How to Quench Your Thirst in Phase 1

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How to Quench Your Thirst in Phase 1
Fri, 10-13-2006 - 7:17am
How to Quench Your Thirst in Phase 1

Making improvements to your current lifestyle involves a multipronged approach. For instance, selecting the right fats and carbs over saturated fats and highly processed carbs; choosing beverages without added sugar and other unhealthy fillers; and getting enough physical activity. Truly understanding these South Beach Diet® strategies will help you adopt them — and lose weight and become healthier in the process. Here is a crash course on Phase 1 beverage guidelines to get you started — or to refresh your memory if you are returning to Phase 1.

Phase 1-approved drinks:

  • Water
  • 1 percent low-fat or fat-free milk or buttermilk
  • Low-fat (4 grams of fat or less) plain soy milk or flavored soy milk containing sucralose
  • Coffee and tea (limit beverages containing caffeine to 1-2 servings per day)
  • Decaffeinated coffee and tea
  • Herbal tea without added sugars (avoid any teas that promise to help you lose weight or boast any other unrealistic health claim)
  • Sugar-free flavored waters (check labels carefully, as flavored waters often contain hidden sugars), soda, iced teas, powdered drinks, etc.
  • Club soda or seltzer
  • Tomato or vegetable juice cocktail
You should avoid the following:

  • Fruit juices
  • Sodas with added sugar
  • Whole or 2 percent reduced-fat milk
  • Alcohol (up to 2 glasses a day of the following libations are allowed once you begin Phase 2: wine, vodka, gin, whiskey, scotch, bourbon, tequila, or rum)
  • Flavored waters with added sugar

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