TheStar.com: Like Atkins, only different
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Theories abound as to what has propelled the South Beach diet to the center of the weight-loss universe since the book bearing its name was published in April. Is it the image it conjures, of bikini-clad models picking at tropical fruit salad between sun-drenched photo shoots? Is it the aqua shimmer of the book jacket, as eye-catching as the surf off Ocean Drive?
while the Atkins diet allows just about any fatty food that is not also starchy, Agatston advocates mostly unsaturated fats, like those in olive oil, nuts and oily fish like salmon.
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