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Cabbage Soup Diet Review: Ingredients and Effectiveness

Written by Stephanie Watson

Reviewed by Christine Mikstas, RD, LD on September 01, 2022

In this Article

  • The Promise
  • What You Can Eat
  • Level of Effort: Medium
  • Does It Allow for Dietary Restrictions or Preferences?
  • What Else You Should Know
  • What Dr. Melinda Ratini Says:

Fans claim you can drop 10 pounds or more in a week. Some people use it to kick-start their weight loss plan, or to trim a few pounds for a special event.

But before you stock up on cabbage, know that this crash diet won’t help you in the long run, and it doesn’t give your body the nutrients it needs to stay healthy.

Just like the name says, the bulk of this diet is fat-free cabbage soup, eaten two to three times a day with other allowed foods assigned each day. Here’s what you can add:

  • Day 1: Fruit, except bananas
  • Day 2: Vegetables like leafy greens (not starchy), but no fruit
  • Day 3: Fruits and vegetables
  • Day 4: Bananas and skim milk
  • Day 5: Beef (or baked chicken without the skin) and tomatoes
  • Day 6: Beef and vegetables
  • Day 7: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices, and vegetables

There are different recipes for the soup, which is recommended every day of the diet. They all have similar ingredients, such as tomatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, onions, and bouillon.

Limitations: Your menu options are severely limited on this diet. It gets very boring, very quickly. If you want to try it again, it’s recommended that you wait 2 weeks first.

Cooking and shopping: Get out your soup pot. You will need to make the cabbage soup and cook some of the vegetables recommended in the plan. Your shopping list will be very short for the week.

Packaged foods or meals? No.

In-person meetings? No.

Exercise: The cabbage soup diet doesn’t include exercise, and working out at high levels isn’t a great idea on such a low-calorie diet. Your body just won’t have enough gas in the tank for exercise.

There’s not a lot of room to tweak the diet, since it’s so rigid.

It is low in fat, because you eat mostly vegetables. But it’s not vegetarian or vegan, since some meat is allowed.

Cost: The only cost is for the ingredients, which you buy yourself. Some websites promoting the diet say you should take a supplement to make up for the nutrients you’ll be missing from food.

Support: None. You do this diet on your own.

Does It Work?

You’ll lose weight, but only in the short run. This is strictly a lose-weight quick scheme.

You’ll likely get less than 1,000 calories a day on the limited menu. That’s far fewer than the 2,000 daily calories recommended for most adults.

Since you’re getting so few calories, the pounds come off quickly, but mostly you’ll lose water weight. And chances are, you’ll gain it all back as soon as you start eating a normal diet again.

Health experts don’t recommend following very low-calorie diets unless you’re under a doctor’s care. A better bet is to aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds each week on a healthy, well-balanced diet.

Is It Good for Certain Conditions?

Because it includes so few carbs, this diet could wreak havoc with any diabetes treatment plan.

Salt is not addressed on the plan, so if you’ve been told to cut back on the sodium, you’ll have to hold back on using the salt shaker and bouillon when making the soup or cooking your food.

Since you’ll likely regain any weight that you lose, the diet won’t have a lasting positive impact on heart disease, cholesterol, or high blood pressure.

The Final Word

Though this diet is fast, cheap, and simple, it’s not easy to stick with. It will likely leave you feeling hungry, weak, and bored. You might even feel sick. And if you follow the Cabbage Soup Diet for more than a week, you could run short on key nutrients.

Nor does the diet encourage the necessary lifestyle changes you need to make in order to be healthier and have lasting weight loss.

The drastic weight loss you might experience with The Cabbage Soup Diet can cause health problems and can be dangerous even when it’s done under a doctor’s supervision.

Never start this diet without talking to your doctor first. If they think you need a very low-calorie diet, they’ll likely show you a much healthier way to go about it.

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Cabbage Soup Diet Review: Ingredients and Effectiveness

Written by Stephanie Watson

Reviewed by Christine Mikstas, RD, LD on September 01, 2022

In this Article

  • The Promise
  • What You Can Eat
  • Level of Effort: Medium
  • Does It Allow for Dietary Restrictions or Preferences?
  • What Else You Should Know
  • What Dr. Melinda Ratini Says:

Fans claim you can drop 10 pounds or more in a week. Some people use it to kick-start their weight loss plan, or to trim a few pounds for a special event.

