What Is The Cabbage Soup diet
Seven Keys to Success
. Follow the diet religiously.
. Drink at least 4 glasses of water per day
. Keep in mind that it's only seven days
. Complement the diet with a good multivitamin tablet
. Print the information on this site so you can refer to it daily
. Eat plenty of soup - as much as you want! Do not try to starve yourself or you'll
probably cheat and break the diet
. Try different spices to liven up the soup and add variety
If you can do any thing for a week then this might be a diet for you. Eating as much cabbage soup as you want and combining a few other low calorie foods will provide a low calorie high nutrient diet that is only maintained for a week at a time. Combine that with a week off of the diet with reasonable eating you can loss 10 - 15 lbs a week. One down side is that there is a limited number of foods in the diet and it can be boring but it does make it easy to shop for and follow. This diet has stood the test of time and variants of this cabbage soup diet are used by hospitals to help patients loss weight before surgery.
Pros:
• Easy to follow and shop for
• Easy to cook for
Cons:
• Few food choices makes it boring
• Very few calories makes it hard for some to stay on
This diet should only be used for a week at a time. Because of the restricted calories the body may fight back with symptoms of fatigue, headaches and light headiness..
Cabbage Soup Diet Basic Recipe
1 head cabbage, shredded or chopped2 large onions, chopped
16-28 ounces canned tomatoes, chopped
2 green peppers
4 stalks celery
1-2 packages Lipton onion soup mix, or any dry onion soup mix (optional)
black pepper
any fresh herb(s) of your choice, chopped
6 carrots, sliced
1/2 pound green beans, sliced on diagonal
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar (optional)
Put everything into pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, stir in the soup mix (if desired), and boil gently for 10 minutes. Cover, and simmer until all the vegetables are soft. Add black pepper and herbs (saving some for garnish).
Eat all the cabbage soup you want as often as you like. Drink as much water and non-caloric drinks including coffee, tea, and herbal teas.
The Cabbage Soup diet
Eat only fruit, all the fruit you want except banana.
Drink unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice, and water.
Eat as much soup as you like.
Day Two:
All you want - fresh, raw, or cooked vegetables of your choice. Stay
away from dry beans, peas, and
sweet corn. Reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter for
dinner. Eat as much soup as
you like but no fruit for today.
Day Three:
Combine days one and two, eat as much fruit, vegetables, and soup, as
you like but no baked potato.
Day Four:
Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as
you would like on this day,
along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for
sweets.
Day Five:
You may have 10-20 ounces of beef (300-500g) and a large tin or up to
six fresh tomatoes.
Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid
from your body. Eat your soup at
least once today. You may eat broiled or baked chicken (skinless)
instead of beef. If you prefer, you
can substitute broiled fish for the beef.
Day Six:
Eat beef and vegetables today. You can even have two or three steaks if
you like, with fresh
vegetables or salad. NO BAKED POTATO. Eat your soup at least once.
Day Seven:
Eat all you want of brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices, and
vegetables. Be sure to eat your soup at
least once to day. No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages, not even
diet soda.
Cabbage Soup Recipe Facts
Soup recipe facts that i bet you didn't know...
Who Eats more Soup, Men or Women?
When it comes to eating soup who do you think eats more of the supper food? Well if you said Women then you would be right. It seems that women are more likely to eat soup for lunch that men are by 2 to 1. Could be that women tend to watch their weigh more than men and soup is a great diet food.
The French Name Soup
Did you know that the word ‘Soup’ came from the French like most food words. It was used sometime in the 16th century to depict a cheap soup that was hawked by street merchants and was called “Restaurer”. These street merchants claimed it was a cure for what ailed you.
Thats alot of soup
Soup is one of the most consumed food groups in the United States. Americans eat over 10,000,000,000 (that’s Billion) Bowls of soup in a year. Now that is a lot of soup.
Do you have some interesting Soup Recipe facts?