South Beach Diet Allowed Food

South Beach Diet Phase One is designed to jump start your diet and reduce your food cravings. By cutting out white sugar and white flour, you lose your cravings along with your first five-ten pounds.

South Beach Diet allowed food in Phase 1:

Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts.

Doesn't sound like much variety? It's not that bad - read on for more details on the wide world of meat, beans, and nuts.

Beef: eye of round, top round, sirloin (including ground), tenderloin, top loin, top round.

Poultry (skinless): cornish hen, turkey bacon(2 slices/day), turkey/chicken breast.

Seafood: all types of fish and shellfish.

Pork: boiled ham, canadian bacon, tenderloin.

Veal: chop, leg, cutlet, top round.

Lamb: center cut, chop, loin

Lunchmeat: low-fat only or fat-free.

*Nuts:

Nuts are to be served only once a day as a snack, and dry roasted varieties are recommended.
Almonds: 15 (dry roasted recommended), Brazil nuts (4), cashews (15), flax seeds (3 tablespoons), pecans (15), macadamia (8), natural peanut butter natural (2 tablespoons), peanuts (20 small), pine nuts (one ounce), pistachios (30), walnuts (15)

Eggs: egg whites and egg substitute as desired. The use of whole eggs is not limited, unless otherwise directed by your doctor.

Milk, yogurt and cheese group:

Lowfat and FatFree milk is unlimited.

Cheese: American, Cheddar, cottage cheese, cream cheese substitute — dairy-free, Feta, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Provolone, Ricotta, and string cheese.

Soy: Tofu (soft, low-fat or light), soy bacon (2 slices/day), soy burger (low-fat), soy hot dogs (low-fat), soy sausage patty, soy crumbles, soy nuts (1/4 cup for a snack).

Vegetables and fruit group:

Almost all fresh, frozen or canned (no sugar added) vegetables are unlimited.
Here are the vegetables you can count on:

Artichokes, asparagus, beans and legumes (black beans, butter beans, Garbanzo, kidney, lentils, Lima, Pigeon peas, soy beans, split Peas), broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, greens(collard, turnip, kale), lettuce, mushrooms, onions, parsley, peppers, pickles, radishes, scallions, sea vegetables, snow peas, spinach, sprouts, squash, tomatoes, water chestnuts, zucchini.

It goes without saying, that no fruit, bread, cereal, rice or pasta are permitted in phase one. Hey, don't blame the doctor - he's just reporting on what works! And now it's time to make it work for you!