France ate a diet very high in saturated fat but had a heart disease rate only one third that of the United States. The French people have a much lower intake of carbohydrates and a higher intake of saturated fats which are the true reasons for their superior health. The French are noted for the high amount of cheese in their diet. Cheese has no carbohydrates but is high in saturated fats. Cheese is a perfectly healthy food as the French have proven.

(snipped from this webpage)http://www.biblelife.org/myths.htm

Answer 2

I was on it for sometime. I did lose weight and have kept it off but i am back to eating more normal amounts of ALL foods. Too much protein isn't the best for kidneys. My advice is don't stay on it too long.