Can you eat sushi while on the South Beach Diet?

A person is allowed to eat sushi once she reaches phase two of the South Beach Diet as long as she eats it with brown rice, according to the Official South Beach Diet website. During phase one, she may only eat rice-free rolls.

She can also eat sashimi during phase one, which is thinly sliced raw fish, notes the Official South Beach Diet website.. Sushi is traditionally a seaweed roll with raw fish and a small amount of rice. When it comes to the South Beach Diet, the rice is the issue. Many Japanese restaurants do not mind the substitution of white rice for brown rice because the sushi is usually made to order.