But before you stock up on cabbage, know that this crash diet won’t help you in the long run, and it doesn’t give your body the nutrients it needs to stay healthy.

Just like the name says, the bulk of this diet is fat-free cabbage soup, eaten two to three times a day with other allowed foods assigned each day. Here’s what you can add:

  • Day 1: Fruit, except bananas
  • Day 2: Vegetables like leafy greens (not starchy), but no fruit
  • Day 3: Fruits and vegetables
  • Day 4: Bananas and skim milk
  • Day 5: Beef (or baked chicken without the skin) and tomatoes
  • Day 6: Beef and vegetables
  • Day 7: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices, and vegetables

There are different recipes for the soup, which is recommended every day of the diet. They all have similar ingredients, such as tomatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, onions, and bouillon.

Limitations: Your menu options are severely limited on this diet. It gets very boring, very quickly. If you want to try it again, it’s recommended that you wait 2 weeks first.

Cooking and shopping: Get out your soup pot. You will need to make the cabbage soup and cook some of the vegetables recommended in the plan. Your shopping list will be very short for the week.

Packaged foods or meals? No.

In-person meetings? No.

Exercise: The cabbage soup diet doesn’t include exercise, and working out at high levels isn’t a great idea on such a low-calorie diet. Your body just won’t have enough gas in the tank for exercise.

There’s not a lot of room to tweak the diet, since it’s so rigid.

It is low in fat, because you eat mostly vegetables. But it’s not vegetarian or vegan, since some meat is allowed.

Cost: The only cost is for the ingredients, which you buy yourself. Some websites promoting the diet say you should take a supplement to make up for the nutrients you’ll be missing from food.

Support: None. You do this diet on your own.

Does It Work?

You’ll lose weight, but only in the short run. This is strictly a lose-weight quick scheme.

You’ll likely get less than 1,000 calories a day on the limited menu. That’s far fewer than the 2,000 daily calories recommended for most adults.

Since you’re getting so few calories, the pounds come off quickly, but mostly you’ll lose water weight. And chances are, you’ll gain it all back as soon as you start eating a normal diet again.

Health experts don’t recommend following very low-calorie diets unless you’re under a doctor’s care. A better bet is to aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds each week on a healthy, well-balanced diet.

Is It Good for Certain Conditions?

Because it includes so few carbs, this diet could wreak havoc with any diabetes treatment plan.

Salt is not addressed on the plan, so if you’ve been told to cut back on the sodium, you’ll have to hold back on using the salt shaker and bouillon when making the soup or cooking your food.

Since you’ll likely regain any weight that you lose, the diet won’t have a lasting positive impact on heart disease, cholesterol, or high blood pressure.

The Final Word

Though this diet is fast, cheap, and simple, it’s not easy to stick with. It will likely leave you feeling hungry, weak, and bored. You might even feel sick. And if you follow the Cabbage Soup Diet for more than a week, you could run short on key nutrients.

Nor does the diet encourage the necessary lifestyle changes you need to make in order to be healthier and have lasting weight loss.

The drastic weight loss you might experience with The Cabbage Soup Diet can cause health problems and can be dangerous even when it’s done under a doctor’s supervision.

Never start this diet without talking to your doctor first. If they think you need a very low-calorie diet, they’ll likely show you a much healthier way to go about it.

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Lose weight on REGULAR vegetable soups! Who is with me?

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#2

9 0015 August 21, 2010 12:14

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#5

#6

Dana

I have never lost weight ( so slim), but I guessed a long time ago that it’s easy to lose weight on vegetable soups and I wonder why all these complex diets. if I were you, I would replace dinner with a piece of lean meat / chicken / fish with a vegetable side dish or salad (without bread).

#7

Efirych

I have some kind of wrong body … I tried to diet – I didn’t eat after 6, everything was in a double boiler, I don’t eat bread at all, sweets – fight… nothing lessened… spat – both sweet and beer and smoked fish – minus 2 kilos…

-1 medium potato

-2 tablespoons of rice

-1 sweet pepper (red, orange)

-15 gr parsley

-1 teaspoon of olive oil

– pinch of vegetable seasoning

– black pepper (to taste)

– salt

– about 1.2 liters of water (for 4 portions of 300 ml)

Wash vegetables and parsley. Dry.

