Pat: WELL, YOU'VE HEARD

OF THE BABY-BOOMERS, AND

THEN YOU'VE HEARD OF

GENERATION "X," AND YOU'VE

HEARD OF GENERATION "Y."

AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN CALLED

GENERATION "S" FOR SICK.

THE SICKEST GENERATION.

THE FIRST GENERATION

DESTINED TO LIVE SHORTER

LIVES THAN THEIR PARENTS.

WHO ARE THEY?

ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF

30 AND 45.

JUST WATCH.

DR. ARTHUR AGUSTON, CREATOR

OF THE "SOUTH BEACH DIET" IS

SOUNDING AN ALARM TO JUST

HOW FAT AND SICK OUR NATION

STILL IS.

HE SAYS OUR BODIES ARE

GROWING OLD BEFORE THEIR

TIME BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE

EAT AND LIVE.

YOUNG ADULTS ARE DEVELOPING

DISEASES OF AGING, SUCH AS

ARTHRITIS AND TYPE 2

DIABETES.

HE BELIEVES THIS GENERATION

WILL LIVE SHORTER LIVES

UNLESS THEY MAKE PERMANENT

CHANGES TO REVERSE AND HEAL

THEIR TOXIC LIFESTYLES.

Pat: YOU TALK ABOUT

POPULAR.

"THE SOUTH BEACH DIET" HAS

JUST ECLIPSED THEM ALL.

NOW THERE IS A NEW BOOK,

"SOUTH BEACH WAKEUP CALL,

WHY AMERICA IS STILL GETTING

FATTER AND SICKER."

DR. AGUSTON IS HERE WITH

US.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

Pat: YOU'VE GOT IN

FRONT OF ME THE MOST

DELICIOUS LOOKING ARRAY OF

FOOD.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS I

LOVE.

WHAT IS THIS GENERATION "S"

DOING?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO

THEMSELVES?

THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR

DAYS SITTING SLUMPED OVER

COMPUTERS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THEY'RE GRABBING FAST,

PROCESSED FOOD ON THE WAY

HOME.

THAT'S WHEN THEY EAT AT

HOME.

TOO OFTEN THEY'RE EATING

OUT, AND THEY'RE NOT

EXERCISING.

IT IS A TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S NOT REALLY A CHOICE

THEY MADE.

JUST LIKE IN THE INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION, THEY DIDN'T

INTEND TO CREATE AIR

POLLUTION, BUT THEY DID.

SO THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND

HEART DISEASE DEATHS HAVE

BEEN GOING DOWN SINCE THE

1960S, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST

GENERATION WHERE OVERALL IT

IS STILL GOING DOWN, BUT IN

THESE 30 TO 45-YEAR-OLDS,

WE'RE SEEING IT PLATEAUING

AND ACTUALLY INCREASE.

Pat: WE WERE TALKING

ABOUT YOUR DIET, AND THE

LEADING THING I BELIEVE YOU

TALKED ABOUT WAS

INFLAMMATION.

IS THAT STILL A PROBLEM?

AND IF SO, WHY.

PARTICULARLY IN THIS

GENERATION, IF YOU JUST GO

TO AIRPORTS, I HATE TO SAY

DISNEY WORLD, BUT YOU SEE

THE APPLES, PEOPLE WITH THE

BIG BELLIES.

THEY'RE GIVING US A DAILY

TOXIC BATH OF CHEMICALS TO

OUR ORGANS.

IT IS INJURING OUR NORMAL

ORGANS.

NOT JUST OUR BLOOD VESSELS.

WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY IF WE'RE

RUSTING.

WE MAY LOOK GOOD ON THE

OUTSIDE, BUT ON THE

INSIDE --

Pat: THE FAT BELLY IS

NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU HAVE

TO LOOK AT.

IT IS LIKE A FACTORY THAT IS

MAKING TOXINS?

ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS MAKING TOXINS.

AND WHEN IT IS DOING THAT,

WE SAY WE'VE MADE A LOT OF

ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE,

BUT THE FAST FOOD, SEDENTARY

LIFE TILLIFESTYLE IS

TRUMPING OUR ADVANCES IN

MEDICAL SCIENCE.

WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT

HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, BUT

WHICHEVER ONE WE CHOOSE IS

GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH

CHRONIC DISEASE IF WE DON'T

CHANGE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

Pat: THEY TALK ABOUT

THIS METABOLIC SYNDROME.

DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING?

SURE.

THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IS

WHAT PRODUCES THE BELLY.

IT WAS A SURVIVAL MECHANISM

FOR OUR ANCESTORS, WHO WERE

OFTEN GOING THROUGH TIMES OF

FEAST AND FAMINE.

IT WAS A WAY TO STORE FAT IN

THE BELLY.

YOU COULD STILL RUN AND HUNT

AND WORK THE FARM.

IN THE WINTER, WHEN THERE

WAS FAMINE, YOU WOULD LIVE

OFF THAT FUEL RESERVE.

IT WAS LIKE HAVING A FUEL

RESERVE IN YOUR BELLY.

