A high protein diet has many benefits as long as exercise is following the diet. Eating a high protein diet without exercising regularly can be very dangerous.

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Traditionally, a high protein diet mainly consists of meat, but if you eat enough legumes to sustain yourself it would still be considered a high protein diet.

No south beach is not the only high protein diet. There is also the Atkins diet. They basically are built on the same principles to eliminate carbs and eat more protein.

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