How to Make Cleansing Diet Soups

When you are ready to start a new diet, one effective technique is to jump-start your weight loss program with a cleansing diet soup. Eating cleansing soup for two or three days before beginning your new diet will rid your body of the toxins it has accumulated and will prepare you for a healthier method of eating.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Start with 6 cups of low fat, low-salt chicken broth. Bring the broth to a boil before adding the vegetables. The broth serves as a tasty base for your cleansing diet soup.
2. Peel and dice 3 carrots and 1 medium onion. Peel and mince 4 cloves of garlic. Add the carrots, onion and garlic to the boiling broth and cook until the onion and garlic are translucent.
3. Chop half a head of cabbage, 1 lb. of green beans and 2 zucchini into 1-inch pieces. Add these to the other vegetables and broth in the cooking pot.
4. Cook until the vegetables are tender. Then add 2 tbsp. of tomato paste, 1 tspn. each of dried basil, oregano, kosher salt and half a tspn. of pepper. Serve your cleansing diet soup when all the vegetables are tender.
5. Eat as many servings of your soup as you want during the 2 or 3 days of the cleansing phase of your diet to keep your hunger under control.

Tips & Warnings

• Increase the effectiveness of your cleansing soup by spending 20 minutes stretching every day. Then add 20 minutes of aerobic exercise to your regular routine. Finally, treat yourself to a massage.