Cabbage Soup Diet

The Cabbage Soup Diet is here. Its in your e-mail, it's at the water cooler, it's at the soccer field. No doubt you have heard things about the Cabbage Soup Diet. Are you considering trying it? Get your facts straight first.

Indeed, the Cabbage Soup Diet is designed for fast results. If you are looking to fit into that perfect outfit before the company Christmas party next week, (or picnic depending on the time of the year), then the Cabbage Soup Diet may be exactly what you are looking for. Be careful. You will pay a price for choosing the Cabbage Soup Diet.

There is nothing miraculous about cabbage. It is not a fat burner or an appetite suppressant, it is simply low calorie. The Cabbage Soup Diet is essentially a fast. You will only consume approximately 800 calories a day for one week. You will likely lose the pounds you want, but most experts agree that 800 calories per day is unsafe, unless you are being closely monitored by a physician.

Advocates of the Cabbage Soup Diet recommend you use it for only one week. It is simple to follow. Although different variations of the diet exist, for the most part, you may eat all the cabbage soup you want, and a few other choices, throughout the week. The Cabbage Soup Diet does not allow alcohol. Milk (skim of course) can only be consumed on one day of the diet, usually a middle one. Recipes for the soup and a 7 day plan can be found throughout the internet.

Many people who have tried the Cabbage Soup Diet report feeling light headed due to the lack of calories. It is not surprising that (consuming all that cabbage) most dieters also report feeling very gassy.

You will likely lose the weight you want for that party on the Cabbage Soup Diet, but will you be too weak and in too much intestinal pain to enjoy it? Only you can decide if losing the weight is worth the sacrifice.