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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