The South Beach Diet was developed by cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatstan, professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The South Beach Diet emphasizes eating complex carbohydrates and healthy fats and eating often to keep glucose levels stable. The diet calls for three meals and two snacks daily. Snacks should contain a lean protein and a vegetable or fruit.
South Beach Living Snacks
Kraft Foods manufactures a product line called South Beach Living that features cereal and snack bars. The Fiber Fit S'mores Granola Bars won Shape's magazine 2009 Best Snack Under 150 Calories award. Other flavors include apple cinnamon, vanilla almond, crispy chocolate, chocolate peanut butter and caramel peanut. The bars all have at least 10 g of protein and 4 g of fiber.
Savory Snacks
Any combination of complex carbohydrate and lean protein can be a South Beach Diet snack. Try a celery stalk stuffed with tuna salad, raw vegetables with a bean dip, caprese salad with tomato and low-fat mozzerella, cucumber slices with low-fat cream cheese and smoked salmon, asparagus rolled in Canadian bacon or lettuce roll-ups with chicken salad.
Sweet Snacks
If you're in the mood for something sweet, try low-fat yogurt with berries -- add flaxseed for an extra boost of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids -- nut butter with apple slices, sugar free Jell-O with reduced calorie non-dairy whipped topping, ricotta cheese with fruit and nuts, cottage cheese with blueberries and cinnamon or make a smoothie with silken tofu and frozen fruit.
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