Cut the top of the tomato with a cross and dip in boiling water for ~1-2 minutes. Remove the skin from the tomato, take out the middle and cut into cubes.

Finely chop the parsley.

Pepper core with seeds, rinse and cut into very fine cubes.

Rinse the rice.

Peel, rinse and cut potatoes into small strips or cubes.

Pour 1.2 liters of water into a saucepan and boil.

Pour a spoonful of olive oil into another saucepan, heat and add the chopped tomato and parsley, fry over low heat for about 2 minutes.

Then add pepper, stir, fry for another ~2 minutes. Then pour hot water into the pan (from a neighboring saucepan), close the lid. Bring to a boil and add potatoes. Boil for 5 minutes at a medium boil.

Then add the rice and cook for another ~15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the vegetable seasoning, salt and pepper to the soup pot. Stir the soup, turn it off and let it brew for ~15 minutes.

You can add sour cream and serve! I eat with a piece of bread!

p/s/The soup turns out to be of medium thickness, you can vary, something more or less, to taste)

Total 270 calories)

#10

. ….. well, you can stretch your legs like that)))

9000 5

#11

Guest

)))) your soup – cereal after cereal chasing with a club) I.e. a day you eat half a potato, half a tomato and a spoonful of rice)))) …… well, you can stretch your legs like that)))

The author, you are great. 5 kg in 2 weeks super result. And without self-torture! And thanks for the recipe. I wind it on my mustache))) Good luck and willpower to you!

I got used to it on the 3rd day, I don’t feel hungry. But I eat strictly by the hour, so that the body does not experience stress and gets used to proper nutrition! I read that it is not so important what to eat, but it is important to eat at the same time! Good luck!

#13

Author)

Guest

)))) Your soup – Krupina grows with a club) i. e. a day you eat half a potato, half a tomato and a spoonful of rice)))) …… well, you can stretch your legs)))

10, I actually still have breakfast!)) And what I have for breakfast, it says in the title. The soup also has bread and sour cream X 2 servings, which is still approx. 200 calories per day. And cream for coffee)) All about everything 500-600 cal. So do not write nonsense))) This is of course not enough, but with 3 meals a day, everything is OK. I’ve been eating like this for two weeks, that’s why I’m wondering what to replace the soup with for dinner??))

Change dinner for fresh vegetable salads.

The body needs vitamins and minerals

#14

Guest

Author)

Guest)))) your soup – grain after grain chases with a club) I.e. a day you eat half a potato, half a tomato and a spoonful of rice)))) …… well, so you can stretch your legs))) 10, I actually have breakfast again!)) And what I have for breakfast, the title says. The soup also has bread and sour cream X 2 servings, which is still approx. 200 calories per day. And cream for coffee)) All about everything 500-600 cal. So do not write nonsense))) This is of course not enough, but with 3 meals a day, everything is OK. I’ve been eating like this for two weeks, so I’m thinking what to replace the soup with for dinner ??))

You are doing the right thing by eating bread. I would also advise you to have cottage cheese for lunch. A little. But it’s calcium. Dinner to change to salads from fresh vegetables. The body needs vitamins and minerals

Cottage cheese + fresh vegetables + a little olive oil – for dinner (instead of soup) do you think the weight will not go back up?)) There are 10 kg of unfortunate people, despite the fact that there are only 7 extra (according to the table) ….I really want to lose weight)) and get back in shape…..Long-term diets I CAN’T STAND physically…

#15

Author)

Guest

Long-term diets I CAN’T STAND physically. ..

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#16

Aug 22, 2010 nym and there is a lack of some .Absolutely I don’t see the need for ham in the morning, boiled meat and bread are better, it seems to me that I should have less. We have already mentioned cottage cheese, introduce porridge on water with fruits into the diet in the morning, they are much more satisfying than your soup and you need to eat them less than

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#20

To not enough calories. Your body will simply switch to economical use of resources.

Be critical of advice. They are given from a wide variety of perspectives, and do not always match your diet. Well, for example, cereals are good, but they do not fit into a diet on vegetable soup.

#21

Lina

Author, your diet is similar to the rather old cabbage soup diet. It is short-term, I don’t remember now, you need to sit on it for a week or 10 days. It is not suitable for long term use.

Not enough calories. Your body will simply switch to economical use of resources.

