DESCRIPTION The South Beach Diet is a diet plan designed by cardiologist Arthur Agastson and dietician Marie Almon as an alternative to low-fat diets. Based on a simple principle, the plan replaces "bad carbs" with "good carbs" and "bad fats" with "good fats." Agatson believes that hunger cycles are triggered by carbohydrate-rich foods that the body digests quickly. The South Beack Diet eliminates these foods, including refined sugar and grains, as well as, trans-fats and saturated fats that lead to heart disease. Originally developed in the early 2000s…