Cabbage soup diet
The cabbage soup diet has been around for a long time now.
Proponents claim that this particular brew of cabbage soup
has fat burning properties and has negligible calories. There
are also claims that it aids detoxification of your system.
When I happened upon it, I looked at the cabbage soup diet
as a alternative to a diet rich in fatty junk foods. It is not
something that will last because it is very monotonous and
terribly regimented. People on the cabbage soup diet lose
weight as a result of the low calorie intake and not because
of the fat burning qualities of cabbage. For long term
weight loss it certainly will not provide sufficient vitamins
and minerals for optimum health and wellbeing.
The cabbage soup diet revolves heavily around a staple
cabbage soup with additional add ons daily.
Ingredients of the cabbage soup
- 3 large onions
- 1 large green pepper
- 1 head of celery
- 1/2 head of dark green cabbage
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- 1 pack of onion soup mix
- 3 vegetable stock cubes
All the ingredients are chopped up finely and then boiled in
water till soft.
The cabbage soup diet regimen
- Day 1 - fruit (no bananas) and cabbage soup
- Day 2 - cabbage soup and other vegetables with a
baked potato for dinner
- Day 3 - cabbage soup, fruits and vegetables
- Day 4 - cabbage soup, bananas (up to 8 maximum)
and fat-free milk
- Day 5 - cabbage soup, 6 tomatoes and meat/fish
(maximum of 450g)
- Day 6 - cabbage soup, meat and other vegetables
- Day 7 - cabbage soup, brown rice, fruit juice and
vegetables.
This is repeated but as you can see, it is a very restricted
diet regime and whilst it may give you some short term
success, long term weight loss isn't achievable.
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