The Sonoma Diet vs. Atkins and South Beach
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The Sonoma Diet vs. Atkins and South Beach
Our Review:
The
Sonoma diet has 3 phases (which it calls "waves") --- and
these are sort of similar to the various phases of the Atkins and South
Beach phases.
In fact, phase 1 of the Sonoma Diet is called the
"Induction" phase, and it seems to serve the same general purpose as phase 1 of
the Atkins and South Beach programs too (which is to eliminate certain types of
processed foods, sugars, and some other foods too).
For
example, phase 1 of the Sonoma diet (the INDUCTION phase) lasts 10 days, and the
purpose of this phase is to eliminate sugar based carbs, processed foods,
certain types of fats, and other types of foods such as fruit.
This is
sort of similar to how the South Beach program uses it's first phase to
eliminate sugar, fruit and processed foods too.
Also, the
Atkins program has a similar type of "induction phase" which serves the same
"general" purpose more or less.
Then, the Sonoma diet has a second phase
(wave 2) which is used to re-introduce some types of foods back into the diet,
and this is similar to how the South Beach plan has a second phase which
re-introduces certain types of carbs (such as fruits) back into the diet also.
Actually, it's kind of a coincidence because the Atkins diet also has a
phase where it allows certain types of carbs (such as fruit) back into the
diet.
Finally, the Sonoma diet has a third phase (wave 3) which is
used when a dieter finally reaches their goal weight and wishes to "maintain"
that weight for the rest of their lives. This is the phase where the
dieter is expected to make the Sonoma diet a "lifestyle", and this phase allows
more liberal food choices too.
It's interesting since the Atkins diet
also has a final phase which dieters use when they reach their "goal
weight".
....And this is also similar to how the South Beach diet has a
final phase which serves to turn the diet into a permanent lifestyle when
dieters reach their goal weight.
So even though the foods are very
different on the Sonoma diet -- it still seems to have many of the same "general
principles" as the Atkins and South Beach diets to some degree (at least in our
opinion anyway).
Of course, we're not saying that its the same as
the Atkins and South Beach plans of course (since there are some major
differences between the Sonoma Diet and the other 2 diets)........but we're
saying that many of the same "general principles" appear to be similar, such as
the various phases (and what those phases are used for).
Our
opinion: We do not recommend using the Sonoma Diet for the same reasons
that we do not recommend using the Atkins or South Beach programs.
We think that such a diet is too difficult to follow for average dieters
since the menu is a permanent lifestyle change which does limit certain types of
foods, and the first phase is likely to sap your energy if you're not
careful.
End of Review.
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