atkins or south beach? i heard atkins isn't really healthy for you, is that true? is south beach healthier?
palebride
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from what i know - they are very similar - but as with any diet...it is you that makes it healthy or unhealthy. you have to make the correct choices to make it work for you and your body
yabbobay
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what drew me to SB was that after 2 weeks you can have healthy carbs (whole grains, etc) and in the first week you can have veggies..i think in atkins you can only have upto 1 cup a day?
MarciaD
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I agree with palebride, it is all about the choices you make.
LisaW
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With Atkins you can have 3 cups a day of veggies for the first two weeks, and then it increases.
Diane
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Im NOT big fan of the Atkins diet, and I dont think it is healthy at all. Your body needs Carbs, and to cut out all fruits???.....JMO.
Sassyz75
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It's all about how you do it- what you CHOOSE to eat.. for example- you can do WW and choose to eat all your points every day in chocolate and chips... you'd probably be hungry, you'd lose weight- but it wouldn't be healthy.
Same difference. I'm doing SBD right now- and I find I am eating very similarly to how I ate when I was doing Atkins.
Atkins DOES allow you to eat fruit after stage 1- same as SBD- people who tell you otherwise haven't read the book & are only judging based on what other people told them.
Bottom line with ANY low carb diet is this: everyone's body is different- some people can eat 2 apples and day and still lose weight- some people can't... and that's why they are *slightly* more difficult than WW.
soon2bmrs2004
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Well said Sassyz, I totally aggree
butterfly20
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id say southbeach, atkins you cut out carbs and fruit, which i personally dont think is healthy..
LisaW
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NO NO NO NO NO! You do NOT cut out carbs and fruit! You lower your carb intake, and after the first two weeks you can start adding more carbs including fruit! There is SO much misinformation!
soon2bmrs2004
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both diets are almost identical. The big diffrence between the two, if you read the books, is that one is a little more strict ( atkins you need to count carbs) and south beach claims you don't and can still loose. Everyone is diffrent , so what works for person X may not work for person Y. Both diets have web sites, so my advice is to check both of them out and then go from there.
