The first time I ever heard of the Cabbage Soup diet was while I was in college working on my business degree. A club I was a part of was having a welcome back potluck to start the new semester. We were surrounded by all sorts of yummy foods and one member was sitting in the corner eating a bowl of soup she had brought from home. When we told her she was welcome to help herself to some of the food she said she would love to but she was only eating cabbage soup for the week. She said she did it a couple times a year for weight loss.
After first learning about the diet I have often heard it talked about. The origin of the Cabbage Soup diet is unknown. The diet gained popularity in the 1980's as a fast way to drop weight. The Cabbage Soup diet is still around today and has several variations. The diet is followed for one week and clams a person can lose up to 10 pounds. If a person wishes to lose more weight it is recommended that they wait a few weeks before doing the diet again. While there are different variations of the diet, the soup is usually made with cabbage and other assorted low calories vegetables, bouillon, seasonings, and tomato juice. Dieters are told to drink a lot of water and to avoid alcohol. Even though the diet has easy to follow instructions and can cause a person to lose weight quickly, it is not recommended by health professionals. Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD says that the weight dieters lose while on the Cabbage Soup diet will usually return because the weight loss is usually from the loss of fluids. The diet can also be dangerous since dieters may consume a very low number of calories because they can get bored of eating the same things over and over again. Also, while on the diet it is impossible to get all the nutrients a person needs. Some side effects of the diet are light headedness and feeling bloated and gassy. The diet does not provide any tools for continued weight management such as recommending exercise or advice on how to change bad eating habits. Experts recommend a more balanced and varied diet along with physical activity to lose weight. The following link has an example of one version of the Cabbage Soup diet and includes a video diary of someone who tried the diet: http://www.cabbagesoupdiet-s.com/7-day-cabbage-soup-diet.html References: http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-cabbage-soup-diet http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cabbage-soup-diet/AN02134
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Well of course this diet would not be recommended! I think everyone just wants a fast easy way to drop as much weight as they can. No one is willing to put forth effort so they do crazy things like this. It's funny how people don't sit back and realize that you could do this with any vegetable (any food, really) and still lose weight. You are eating less overall because you get sick of the food quickly! Loving your blog so far, very interesting!
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