Because the bottom line is calories in vs. calories out. And full fat cheese is much higher in calories, and probably contains more saturated fat as well.
ok I am just checking...I only eat egg whites or grilled chicken breast or turkey breast so I am not worried so much on that aspect...I just wondered because i've seen a lot of the "don't worry about counting in Phase 1"
now, i have full fat feta (I love feta and need it on salads) and I only have it cause I grabbed the wrong thing at the store.
Think of it this way - South Beach emphasizes TYPES of food over quantities. Even in other phases, the #1 most important thing is the types of food you pick. Yes, there are limits, but if you do happen to have one extra serving of brown rice or one extra fruit its not the end of the world even in phase 2. But if you had a donut, different story.
And remember, Dr. A is above all else a cardiologist. This diet was developed NOT with the intention of weight loss. It was developed for one reason - to improve the cardiac health of his patients. So the idea of being low in saturated fats was vital to the diet from the beginning. The fat in cheese is saturated, so that is why its recommended to use low-fat.
So yes, one extra low-fat cheese stick is not the end of the world in phase 1, the idea is that is BETTER to have more of something than to go off plan completely. But going a step further to full fat cheese, increasing your saturated fat intake by double - would kind of be going outside the philosophy of South Beach.
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Actually, on SBD we do care about fats.
ok I am just checking...I only eat egg whites or grilled chicken breast or turkey breast so I am not worried so much on that aspect...I just wondered because i've seen a lot of the "don't worry about counting in Phase 1"
now, i have full fat feta (I love feta and need it on salads) and I only have it cause I grabbed the wrong thing at the store.
Think of it this way - South Beach emphasizes TYPES of food over quantities. Even in other phases, the #1 most important thing is the types of food you pick. Yes, there are limits, but if you do happen to have one extra serving of brown rice or one extra fruit its not the end of the world even in phase 2. But if you had a donut, different story.
And remember, Dr. A is above all else a cardiologist. This diet was developed NOT with the intention of weight loss. It was developed for one reason - to improve the cardiac health of his patients. So the idea of being low in saturated fats was vital to the diet from the beginning. The fat in cheese is saturated, so that is why its recommended to use low-fat.
So yes, one extra low-fat cheese stick is not the end of the world in phase 1, the idea is that is BETTER to have more of something than to go off plan completely. But going a step further to full fat cheese, increasing your saturated fat intake by double - would kind of be going outside the philosophy of South Beach.
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"I just wanted to know the reasoning in that because of the being in Phase 1 thing."
The simplest bottom line