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Rating  - Helpful but there's better out there...
This guide seemed like the answer to my needs. I wanted something I could keep in the car as a guide for when I go shopping or to restaurants. However, it's failing in many respects.
The guide doesn't give you actual net carb counts for items. Instead, it just rates them on good/average/poor, etc. There's no glycemic index indication or rating. The information for restaurants is very general. I would have liked to have seen charts for popular fast food chains, for example. And given that this is a South Beach branded guide, why oh why doesn't it mark each item with what phase it's acceptable for?
There are plenty of better pocket guides out there. I'd recommend getting an up-to-date version of another guide instead. This one just seems to be capitalizing on a trend without actually providing useful information.
Rating  - pretty good diet book.
I like the recipes, the food, the technique. Works without having to starve and get to love what you love. But, it's difficult because I love carb stuff . Man, only if they can make carbless stuff all over, that would be fantastic!
Rating - Updated and Quick Reference
I'm a proponent of the South Beach Diet, having lost 9 pounds so far and knowing that the decrease in sugar is better for my hypoglycemia. This little book can fit in a purse and is a quick reference for a variety of foods and they're acceptability with the South Beach plan. It's also more updated that Dr. Agatston's original hardback South Beach book.
Rating  - Bait and switch, but works
If you actually READ "South Beach Diet" as a book, from start to finish, the actual diet plan comes as quite a shock. Agatson goes on and on about the magic of carb-cutting as if it's a great trick that will have minimal impact on your eating habits--then lays out a diet that is classic calorie cutting and portion-size restriction. But I give him lots of credit for the recipes, which have become part of my repertoire regardless of dieting. Great salads and dressings, especially. Recommended if you can let go of the hype and accept that to lose weight, you need to better and eat less.
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