The Cabbage Soup diet is one of the most famous diets around. Most
people interested in dieting have certainly heard of this one. An
incredibly large number of them have actually tried some version of
this diet. Since no man has ever claimed to be the inventor, there is
no definitive Cabbage Soup diet, but rather a bunch of versions going
in and out of style in ladies magazines and on the Internet.

Every real or fake health care expert who tried to promote this diet
has either added or replaced existing features, which means that aside
from the basic cabbage soup you can expect to see a wide range of
other foods, although nothing spectacular. The same goes for every
other fad diet that's ever been promoted. They all focus on one thing
and try to promote it as nothing short of a miracle.

The biggest issue with the Cabbage Soup diet is that it's little more
than hype. Some people claim that cabbage leaves have fat burning
properties, but that has never been scientifically proven. Still
others say that anyone could shed a cool 10 pounds in a single week by
sticking to this diet, which is not true. And besides, losing 10
pounds a week is definitely not healthy for you.

There's no magical ingredient in cabbage that can help you shed weight
like there's no tomorrow. This diet is based on the simple idea that
if you starve yourself by drinking a lot of cabbage soup and some
water on the side you will lose weight. The trick is to keep your
stomach filled with cabbage soup in order to keep hunger away while
the body burns fat to maintain itself. And the same goes for every fad
diet or fast weight loss scheme; they are all based on starvation.

The early version cabbage soup diet featured nothing else than the
basic soup. Recent versions have added fruit, vegetables, skimmed
milk, lean meat or brown rice to the eating plan in order to help
people stick to it for a longer time. Dieters are not allowed any
alcohol. The only drinks allowed beside the cabbage soup are water and
unsweetened fruit juices. The soup itself is based on cabbage, onions
(or onion soup mix), tomatoes, green peppers, celery, carrots and
mushrooms. There are some variations even here, but nothing important.

Problem is that many people cannot stick to a diet that has them
starving every day. If you have to study or go work or engage in any
sort of physical or mental activity, you need energy and cabbage can't
give you that. Another issue is the fact that most of the weight lost
through this diet comes from water and muscle mass, instead of fat.
This means that one week after the end of the diet, the dieter still
has most of the initial fat on and a good chance of replacing all the
lost muscle mass with even more fat. The bottom line: cabbage soup is
not a good idea for fast weight loss.

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