Healthy Food Choices for the Cabbage Soup Diet

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MICHELLE COOPER: Next, we are going to talk about the cabbage soup diet. If eating a bottomless bowl of cabbage soup and if a list of very restrictive foods that are low in calories appeals to you, then the cabbage soup diet is for you. It promises an unreasonable whopping 10-pound weight loss in one week. Also, it does not mention any type of exercise or activity to go along with this weight loss, so it is probably going to result in a lot of water loss and not fat loss and maybe even some muscle mass being wasted along with it. When looking at a diet, we usually look for four things. Number one, is it a style of eating that you can stay in for a long period of time? In my opinion, eating cabbage soup with very little else everyday for a long period of time is not going to be very effective or safe. Number two, does it promote a reasonable rate of weight loss, which is one to two pounds a week? This diet proposes that you lose 10 pounds in one week, which is unhealthy and will be hard to maintain that weight loss. Number three, does it restrict any food groups or any other foods? This diet is very restrictive, limiting you to cabbage soup and a few other things everyday. And lastly, does it encourage or promote some type of exercise or physical activity? You are probably going to be too weak from the low caloric content of this diet to do any physical activity or exercise. And it does not encourage any to go along with it; therefore, I view this diet as being very unhealthy and not a safe and effective way to lose weight.