What Is The Cabbage Soup Diet?

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. The cabbage soup diet is generally considered a fad diet, in that it is designed for short-term weight-loss and requires no long-term commitment.

The typical claimed intent of the cabbage soup diet (see the cabbage soup diet plan) is to lose 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of weight in a week, though nutritional experts claim that much of the weight lost is water.

The origins of the cabbage soup diet are unknown. This diet first gained popularity as a piece of faxlore in the 1980s. As a general rule, the cabbage soup diet emphasize that the dieter can consume as much cabbage soup as he/she wants. Even so, the cabbage soup diet is extreme. See the cabbage soup recipe.

About The Cabbage Soup Diet

The cabbage soup diet is ideal if you have a special occasion coming up, or you simply need to lose weight fast.

The cabbage soup diet (see the cabbage soup diet plan) is packed with nutritious vegetables, which makes is a high-fiber diet and an extremely low in fat diet too. However, you should only go on the cabbage soup diet for 7 days at a time, then resume your normal eating for at least two weeks. The cabbage soup diet is too low in complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals to continue for longer than that.

The cabbage soup diet is only recommended for adults. The cabbage soup diet is definitely not suitable for children and adolescents. See the cabbage soup recipe.

Cabbage Soup Recipe

The cabbage soup is truly a miracle soup. The cabbage soup diet is highly recommended by dieticians in order to get a head start on your weight loss. The cabbage soup diet is a very healthy diet (see the cabbage soup diet plan) and in the summertime the cabbage soup is wonderfully refreshing served ice cold. Ingredient proportions of the cabbage soup can be varied according to your likes and dislikes. Here goes the cabbage soup recipe:

Cabbage soup ingredients

- 6 large green onions

- 2 green peppers

- 1 or 2 cans of tomatoes

- 3 carrots

- 1 container mushrooms

- 1 bunch celery

- 1/2 head cabbage

- season the cabbage soup to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, curry, garlic powder, etc.

How to prepare your cabbage soup

1. Slice green onions, put in pot and start to sauté with cooking spray.

2. Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half, take seeds and membrane out. Cut the green pepper into bite size pieces and put in pot.

3. Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, put in pot.

4. Clean carrots cut into bite size pieces, put in pot.

5. Slice mushrooms into thick slices (otherwise they will disappear in the soup), put in pot.

6. If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of cayenne pepper (red pepper) now (1/3 teaspoon is quite a bit as the soup will get spicier as it cooks further).

7. Use about 12 cups of water, cover and put heat on low. Let the cabbage soup cook for a long time (two hours works well).

9. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper.

10. Eat all the cabbage soup you want, whenever you want for the next 7 days. And don't forget to drink a lot of water too.

The Cabbage Soup Diet Plan

This is a typical outline of the cabbage soup diet:

Day 1 - Cabbage soup (see the cabbage soup recipe) plus as much fruit as you like, excluding bananas

Day 2 - Cabbage soup plus vegetables including 1 jacket (baked) potato with a little butter

Day 3 - Cabbage soup plus fruit and vegetables excluding potatoes and bananas

Day 4 - Cabbage soup plus up to eight bananas and as much skimmed milk as you like

Day 5 - Cabbage soup plus up to 10 ounces of beef and up to six tomatoes

Day 6 - Cabbage soup plus as much beef and vegetables (excluding potatoes) as you like

Day 7 - Cabbage soup plus brown rice, vegetables (excluding potatoes) and unsweetened fruit juice

Beverages are limited to water and unsweetened fruit juice on days when fruits are allowed.