Cabbage Soup Diet

Pluses

Cabbage soup diet is a low fat, low calorie diet that consists of eating cabbage and drinking lots of water. This soup contains negligible calories, so nothing to worry about weight gain. he Cabbage Soup is an all-you-can-eat-cabbage-soup diet which claims that the more cabbage soup you eat, the more weight you will lose. The diet has so-called fat burning qualities and contains negligible calories so you do not have to worry about gaining weight.

• Day 1: Cabbage soup, plus any fruit (except bananas). Allowed to drink low calorie drinks such as unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice and water.
• Day 2: Cabbage soup, plus other vegetables (raw, boiled or steamed) Food items that are not allowed: dry beans, peas and corn.
• Day 3: Cabbage soup, plus other fruits and vegetables.
• Day 4: Cabbage soup, plus up to 5 bananas and fat-free milk.
• Day 5: Cabbage soup, plus up to 5 tomatoes and up to 450 grams of meat or fish.
• Day 6: Cabbage soup, plus meat and vegetables.
• Day 7: Cabbage soup, plus brown rice, pure fruit juice and vegetables.

This diets works fast and is affordable. The cabbage soup diet is easy to follow but dieter should consult a doctor before going for this diet.

Minuses

1. Temporary weight loss and is not a balanced diet at all.
2. One needs healthy life style changes to maintain weight, so not very effective in long term also lacks essential minerals and vitamins.
3. May cause weakness, this type of diet is not recommended as dieter gets back to old eating habits.
4. Fast weight loss due to low calorie eating. People are seen tempted to tasty food items when on cabbage soup diet.