BUT WHEN THERE IS NO FAMINE

AND ONLY FEAST, WE'RE

BUILDING UP THE BELLY.

AND WE'RE DOING THIS

CHEMICAL BATH, WHICH IS

KILLING US TODAY.

Pat: YOU HAVE IN FRONT

OF US SOME OF MY FAVORITE

FOOD AND IT SMELLS

DELICIOUS.

THESE ARE SUPER FOODS THAT

WILL COUNTER THESE THINGS.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU

DISCOVERED?

IT IS A GREAT COMBINATION

OF NUTS.

WALNUTS, WHICH HAVE

OMEGA-3.

THEY HAVE GOOD FATS.

AVOCADOS DO.

THINGS LIKE THE SWEET

POTATO, A LOT OF BETA

CAROTENE.

Pat: THAT'S NOT LIKE A

CARBOHYDRATE.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF

VEGETABLE?

YES.

IT HAS CARBOHYDRATE, BUT

COMPARED TO A WHITE POTATO,

IT HAS A LOT MORE FIBRE.

A LOT MORE VITAMINS AND

NUTRIENTS.

THE THING IS, YOU CAN EAT

VERY WELL AND STILL ENJOY --

AND STILL BE HEALTHY.

AND THE THING IS, YOU NEED A

VARIETY OF THESE SUPER

FOODS.

Pat: WHAT IS THIS HERE?

IS THIS OATMEAL?

YES.

THIS IS WHOLE GRAIN OATS.

Pat: OKAY.

AND, OF COURSE, WE LOVE

WHOLE GRAINS.

I DO AGREE -- I KNOW YOU HAD

RECENTLY A GUEST WHO TALKED

ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH

GLUTEN, AND WE HAVE A

CHAPTER IN OUR BOOK WHERE WE

TALK ABOUT IT, AND IT'S THE

SOUTH BEACH GLUTEN

SOLUTION.

THE WHEAT THAT WE HAVE

TODAY, INCLUDING THE WHOLE

WHEAT, IS PRODUCED DIFFERENT

THAN IT USED TO BE.

Pat: WHY?

AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF

PEOPLE ARE SENSITIVE TO IT.

WELL, IN ORDER TO GET

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, MORE

WHEAT PER ACRE, THEY

DECREASED THE SIZE OF IT.

AND THEY MADE IT STRONG.

THE GLUTEN IS ALWAYS THERE,

BUT IT IS DIFFERENT AND IT

IS NOT COMPLETELY DIGESTED.

IT GETS STUCK IN OUR SMALL

INTESTINE AND CAUSES

INFLAMMATION.

WE CAN'T ABSORB NUTRIENTS

ACROSS IT, AND IT CAUSES

AUTOIMMUNE PROBLEMS, LIKE

ARTHRITIS.

Pat: MY GOODNESS.

AND THERE IS NO GOOD TEST

FOR SENSITIVITY WITH THAT

GLUTEN.

THE IDEA IS TO SPEND ABOUT A

MONTH, THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED

ABOUT, THE GLUTEN

SOLUTION -- PURPOSE

Pat: YOU FEEL VIRTUOUS,

AND YOU'RE EATING WHOLE

WHEAT, AND IT WON'T DO IT?

IT IS BETTER THAN THE

PROCESSED, AND FOR MANY

PEOPLE IT IS FINE.

BUT A FAIR NUMBER OF

AMERICANS -- WE DON'T KNOW

HOW MANY, BUT IN MY

PRACTICE, I'M SEEING IT VERY

COMMONLY, PEOPLE WHO ARE

SENSITIVE TO IT.

THE OATS DON'T HAVE GLUTEN,

AND THEY ARE GRAINS.

AND RICE DOESN'T HAVE GLUT

TENSE.

Pat: I LOVE OATMEAL,

AND I'M A FAN OF OAT BRAN.

THAT'S FINE, ALSO.

THAT'S WHY YOU LOOK SO

GOOD.

Pat: THIS LOOKS LIKE A

KEISH.

THIS HAS HEALTHY PROTEIN

AND FIBRE BECAUSE THE EGG

DOESN'T HAVE MUCH FIBER.

THAT'S A LENTIL SALAD WITH

SUMMER SQUASH AND WALNUTS.

THE THING IS IT IS A WHOLE

GRAIN, BUT THE LENT TILLS,

ILS, THE SUMMER SQUASH AND

THE WALNUTS GIVE IT A LOT OF

PROTEIN, FIBER AND GOOD

FATS.

Pat: THESE AREN'T RAW?

YES.

THOSE ARE COOKED.

YOU CAN BE A VEGETARIAN, BUT

THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING THE

RIGHT PROTEIN.

AND LENTILS HELP WITH THE

PROTEIN.

AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO

HAVE A COMBINATION OF THESE

MEGA FOODS.

Pat: IS THAT A BIG

THING IN YOUR DIET, SCORES?

IF YOU'RE EATING THE

RIGHT FOODS, THEY'RE GOING

TO HAVE PLENTY OF

ANTIBIOTICS.

