No single person or organization has claimed credit for the Cabbage Soup Diet, but it has become quite popular as a very quick way to lose weight.
The Cabbage Soup Diet is based on a fat-burning soup that contains negligible calories. The theory is that the more of the soup that you eat, the more calories you will burn and the more weight you will lose. Dieters are allowed all the water and cabbage soup they want, plus a very restricted set of other foods.
A sample seven-day diet plan looks like this:
Day One: Eat only fruit (all fruits are permitted except bananas), as much as you like. Drink unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice, water.
Day Two: Eat all you want of fresh, raw or cooked vegetables, avoiding dry beans, peas and corn. A baked potato with butter is allowed for dinner.
Day Three: Combine days one and two, but eliminate the potato.
Day Four: Eat as many as eight bananas, and drink as much skim milk as you like.
Day Five: Eat 10 – 20 ounces (300-500g) of beef, and up to six fresh tomatoes. You may have skinless broiled or baked chicken or fish, instead of the beef. Drink 6 – 8 glasses of water.
Day Six: Eat beef and vegetables. No baked potato.
Day Seven: Eat all you like of brown rice and vegetables. Drink unsweetened fruit juices and water.
On all of the days you may eat as much of the cabbage soup as desired, with at least one bowl required each day.
Wikipedia wrote: 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.
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