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According to proponents of the cabbage soup diet, you can lose up to 10 pounds in 1 week following this eating plan. You can eat all the soup you want, but the rest of the diet is very restrictive. The diet is meant to be a quick start to a longer-term weight-loss plan, or a fast way to fit into a particular outfit for a special occasion. more »
Cabbage Soup Cleanse is a fad diet that closely resembles several other fad diets that have surfaced over the years. This particular diet lasts for 7 days, and is followed strictly. The diet mainly consists of a cabbage soup, but allows for several other foods to be eaten. It is supposed to cleanse the body of waste, thereby causing... more »
The Cabbage Soup Diet and the Chicken Soup Diet are fad diets and are not recommended by health professionals. For 50 years the Cabbage Soup Diet has claimed to be a diet for heart patients to achieve rapid weight loss, The American Heart Association denies all these claims. Nevertheless, there is a place for soup in your weight-loss... more »
Diets for rapid weight loss are tempting and exciting. However, they may not be the most nutritionally sound. Any health practitioner will tell you that a healthy weight loss is 2 lbs. a week. That's the kind of weight loss you can maintain. However, so many people are looking for a quick fix and there are several diets out there that... more »
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The cabbage soup diet has been around for years. It's one of the most popular crash diets, providing a structured seven day eating plan designed... more »
The Cabbage Soup Diet is a very restrictive diet that helps dieters lose weight quickly. According to WebMD, dieters typically lose 10-15 pounds... more »
The cabbage soup diet has been around for many years and it is a popular method to loose up to 10 pounds in a relatively short time. There are... more »
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The Cabbage soup diet is a radical weight loss diet designed around heavy consumption of a low-calorie cabbage soup over the time of seven days. It is generally considered a fad diet, in that it is designed for short-term weight-loss and requires no long-term commitment. It has inspired several copy-cats based around similar principles.
The typical claimed intent of the diet is to lose 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of weight in a week, though nutritional experts point out that it is nearly impossible to lose that much fat within a week. This has lent credence to claims much of the weight lost is water.
Background
The origins of the diet are unknown, and it first gained popularity as a piece of faxlore in the 1980s. The cabbage soup diet has many names, usually linking the diet to a mainstream institution, including the "Sacred Heart Diet", "Military Cabbage Soup", "TJ Miracle Soup Diet", "General Motors Diet" and "Russian Peasant Diet". All of the institutions named have denied a link with the diet. As a general rule, most if not all forms of the diet emphasize that the dieter can consume as much cabbage soup as he/she wants. On some original documents mentioning the diet, it was claimed the diet is designed for obese heart-surgery patients, so they could lose weight quickly and therefore be at lower risk of complications during surgery. However, these claims remain unverified.
Recipe
* 6 large onions
* 2 green peppers
* 2 cans of tomatoes (diced or whole)
* 1 bunch celery
* 1/2 head cabbage
* 1 package dry onion soup mix
* 1 or 2 cubes bouillon/ stock cubes either chicken or beef (optional)
* Salt, pepper, parsley, garlic powder, curry powder or soy sauce to taste (or any other seasoning you like).
Spray a large pot with cooking spray and sauté all vegetables except cabbage and tomatoes until tender. Add cabbage and about 12 cups of water. Toss in bouillon cubes, soup mix, and seasoning. Cook until soup reaches desire read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage+soup+diet
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