Cabbage Soup Diet Review

The Cabbage Soup Diet is a weight loss plan that's been around for decades. People report hearing about it in one form or another as far back as the 1950's. It is still a plan that a lot of people follow today.

In this review I want to go over what the Cabbage Soup Diet is and show you whether it is really good for you.

The basis of the program is a special recipe for Cabbage Soup which you're allowed to eat whenever you want. This soup is supposed to help you deal with any hunger you may feel. And yes, you're likely to feel hungry at times as the Cabbage Soup Diet is a restrictive plan which severely cuts down your calories and various nutrients as well.

This is a 7 day eating plan. Since the diet is so low in calories and various nutrients, it is best if you don't follow it for more than 7 days at a time. You should take a long break between each 7 day cycle, if you do decide to go through it again.

Here is the 7 day eating plan broken into a day by day schedule:

Day 1: You can eat the soup and all the fruit you want with one exception: no bananas are allowed.

Day 2: You can eat cabbage soup and all the vegetables you want. No fruit is allowed. For dinner you may eat a single baked potato.

Day 3: The soup with any fruit and vegetables that you want. There are two exceptions: no potatoes or bananas.

Day 4: You can eat a lot of bananas on this day, as many as 8. You can also drink as much skim milk as you want. The cabbage soup is also allowed.

Day 5: 10 ounces of beef and 6 tomatoes along with the soup.

Day 6: As much beef and vegetables as you like (no potatoes) and the cabbage soup.

Day 7: Brown rice, the soup, vegetables and unsweetened fruit juice.

As you can see, this is a pretty restrictive menu. You're forbidden to eat a lot of foods and until the fifth day, you don't get any real protein source in your diet. The big restrictions in the Cabbage Soup diet are the main reason why I don't recommend this plan. You may lose weight due to the low calorie content but this will likely be water weight and not fat. In addition, the loss of nutrients is unhealthy. Overall, this is not a healthy program to follow.

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John Davenport lost over 30 pounds in his twenties after being overweight most of his life. He now runs a weight loss forum and publishes a diet and fitness newsletter.

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