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...estimated $500 million in sales last year, and much of that loot was low-carb related. The frenzy continues to be led by Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, which has been on the New York Times best-seller list for nearly seven years. Even the upstart South Beach Diet, which hit print just last year, has spent 53 weeks on the list. Magazines are jumping on the bandwagon too. Low Carb Energy will join LowCarb Living on newsstands nationwide next month. "No one could have forecast that this cyclone was coming," says Jim Capparell, publisher of LowCarb Living...
...carbs, which helps explain why beer consumption was down 1.6% last year and why Anheuser is determined to wrest a correction out of Agatston. Interestingly, Anheuser stumbled on the maltose issue when one of its St. Louis--based brewmasters, John Serbia, read Agatston's book before starting the South Beach diet this winter. Serbia ignored the part about abstaining from beer and lost 15 lbs., says Anheuser spokeswoman Katz...
...South Beach Diet...
Instead of counting carbs, Dr. Arthur Agatston focuses on the GLYCEMIC INDEX, or how much a particular food raises your blood sugar. Rapid spikes can make you hungrier faster and therefore lead to overeating. South Beach's induction phase is similar to Atkins', but then it allows more fruits and veggies as well as whole-grain breads and pasta...
...puns are irresistible. Tennis hottie ANNA KOURNIKOVA is finally returning to the court, but she's matched against her parents. Alla and Sergei are suing their daughter, 22, over a waterfront house the three bought in Miami Beach for $5 million. Mom and Dad want to sell and net some cash, but Anna won't play along. She volleyed back last week with a countersuit to take her parents' names off the deed, since she had fronted the dough for the seven-bedroom spread. Apparently, nothing is out of bounds for this family...