Be critical of advice. They are given from a wide variety of perspectives, and do not always match your diet. Well, for example, cereals are good, but they do not fit into a diet on vegetable soup.

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#23

In general, I think that rapid weight loss is wrong. You need to lose weight slowly, then it will be without harm to health. Vegetable soup gave a quick result, because it is a diuretic, and what happened to the fat is unknown.

#24

Lina

Author, your diet is similar to the rather old cabbage soup diet. It is short-term, I don’t remember now, you need to sit on it for a week or 10 days. It is not suitable for long term use. Not enough calories. Your body will simply switch to economical use of resources. Be critical of advice. They are given from a wide variety of perspectives, and do not always match your diet. Well, for example, cereals are good, but they do not fit into a diet on vegetable soup.

Guest

There is not enough protein in your diet, where boiled meat or chicken or fish, I think your selection of products is not very balanced and there is a lack of some. slightly less. We have already mentioned cottage cheese, introduce cereals on water with fruits into the diet in the morning, they are much more satisfying than your soup and you need to eat them less

-2 pieces of bread a day, much less?

– No sugar for 5 months

– Porridge is good, but 100g of oatmeal contains 300 calories and I don’t lose weight on cereals, it’s 100%

– My task is to lose another 10 kg (7 of them are superfluous). I run, rollerblade, walk. I maintain muscle mass, I think. The physique was quite elastic to fullness.

– I will add a little more calories from this week. I think instead of soup for dinner it will be chicken breast with vegetables 3 times a week and low-fat cottage cheese with vegetables 2 times. I’ll leave the rest as is for now! There is no way to buy normal fish yet. I don’t like the one in the supermarkets.

#25

Guest

Not true, the diet must be balanced, the required amount of proteins and fats and carbohydrates must be present. where does the Author get carbohydrates now, and from the category of harmful carbohydrates, such as bread, fatty ham, cheese, probably with a high content of fats, curd cheese … I suspect that it is glazed. So replace it all with more healthy carbohydrates, such as the same oatmeal or buckwheat, cheese is low in fat, about 5 percent. Everyone eats porridge in the morning, of course, I think that this is more useful than a ham sandwich, and then it may well sit on your vegetable soup during the day and in the evening.

-Cheese 5% – where did you see such cheese? I eat 17%. Cheese for breakfast is not a harm – A BENEFITS. Firstly, there is protein, calcium for teeth and nails, etc. Who said that a piece of cheese a day, even if it is Dutch, for example, is harmful? This is not a pack of stubborn in one sitting)))

-Ham. There are 105 calories in 100 grams. Almost no fat, only protein. Maybe it’s not quite ham, it’s bacon) I made a mistake in the name.

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#28

Dinner salad (without vegetable oils) + shrimp. And protein is also low in calories)

#29

Why is this not the right breakfast, I don’t understand?

#30

jellyfish

And what is the name of cheese with 5% fat content. I find only with 17%. 9B In general, then reducing portions is also a kind of diet.

But the problem is that months of bullying can go to waste.

I both reset and gained. A year down and a year up))))

And everything is in our brains))) there is an attitude – we are losing weight)

there are some activities other than grub – we are losing weight)))

Now I eat a lot and I’m nervous a lot. How was the weight and is)

Yes, I would like to reset it. almost perfect 12 kg. I know what’s real 7. But in general, I’m not ugly anyway, so I choose food, not weight loss.

The problem is that excess weight affects well-being, mobility. That is why I would like to lose weight.

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jellyfish

And what is the name of cheese with 5% fat content. I find only with 17%.

There is such a cheese .. some name like diet-sport or light, it is usually already cut into pieces and sealed in such plastic triangles

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    #37

    Many who stick to oatmeal in the morning on the water and with a spoonful of honey, you can also note good health and bowel function with fruit, especially in older people.

    so very individual.

    Personally, I don’t want to eat at all in the morning and in 70% of cases I don’t eat.

    #38

    they are necessary for the body 0002

    #41

    Martha

    Eat cabbage, in any form and in any quantity, even with meat. Cabbage makes you lose weight and you don’t have to starve yourself. It’s especially good to replace dinner with a plate of cabbage salad. I want to eat, it helps.

