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The South Beach Diet's website includes a weight tracker which allows dieters to plot their progress and learn how to stay on course; a schedule of meals and recipes; an automatically generated shopping list; a place to keep a personal dieting journal; and a message board where people can go for mutual support and dieting tips. Dr. Agatston is also on hand to provide daily tips and to answer questions.

The South Beach diet was developed by a cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, practicing in the Miami, Florida area. The diet first appeared in a book of the same name, published by Rodale Press.

The diet also emphasizes the difference between good and bad carbohydrates, combinations of foods, and good and bad fats. Good carbohydrates have a low glycemic index, that is, they are digested and absorbed slowly. Other preferred carbohydrates are ones that have more nutritional value than the alternatives (ie, brown rice is allowed in moderation, but white rice is discouraged). Eating fiber or fat with carbohydrates will slow their digestion. Good fats are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Saturated and trans fats are bad.