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Breakfast Ideas for Phase 1 of South Beach Diet

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Michele Turcotte, MS, RD

The South Beach Diet is a low-calorie diet plan designed for relatively rapid weight loss. It promotes the consumption of complex carbohydrates, lean meats and healthy fats. It is broken up into three phases. Phase one is very restrictive and nearly carbohydrate-free.