    #42

    1.Variant

    Morning

    Coffee with cream + cheese sandwich + some vegetables

    90 006 Lunch

    The same vegetable soup + 1 tsp. l. sour cream + dried slice of bread

    Dinner

    Same as lunch

    Late dinner

    boiled egg

    2nd version

    Morning curd owl + kiwi + coffee with cream

    9000 6 Lunch salad (100g) + 1.tsp olive oil + shrimp (50g)

    Dinner shrimp (50g) + sherry tomatoes and greens

    Late dinner tea with honey

    3. Variant

    Everything as in 2nd Option, only instead of shrimp chicken meat, the quantity is the same 90 005

    P /s/ I will alternate all options by day of the week. If interested, I will tell you about the results after 2 weeks)

    #43

    Guest

    found a video today http://foodculture. ru/2010/03/o-polze-jirov/ do not exclude fats. they are necessary for the body

    Olive oil is almost entirely composed of unsaturated fats (fatty acids), which reduce the level of bad cholesterol without affecting the content of its beneficial variety, thereby maintaining a normal balance of vital elements in the body. Oil consumption contributes to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity.

    Oleic acid contained in olives breaks down cholesterol in the body, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, making them more elastic. Linoleic acid promotes rapid healing of wounds, improves coordination and vision. Vitamins A, D, E and K strengthen bone tissue, muscles and cells of the intestinal wall. Phenols slow down the aging process and strengthen the immune system.

    Olive oil also helps to normalize high blood pressure, reduce the number of fat cells involved in thrombosis, prevent biliary tract dysfunction, fight against free radicals that lead to cell aging and the development of cancer.

    #44

    Guest

    Author. I will still insist on my post 21 and I do not think that oatmeal on water will give you more calories than a sandwich. You want to lose another 10 kg, I’ve lost 15 kg since the beginning of May, I just ate oatmeal and buckwheat in the morning and still eat it, only in the morning and this is not my whim, this is the advice of a competent nutritionist to whom I went, start in the morning from carbohydrates, but an egg, especially protein, can be eaten in the evening. You can add your spoonful of honey just to oatmeal, the morning portion of porridge should not exceed the size of a plastic disposable cup. Before that, I tried to lose weight on my own and suffered for a year and a half, although there was sports, but I had to balance my diet. I really can say that I can’t stand these vegetable soups for the spirit .. I once boiled this soup with tomatoes and celery and I can’t eat it, it just makes me sick. But zucchini carcass with carrots and pumpkin, tomatoes and peppers, carcass without oil, zucchini with tomatoes and give juice themselves, I really like this mixture and as a side dish it goes great with a piece of boiled chicken breast

    #45

    Guest

    http://foodculture.ru/2009/12/kalor​iinost-sira/ here is the calorie content of cheeses. A piece is quite a bit. In general, then reducing portions is also a kind of diet. But the problem is that months of bullying can go to waste. I dropped it and got it. A year down and a year up)))) And everything is in our brains))) there is a mood, we are losing weight) there are some activities other than grub, we are losing weight))) Now I eat a lot and get nervous a lot. How was the weight so it is) Yes, I would like to lose it. almost perfect 12 kg. I know what’s real 7. But in general, I’m not ugly anyway, so I choose food, not weight loss. The problem is that excess weight affects well-being, mobility. That is why I would like to lose weight.

    Weight loss also depends on the initial one. Probably, someone who eats a lot and weighs 90-100 kg and will lose weight on 1500 calories.

    It’s different for me, now I have only 7 extra, but for harmony I need all 10. I eat little in everyday life, that is, I don’t overeat.)) But the metabolism is such that this is enough to get better. I need to eat VERY VERY little so that the weight starts to go away (((

    #47

    #48

    milk) is fine.

    But natural milk is an energy bomb)))) And if it’s with a piece of bread…. then it’s a full dinner without breakfast in the morning)

    #50

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    How to lose weight fast on a liquid diet

    Let’s start with the most important thing: no, we do not offer you fasting days, we do not recommend switching to bread and water, we are against laxatives and diuretic drinks and pills. All you need to look flawless in a tight dress in TWO days, while having healthier skin, good mood and well-being is a “liquid diet”, of which Gwyneth Paltrow is one of the devoted fans.

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    In the past, such diets were condemned by experts, since in fact it was proposed to replace wholesome nutrition with liquid cocktails with dubious composition. But today, nutritionists on both sides of the Atlantic say with one voice: if you need to quickly and safely lose weight, liquid diets, soups and smoothies will help you.

