Cabbage Soup for Weight Loss

Cabbage soup has grown in popularity due to a diet that guarantees weight loss. The cabbage soup diet claims to effortlessly take off extra weight as long as you stick to a food plan of mostly soup for seven days.

The Soup

• There are different variations of how to make cabbage soup, but a generic recipe includes 6 green onions, 2 green peppers, 1 can of tomatoes, 3 carrots, 1 cup of mushrooms, 1 bunch of celery, 1/2 head of cabbage, 1 package of Lipton soup mix, 2 cubes of beef bouillon, 1 bottle of V8 and any spices to taste.

Weight Loss

• According to the Healthy Weight Forum, the cabbage soup diet will result in weight loss, but the loss won't be permanent.

Other Foods

• To lose weight by eating cabbage soup, you must also restrict your other food intake. Cabbage soup is high in fiber but very low in calories.

Nutrition

• According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the cabbage soup diet does not meet the USDA standards of a healthy eating style.

Reviews

• If you want to try eating cabbage soup for weight loss there are several websites dedicated to the diet. One website to visit is cabbage-soup-diet.com. Another is 3fatchicks.com.