July 29, 2008

Cabbage Soup Diet - A Liquid Diet Plan

Being overweight is a problem for many people and with that they will try to find any mean possible to drop that weight. However, people don't always consider how damaging a diet might be; all they are concerned about is getting rid of those extra pounds.

One of the healthiest, effective and fast ways to loose weight is the cabbage soup diet. This diet is a low fat high fiber diet that helps to get rid of excess weight. The cabbage soup diet should be followed for seven days only and not longer than that. When you are following the diet you should drink lots of water and follow the diet religiously While doing the cabbage soup diet you can also take multivitamin tablets.

You must have as much soup as you want and don?t make yourself starve else you would get tempted to break the diet. You can add different spices to make your soup more interesting and appetizing. The soup itself, for the cabbage soup diet consists of cabbage, tomatoes, and onions, which are all high in fiber and help to burn fat. You can add any vegetables you wish, such as peppers or celery and season with whatever spices you have available.

To add a little more flavor you can also add some chicken broth. Along with the soup you can have fruits of all kinds except for bananas, because they are high in sugar. On the first day of the cabbage soup diet you should drink unsweetened tea.

The second day of the cabbage soup diet you can also have vegetables but no dry beans or corn; you may also have a baked potato in which you can spice up.

On the 3rd day add fruits and vegetables along with the soup. On the third day of your cabbage soup diet you can have fruits, vegetables and soup.

On the fourth day you can have banana and milk and not to forget the cabbage soup.

The fifth day would include tomatoes, meat or fish and the soup.

On the sixth day you can have soup, meat and lots of green leafy vegetables.

The final day of the cabbage soup diet you can have fruit juice and vegetables and rice. It is important to know that during the time you are on this diet you should not eat any bread or drink alcohol or any soda, even if they are "diet" drinks. Juices, unsweetened tea, black coffee, and skimmed milk is fine to drink while on the cabbage soup diet.

The best way to do this diet is alternate week by week, this is diet for a week then stop for a week and then continue if you so wish. This way the cabbage soup diet is a sure and effective method to shed excess body fats.

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