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Cabbage Soup Diet

A running myth suggests that this diet originated at any number of hospitals, but thus far no medical facilities have claimed it as their own. Consensus is that the diet is effective for temporarily losing a few pounds. But this is not a very nutritionally sound plan and certainly not one to live on.

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Anyone for Cabbage Soup?
This article was posted right after new year's -- just in time for those resolutions! Perhaps the first article to ask "what has science ever done for wobbly thighs?"

Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe
This page offers a recipe for cabbage soup and a description of what foods you can eat each day of the diet.

Cabbage Soup Diet: How it Works
This article explains how the cabbage soup diet works, what is and isn't on the eating plan and how long you should stay on it.

Chet Day's Health and Beyond: The Cabbage Soup Diet
Chet Day offers another cabbage soup recipe and lists the foods for each day, in addition to suggesting supplements that may be needed while on this diet.

The Cabbage Soup Diet
This article by Gerri Lewis profiles a couple people who went on this diet, giving their results and what their experiences were during it. Recipe provided.

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The Famous Cabbage Soup Diet
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