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What is the Cabbage Soup Diet?

April 6th, 2006

I was rather surprised that a major player in the current dietsphere was one I had not previously heard of - The Cabbage Soup Diet.

It is not one that we are recommending, but for the sake of completeness, here it is. The basic idea seems to be that you zero out your metabolism over the course of a week or so by limiting yourself to a specific recipe for cabbage soup, along with a regimen of specific other food items on specific days. It is a crash diet that some claim will cause the loss of 10-14 pounds in a week. The recipe:

• one bunch of scallions, chopped
• two bell peppers, green and chopped
• two 14 oz. cans of tomatoes
• one chopped head of celery
• half of a cabbage, chopped coarse
• one package of Lipton’s onion soup mix (I think it is now called Lipton’s Recipe Secrets, rather than “soup mix”)
• two bullion cubes or equivalent crystals
• one industrial-sized drum of V8
• seasonings to taste

In order to cook, slop everthing together in a soup pot or crockpot and, on low heat, cook the heck out of it.

The daily regimen: (assume on each day unlimited quantities of soup)

1. Monday - as much fruit as you like, excepting bananas.
2. Tuesday - unlimited veggies, with a baked potato and butter for supper
3. Wednesday - unlimited fruit and veggies but no bananas or potatoes
4. Thursday - as many as six bananas, skim milk (unlimited)
5. Friday - twenty oz. of beef, one can of tomatoes, six to eight servings of water
6. Saturday - beef and vegetables (unlimited)
7. Sunday - Brown rice, no-sugar-added fruit juices and vegetables

You must avoid all bread products, booze and soda (including diet varieties).

Let us know your results if you’ve tried it.

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