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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Cabbage soup diet

If you have been trying to lose weight for a long time, you may have come across the Cabbage Soup Diet. This easy to follow diet is a radical weight loss diet which claims that the more low-calorie cabbage soup you take over a period of 7 days, the more weight you will lose. In fact, this diet claims that you will see drastic weight loss of about 10 pounds within 7 days.

As this diet is designed for short-term weight loss and requires no long-term commitment, it is little wonder that it has become one of the most popular diet around. Another reason for its popularity is that with cabbage, which has negligible calorie, as the main ingredient of this fat burning soup, you need not worry about spending too much money on it or gaining weight.

Cabbage detox

A cabbage soup detox diet is a good way to cleanse your system and remove toxins periodically. This diet is known by several names including the Mayo Clinic Diet, the Russian Peasant Diet, TJ's Miracle Diet, the Banana Diet, and the Sacred Heart Diet. Cabbage soup is a filler for this diet. You can eat all the soup you want, but the diet includes a variety of other foods as well.

Cabbage benefits

Cabbage is a sturdy, strong and abundant vegetable. Hardy and easy to grow, it is almost universally available in all countries and cultures. Cabbage belongs to the all important family of cruciferous vegetables. The members of this family of vegetables are so named for their cross shaped (crucifer) flower petals.

Rich in nutrition and fiber, cabbage is an absolutely phenomenal source of Vitamin C. Even more impressive is that cabbage is famous for a specialized, naturally occurring, nitrogenous compound known as indoles. Current research indicates that indoles can lower the risk of various forms of cancer.

CONCLUSION

Cabbage, alone, can only provide a few nutrients. When compared to other vegetables, the nutritional content and thus the health benefits of cabbage are not adequate. However, cabbage is a good source of vitamin C and dietary fiber and including it as a part of a healthy diet is fine.

The Cabbage Soup Diet or the healthy heart cabbage diet is supposedly used by pre-surgical heart patients in order to get their weight down quickly. Allegedly, you can lose 10-17 pounds in seven days. It is doubtful that any health care professional would suggest this diet for anyone and particularly not for a heart patient.