WE PREFER YOU EAT SORT OF

NATURALLY, AND NOT COUNT OR

WEIGH ANYTHING.

BUT YOU NEED VARIETY.

Pat: THIS LOOKS VERY

INTERESTING.

IT LOOKS LIKE BEEF STEW.

WHAT IS IT?

YEAH.

THE BEEF BURGUNDY, BUT,

AGAIN, IT HAS SOME SWEET

POTATO SAUCE, TOMATO SAUCE.

AND THE TO TOMATO HAS

LYCOPENE, WHICH HELPS FIGHT

PROSTATE CANCER AND OTHER

CANCERS, AND THE CARROTS

HELP EYE HEALTH.

WE KNOW YOU CAN'T JUST EAT

POORLY AND SWALLOW A

COCKTAIL OF ANTIOXIDANTS

VITAMINS.

GOD HAS MADE OUR FOOD IN

THOUSANDS OF MICRONUTRIENTS

THAT WORK IN WAYS MAN HAS

NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE

OUT.

Pat: WHAT ABOUT

BERRIES?

I'M A BUG ON BLUEBERRIES AND

RASPBERRIES --

THEY'RE THE HIGHEST IN

ANTIOXIDANTS.

SO THEY ARE WONDERFUL.

AND FIBER AS WELL.

SO AS FAR AS NUTRITIONALLY,

YOU CAN'T DO BETTER THAN

THAT.

Pat: WHAT IS A MAJOR

SOURCE OF FIBER BECAUSE WE

NEED FIBER.

I'VE KNOW COLON CANCER IS A

PROBLEM.

WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING

RECOMMENDING?

ALMOST EVERYTHING HERE,

THE BEANS, THE LENTILS, THE

WHOLE GRAIN OATS -- WHOLE

GRAIN RICE, BROWN RICE, THE

SWEET POTATO, AGAIN, HAS A

LOT MORE FIBER THAN WHITE

POTATOES.

SO ALL OF THESE GOOD, WHOLE

FOODS TEND TO HAVE A LOT --

YOU'LL GET PLENTY OF FIBER,

WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

Pat: THIS IS A BELLY

REDUCER, TOO?

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, YOU KNOW, A BIG THING,

WE TALKED ABOUT SUPER SIZING

TODAY -- MOST OF THE SUPER

SIZING IS BECAUSE OF THE

PROCESSED FOODS, WE'RE

HAVING BIG SWINGS IN BLOOD

SUGAR, AND WE'RE HUNGRY ALL

OF THE TIME.

WE SEE A MEAL, WE WANT TO

INHALE IT TO GET OUR BLOOD

SUGARS UP.

WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT

FOOD CHOICES, A LOT OF THE

CALORIES AND THE

SUPER-SIZING TAKES CARE OF

ITSELF.

THE FIRST THING THAT SHRINKS

IS YOUR BELLY.

THE BELLY IS THE DANGEROUS

PART.

IT IS PRODUCING

INFLAMMATION, BUT OTHER

PROBLEMS AS WELL.

ANYBODY, WHEN THEY WALK IN

MY OFFICE AND THE FIRST BODY

PART IS A BELLY, I KNOW

THEY'RE PRE-DIABETIC, IF NOT

DIABETIC.

Pat: I START THE DAY,

AND I HAVE OATMEAL, OAT

BRAN, THREE KINDS OF NUTS,

INCLUDING WALNUTS, AS YOU

HAVE MENTIONED, AND THEN ALL

OF THOSE DELICIOUS BERRIES.

WHEN I GET THROUGH THAT, BY

THE TIME DINNER COMES, I

HAVE NO APPETITE AT ALL.

IT FILLS --

THAT'S THE BEST EXAMPLE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT AS

YOUNG AS YOU USED TO BE, BUT

YOU LOOK FABULOUS.

YOUR MIND IS OBVIOUSLY AS

GREAT AS EVER.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS

YOUR BREAKFAST AND THAT

COMBINATION OF NUTRIENTS.

YOU'RE GETTING FIBER.

YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF

ANTIOXIDANTS.

YOU'RE GETTING GOOD FATS.

WE WANT TO AVOID TRANS-FATS,

HYDROGENATED OILS.

HERE IS THE EXTRA VIRGIN

OLIVE OIL -- THAT

COMBINATION -- THAT'S WHY

YOU LOOK SO GOOD.

Pat: I'M 81, GOING ON

82.

THEY TELL ME I'M SUPPOSED TO

STAY AROUND FOR 100 YEARS.

I'M WORKING ON IT.

DOCTOR, IT'S A PLEASURE.

THIS IS CALLED "THE SOUTH

BEACH WAKEUP CALL."

THIS IS -- DON'T BE PART OF

THAT GENERATION.

THE THOUGHT THAT MY CHILDREN

WOULD DIE SOONER THUNDER I

AM IS A SAD THING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE

THAT WAY.

Pat: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO

BE THAT WAY.

THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE

WHERE?

amazon.com, SOUTH

SOUTHBEACHDIET.COM.

Pat: THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.