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South Beach Diet - US Vs. World
by Laura Ciocan
http://www.south-beach-diet-101.com

Is South Beach Diet becoming a global matter?

Diets concern especially Americans as they do have a
"national weight problem". So it would only be natural that
dieting issues be so over proportioned in the US. Also,
"miracle diet recipes" are very popular and make way rapidly
into people's minds. This also happened with the South Beach
Diet ~ the diet that will not only allow you get rid of a
lot of weight rapidly without starving but will also help
you improve your health condition.

Being so popular, diets have even gained the power of
influencing the food commerce and industry. If you wonder
how, well, food producers that have been educated for a
while to flexibly follow the demands of the market in order
to be competitive, came out with their offer of
diet-friendly product versions, attracting customers in
their yard.

It seems that in countries outside the US, although people
have heard of the diet, generally they are not very anxious
to give up their eating habits in favor of a not so very
well studied diet. Yet, Dr. Agatston's "South Beach Diet"
book is said to have been sold to more than 20 countries.

In Canada, low-carbs diets have gained some popularity but
not to the extent they have in the US. And this happens only
at mass level. The federal department Health Canada will
issue new labeling rules and regulations to prevent
manufacturers from making low-carb claims for their
products, as the official opinion is that popular
low-carbohydrate diets are nutritionally unsound.

Well, the question is whether the European and Asian
countries, that have a food history and tradition will be
influenced by the this low carb craze. And it seems that
they have no reason to be as they are doing very well on
their traditional eating.

Most likely to "enroll" are the British that have begun to
face the same obesity problem. Popularization of the diet is
being made in India, as well.

The low-carbs matter is hardly known in countries as France,
Italy or Germany where French baguettes, Italian pasta and
potatoes are almost sacred. From the European countries the
healthiest diet that is being practiced is the Mediterranean
diet that basically resembles the South Beach diet, only it
is much older.

Lara Cioc writes for http://www.south-beach-diet-101.com
where you can find more information about
the South Beach Diet
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