The cabbage soup diet, as mentioned earlier, is effective if followed properly for the given time period, which is one week.

Basically consuming as much cabbage soup as possible ensures that the body gets minimal amount of carbohydrates. It achieves its basic objective, which is to lose the extra pounds in extra quick time.

However, you should understand that the cabbage soup diet is just what it is supposed to be – a quick fix diet. It cannot bring about medical miracles in its short lifespan.

Scientific weight loss

The weight you will lose will be a scientific amount, based on scientific principles of burning up of energy and non-replenishment. Following the cabbage soup diet, you could lose x pounds, said ‘x’ being a logically arrived at number by calculating the amount of calories burnt over the given 7 day timeframe.

If you weigh 150 pounds, chances are that after a week of the cabbage diet, you could trim down a few pounds. However, if you are 300 pounds, don’t expect to get down to 200 pounds by just following only the cabbage soup diet in only 7 days.

Besides, the cabbage soup is just that; cabbage soup. It is not some wondrous potion with magical fat burning properties.

Immediate results are possible

Therefore, to put it simply, the cabbage soup diet is effective, but within its limited scope. It will get you immediate, limited results, and can act as the catalyst for you to get into longer, more planned weight loss regimens, so that you can, over time, lose all the extra pounds that you have managed to put on.

There is another side to the story. It is also possible that the reverse may happen – once your body is deprived of the carbohydrates it is so used to, and provided with only minimal fat, it may react the other way than expected, preserve the fat reserves it has!

The seven day regimen

In its own way, the cabbage soup diet is a very rigorous diet. It has to be, for it to be effective. Its short time span is what requires the rigor. During the diet period, you are allowed to consume cabbage soup - as much as you like.

Along with the cabbage soup, you are allowed a sparse choice of items across the 7 days. This – the cabbage soup and the additional food item, is all that is on the menu for the entire week.

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