Ciao Fabio, anche parlo/scrivo in italiano - cosi cosi - e non sono italiana - sono tedesca-americana. In ogni caso - il resto in inglese in caso i altri sono interessati.

It seems ironic that on one hand you find it hard to low carb in Italiy, on the other hand South Beach certainly is in part modeled after the Mediterranian diet - in the book, he describes how the low fat diet was developed - that studies showed a correlation with high fat and obesity, with one exception that was bascially ignored: Mediterranian countries. So South Beach has some of those elements - stressing veggies, fish and olive oil. I have been in Italy, and it certainly isn't common there, like in America, to eat pasta or Pizza as your only course - it seems portions of pasta are much more reasonable, more as part of a meal, and it is so easy to just order meat and veggies!

But I can see your point too - bread is everywhere, especially white one!