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| The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less (The South Beach Diet) | 
| Author: Arthur Agatston
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  149 reviews
Sales Rank: 953
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594862923
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5635
EAN: 9781594862922
ASIN: 1594862923
Publication Date: October 7, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 I give this book 5 plus stars January 19, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
The south beach diet really does work. I cook every day and have begun using some of the recipes from the south beach diet books and am pleased with the reults
Low-Carb, Fast Food Diet -- South Beach-Style! January 17, 2006
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
What's the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase "fast food?" Is it a double-decker cheeseburger, super-duper sized French fries and a 64 ounce bucket of sugary soda pop? Unfortunately, in the vernacular of our society these days, that's exactly what we immediately think of regarding quick and easy food. What a shame!
But Dr. Arthur Agatston, the ingenuitive creator of the world-famous South Beach Diet, thinks people's perceptions about what fast food is and how much better is could be needs to change dramatically. That's why he wrote The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook.
We all live busy, hectic lives and desire to eat healthier, but we don't think we have time for that. We get up in the morning when our alarm clock goes off and we don't stop until our heads hit the pillow at night. Our go-go-go society has literally forced us into making bad decisions regarding our health and well-being and rising obesity rates and the onset of disease has been the result.
In The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook, Dr. Agatston shows us that we CAN eat healthy AND fast! By implementing healthy carbs and fats into our meal plans, nothing will stand in our way of improved overall health and weight maintenance.
After giving a brief dissertation on how our society became a fast food nation, Dr. Agatston states in his book that implementing his South Beach diet principles into the real world is not as hard as some may think. He provides a well-explained glossary of foods you should stock up on when you go grocery shopping so you can enjoy any of the 200 delicious and nutritious recipes he offers in this book. The bright, colorful pictures of the completed recipes will tantalize your senses and motivate you to start trying these recipes right away!
Interestingly, before you get to the recipes, though, Dr. Agatston lists several pages of VERY simple meals and snacks to enjoy when you are wanting a quick low-carb pick-me-up, including tuna salad, luncheon meat wraps, and protein smoothies, just to name a few. There really is no excuse for NOT being able to stick with your low-carb plan regardless of how busy your schedule is.
One really neat feature of The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook is the inclusion of several South Beach diet success stories sprinkled throughout the book. Real-life examples of how this diet has helped others overcome their weight problem will encourage you to take this journey for yourself.
With recipes for breakfast, soups and snacks, salads, fish and shellfish, poultry, beef, pork, lamb, vegetarian, sides and, of course, desserts, The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook will keep your tastebuds happy while you are livin' la vida low-carb.
Although I did not personally use the South Beach version of low-carb to lose nearly 200 pounds, I can certainly appreciate the invaluable contribution that Dr. Agatston has made on today's culture with his weight loss concepts focusing on the food fats and carbs. The low-carb lifestyle has gotten such a bad rap because it has been so grossly mischaracterized by the media and the self-proclaimed health "experts" that its original message has now been convoluted.
But most people who follow a low-carb lifestyle are eating the good fats, healthy amounts of protein, the good carbohydrates while avoiding the unnecessary sugars, white flour, and starchy foods that lead to weight loss disaster. Dr. Agatston understands that and is trying to help others take an interest in their own health before it is too late.
Getting people interested in weight loss is step number one to eradictating this obesity epidemic once and for all. Providing books like The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook will help people lose the weight and then maintain their weight loss forever as the sands of time keep ticking away.
There are no more excuses! It's time to lose weight and keep it off! The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook will help you do it -- FOR GOOD!
 Makes it much easier to get on track with South Beach Diet! January 16, 2006
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Of the three cookbooks, this one is the best because it offers recipes that real people can handle given real life time constraints. So far, the five recipes we've tried have all been very good. And I'm already down over 12 pounds in 2 weeks. That's a real motivator to stay on the diet.
Quick, Easy, Delicious, it Works! January 14, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The greatest thing I love about this particular cookbook is how fantastic the recipies taste, and how healthy they are.
If you like to cook delicious, unique meals, and especially if you want to lose weight, this cookbook really works! Everything I've tried so far has come out perfect, and tasted great!
Quick and Delicious January 4, 2006
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I love this cookbook! After purchasing the first cookbook and preparing consistently delicious meals from it, I had to have this one! Like most of us, I am extremely busy with three boys under 5 and a husband who works all the time. These dishes are quick and delicious and healthy - the Shrimp Scampi is DIVINE and took me 10 minutes to prepare with prepeeled shrimp - I had to put the pasta on before the Scampi it was so quick.
Great purchase.
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