The Cabbage Soup diet is based on -you guessed it – cabbage soup. The dieter consumes large amounts of it in an effort to shed unwanted pounds quickly. This diet has been around for a while and there are still plenty of people that use it when they need to fit into that suit or dress for an upcoming event.

The Cabbage Soup diet is not to be used for more than a week at a time. The caloric intake is so low that staying on in for more than a week can make you ill. It falls under the category of “fad diets” but for some reason still hangs on.

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