Atkins

South Beach DietWhat to do:The Atikins diet plan is a low carbohydrate method. The avoidance of carbohydrates in your diet is structured to keep your body from adding weight. The method includes eating less than 20 grams of carbohydrates per day.Free Meats and Cheeses:The following meats and cheeses have no carbohydrates. Using the atkins diet plan you may eat as much of the following items as you wish.Meat Fish Fowl Shellfish Eggs CheeseBeef Tuna Chicken Oysters Scrambled Aged & FreshPork Salmon Turkey Mussels Fried Cow & GoatLamb Sole Duck Clams Poached Cream CheeseBacon Trout Goose Squid Soft Boiled Cottage CheeseVeal Flounder Cornish Hen Shrimp Hard Boiled SwissHam Sardines Quail Lobster Deviled CheddarVenison Herring Pheasant Crab
Not Bad Vegetables:A serving of these salad vegetables has 10% or less of your daily carbohydrate limit. Therefor you can eat up to three cups of these without worry.
• Lettuce• Escarole• Arugula• Endive• Radicchio• Chicory• Sorrel• Mache• Bock Choy• Chives
• Parsley• Cucumber• Radishes• Fennel• Peppers• Celery• Jicama• Alfalfa Sprouts• Mushrooms• Olives
Other Vegetables:These vegetables have more carbohydrates than the ones above. You'll want to limit your intake of these to about 1 cup per day.
• Asparagus• String beans, wax beans, etc.• Cabbage• Beet Greens• Cauliflower• Chard• Eggplant• Kale• Kohlrabi• Tomato• Onion• Rhubard• Scallions• Leeks• Spinach• Summer Squash
• Zucchini• Okra• Pumpkin• Turnips• Avocado• Bamboo Shoots• Bean Sprouts• Water Chestnuts• Snow Pea Pods• Sauerkraut• Collard Greens• Dandelion Greens• Broccoli• Spaghetti Squash• Celery Root• Brussel Sprouts• Artichoke Hearts• Hearts of Palm
These foods are high in carbohydrates and should be avoided:
• Breads• Cereals• Grains• Sugars• Candy• Pasta• Rice• Anything with Flour• Non-diet soda• Juice• Fruit• Potato (potatoe if your name is Dan Quayle)• Chips• Alcohol• Beer (dammit this diet is no good!