When you are looking for a convenient start to any diet plan, following the Cabbage Soup Diet is a good way to jumpstart any attempt to lose weight.
It is said that a dieter could potentially lose between 10-20 pounds while sticking to the Cabbage Soup Diet. Many favor this diet because you will prepare a soup that can be eaten at any time of day or night.
Cabbage Soup Diet is a very low calorie diet (800 - 1000cal* per day) designed for quick weight loss. If you have a special occasion coming up, or you simply need to lose weight fast, the Cabbage Soup Diet may be just what you're looking for.
Despite a large number of people following the diet, no one had been taking the credit for inventing this popular diet plan. It seem that the cabbage soup recipe had been passing from one generation to the next by dieters through word of mouth. Because of this, there are many different versions of the diet, whether it is a new or old version, all of them are base around a simple recipe called the Cabbage Soup Diet.
Although not suitable for long-term weight loss, the Cabbage Soup Diet is a low-fat, high-fiber diet that will help you get into shape fast before you embark on a more moderate long-term diet plan.
Pros and Cons of the Cabbage Soup Diet
Like many other diets, there are pros and cons side of this popular diet plan. It is always a good practice to go into details of the advantages and disadvantages of a diet before you decide to start.
Pros:- You'll lose weight fast, and can get as much of the foods listed in the program as you want. Although the diet is only for seven days (and shouldn't be adhered to for longer), it provides a great "kick-start" for a more moderate diet.
- No calories counting requires since most of the foodstuff are low in calories.
- The main ingredient of the diet the "cabbage soup" is an inexpensive - home-made soup.
- Unlike other diets, cabbage soup diet is easy in the sense that you do not have to spend a lot of time preparing fancy, difficult meals.
- Cabbage is a good source of fiber and vitamin C, and dark green varieties, such as bok choy, are also rich in folate and vitamin A.
- Cabbage is good for fighting against Cancer. The I3C found in cabbages can help to prevent breast cancer.
- Some people find the soup bland. Some people have reported feeling light-headed, weak, and have suffered from decreased concentration (although some who have been affected in this way felt it was well worth it, since it was only for a week and they had lost considerable weight).
- Cabbage soup is a fad diet - not nutritionally balanced.
- You can get too much sodium from the combination of soup mix, bouillon and juice.
- The diet allow only drinks such as water or unsweetened juices, curbing your cravings for alcohol, sodas and milky drinks may be difficult.
- This diet could aggravate many health conditions, for example, people with diabetes could have problems maintaining their blood glucose level.
What the Cabbage Soup Diet is NOT
The cabbage soup diet is sometimes referred to as the "Mayo Clinic Diet", and the "Sacred Heart Hospital Diet". Interestingly, this diet has nothing to do with either the Mayo Clinic, nor any Sacred Heart Hospital we know about.
The Problem With Most "Mainstream" Diets
Most diets - especially "mainstream" diets, and those recommended by major medical institutions - work slowly but surely, resulting in around 1 pound of weight loss per week.
This "slow and steady" way to lose weight is certainly healthy, but suffers from one significant drawback : most people get discouraged and quit whatever diet they are on if they don't see results quickly.
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
The Real Secret To Fast and Long Term Weight Loss
The Cabbage Soup Diet will help you lose weight and lose weight fast!
But that is only if you are able to follow it.
There is a secret that makes following this diet easy.
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