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By Mayo Clinic Staff. The South Beach Diet is a popular weight-loss diet created in 2003 by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and outlined in his best-selling book, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss.. The South Beach Diet is a commercial weight-loss diet.
The purpose of the South Beach Diet is to change the overall balance of the foods you eat to encourage weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. The South Beach Diet says it's a healthy way of eating whether you want to lose weight or not. Why you might follow the South Beach Diet. You might choose to follow the South Beach Diet because you: 1  Enjoy the types and amounts of food featured in the diet. 2  Want a diet that restricts certain carbs and fats to help you lose weight. 3  Want to change your overall eating habits. 4  Want a diet you can stick with for life.