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The Cabbage Soup Diet
The major problem is that constructing an entire diet around a soup
results in a calorie-restrictive and nutritionally-unbalanced plan.
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See What You Can Eat on the Cabbage Soup Diet
Lose as much as 10 pounds in a week thanks to the powerful fat-burning
properties of cabbage? That's the hopeful promise of this classic fad diet
that's been around for decades. Instead of counting calories, the Cabbage Soup
Diet has dieters fill up on cabbage soup (recipes vary but it's generally made
from cabbage, green peppers, onions, celery and water) for a seven-day period.
In addition to soup, dieters are also allowed to have certain foods, such as
tomatoes, meats, vegetables and skim milk, depending on the day of the week.
(Certain versions of the diet may call for different portion sizes of these
foods.) However, the diet stresses that the more soup you eat in lieu of these
additional foods, the more weight you'll ultimately lose. After one week,
dieters are expected to go back to their regular eating habits for two weeks
before attempting the diet once more. Although there doesn't seem to be any
limited set number of times you can keep use the plan, it's recommended to check
with a physician beforehand each attempt.
Checklist
Cost: Inexpensive. The diet calls for typically cheap foods, such as celery,
green peppers, onions, a few cans of tomatoes, onion soup mix, water and, of
course, cabbage.
Meals Provided: None.
Diet Duration: One week.
Fitness Requirements: None.
Time Commitment: Average. With no calories or grams to count, adding up what you
need to eat each day is fairly simple. However, depending on how much soup you
eat, you may find yourself spending more time cooking soup than eating it.
Eating Out: Extremely difficult -- unless you’re planning on bringing your own
thermos full of soup.
Alcohol: It’s forbidden throughout the seven-day process.
Vegetarian-Friendly: Possible. You would think that a diet based around a single
vegetable would be appealing to vegetarians, but, it does suggest eating plenty
of meat on Day 5 and Day 6. However, vegetarians could opt to just eat cabbage
soup and whichever vegetables are recommends for that day instead.
Strict/Flexible Eating Plan: Very strict. Each day of the diet has its own
specific set of rules on what you should eat.
More Info
Online:
Because no one has ever officially claimed to be the creator of the diet, there
really isn’t any reputable organization that represents it.
Books:
Ultimate Cabbage Soup Diet
The New Cabbage Soup Diet
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