Diet and Health FAQ

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Question:
So I got the book about south beach diet and the theory seems reasonable but the book is seriously flawed. In the first phase section, it asks us to avoid dairy and then plops down tons of cheeses as accepted food. The recipies have nonfat condensed milk in them. Coffee with nonfat milk is an ok drink. Those things are dairy-where is his editor and facts checker? Also I want for the amount of money that book cost, better or more comprehensive values (carb values, protein values, glycemic index values). Anyone know more than I do about the dairy contradiction? I just have too many questions that are defintiely unanswered. I think this is probably good for people who are eating lots of white bread and pasta and sugar and have a limited amount of info about nutrition. I don't eat those things anyway being a glycemic index freak. Well perhaps I'll take the 25.00 book back and just do my own version of the low carb, right fat, good protein thing I usually do. At least I am not gaining weight on enbrel, which was a concern.

Answer:
here's a little more on dairy from one of the SB daily e-mails: ...Buying milk, yogurt, and cheese is not as challenging as finding the perfect loaf of whole-grain bread. That's because dairy products are fairly well labeled for fat and sugar content. Still, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the nutrition label to better understand why a product is considered low-fat, fat-free, or sugar-free. Low-fat and fat-free dairy products do not contain large amounts of saturated fat. That's why you can use fat-free half-and-half in place of regular half-and-half on The South Beach Diet(TM). The nutrition facts on the back of the package will tell you exactly how much fat the product contains. With cheese you need only look for a product containing 6 grams or less of total fat per ounce to know it is South Beach Diet(TM)-friendly. The sugar content will also be listed in the nutrients panel. Keep in mind that milk contains a natural sugar called lactose, which will account for some of the sugar grams. The presence of lactose also means that even sugar-free dairy products will contain some sugar grams. The ones you need to watch out for, though, are the high-glycemic added sugars; check for these in the ingredients list...