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    If you read English, we recommend reading The Soup Cleanse, where nutritionists Angela Blattis and Viven Vella explain their theory in detail, provide a huge list of liquid diet recipes and give recommendations for their combinations.

    Liquid Diet Principles for Weight Loss

    How to lose weight in 2 days? The general principles are as follows: you need to eat liquid food and at certain hours, so that the microelements and nutrients entering the body are better absorbed, because at different times we have different glands active, different hormones are produced, and activity changes. Doctors have developed a liquid diet with all these nuances in mind.

    We are not talking about some thin cabbage soup or watery consommé. No, you need to eat fruit smoothies, hearty vegetable soups seasoned with exotic spices. You can even eat chocolate pudding soup! No wonder there are so many rave reviews about the liquid diet, it is really good.

    “Soups and shakes are easy to digest, which means your body can focus on more important tasks while on a liquid diet, recover better, boost your immune system, reduce inflammation, get essential nutrients to where you need them faster and more efficiently.” especially strong in them. Natural cleansing and detoxification will help all organs get rid of internal and external toxins. Balanced soups and smoothies contain all the necessary vitamins, fiber, proteins, fats and carbohydrates, so a short-term liquid diet cannot do any harm to the body, ”explains Angela Blattis.

    How much weight can you lose on a liquid diet? On average, 2 – 4 kg, depending on the initial weight. This is not at all small – a whole size of clothing!

    Liquid Diet: What You Can Eat

    So, let’s get down to business.

    During the drinking diet for two days during the day, you will eat 6 times, at each time – a strictly defined soup or smoothie.

    Before starting a liquid diet for weight loss, you need to buy chicken, beef or veal bones with meat, known to us as a “soup set”. Prepare broth from them according to the following recipe: fill the bones with water, boil, drain all this water, pour water again. Put an onion, a couple of carrots, a little celery, any spices to taste into the water. Bring to a boil and leave to simmer over low heat for 4-5 hours. Cut the meat and put it into the broth. Put the finished broth in the refrigerator, wait until the fat hardens on its surface, remove this crust and discard.

    Prohibited foods on a liquid diet

    Strictly prohibited:

    • sugar;
    • flour;
    • alcohol;
    • caffeine;
    • semi-finished products.

    During the two “liquid days” of the diet, only the recommended meals should be eaten without any additives.

    Benefits of a Liquid Diet

    • You don’t have to choose your own foods and dishes, count calories and weigh portions: just follow the instructions.
    • Liquid diet results are immediately noticeable. Two days are enough to lose weight by size.
    • The body is successfully cleansed of toxins, you will not only lose weight on a liquid diet, but also become healthier.
    • In reviews of a liquid diet for weight loss, girls write that it was not at all difficult to endure the restrictions.

    Cons of a liquid diet

    • A liquid diet is not recommended for gastritis and other gastrointestinal diseases, at least without consulting a doctor.
    • Liquid food does not always make you feel full.
    • It is not recommended to eat only liquids for more than two days. Here it is worth mentioning the liquid diet from Yulia Vysotskaya, which lasts a week. This modification is more difficult to tolerate than the Gwyneth Paltrow diet, so a liquid diet for a week is only suitable for the most stubborn maximalists. Two-day is a safer and more comfortable option.
    • Liquid Diet results are mixed, with some satisfied with the results and some disappointed.

    Liquid diet menu

    1. Immediately after waking up

    Drink 450 ml of water with half a lemon squeezed into it. (Do not gulp, but do not stretch the drink for more than 30 minutes)

    2. Breakfast

    A milk smoothie made from low-fat milk and berries, fresh or frozen, will provide you with energy, vitamins and proteins, but will not overload the digestive system, which will greatly improve your performance. It’s great if you can use coconut milk or almond milk for a cocktail, as a tip for comfort on liquid diet forums!

    3. Second breakfast and lunch

    Both times it will be a soup based on boiled meat broth, to which it is necessary to add a teaspoon of olive oil.

    In addition, you can put any mushrooms and vegetables into the soup, if you wish, except for potatoes.

    Garlic, green peas, green beans, asparagus, spinach, mushrooms, cabbage, bell peppers, chili peppers, corn – whatever you like! In this case, there is no single right recipe for a liquid diet, focus on your taste.