Cabbage Soup Diet-Why Its a Fad Diet And Why You Shouldnt Try It

Asparagus Chicken Soup

Heres a delicious chicken soup recipe made Chinese style. Prepared with asparagus and garnished cilantro, this chicken soup recipe is a delight for any meal.

Asparagus Chicken Soup

Chicken breast fillet - 150g
Egg white - 1 teaspoon
Corn starch - 1 teaspoon
Asparagus - 100g
Chicken stock - 3 cups
Salt and black pepper
Cilantro

Thinly slice the chicken, and mix with egg white and starch.

Cut asparagus into 2 cm sections.

Bring the soup stock to a boil, and add in the asparagus. When the chicken soup stock is boiling again, add in the chicken.

Add salt, pepper, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the chicken is cooked. Garnish with cilantro.

This is a delicious chicken soup recipe with minimal amount of fat. You can serve 3 to 4 people with the amounts listed for this chicken soup recipe.

Low Fat Foods That You Can Use In
Everyday Cooking - A Small List Of 40

Looking for low fat foods to cook for dinner Want to lower fat consumption in your diet Not sure what foods are low in fat Youve come to the right place for low fat foods.

People are becoming more and more health conscientious everyday - not surprisingly, low fat foods are gaining in popularity. Everywhere people are looking for new ways to cook low fat foods, and experimenting with new low fat and healthy diets.

Did you know. Many types of seafood and fish contain less than 1gram of fat per 100g (4oz). They are excellent low fat foods to use for cooking healthy meals.

Chicken is another great low fat food. Depending on how you cook it, and what part you cook, chicken meat can have as little as 1 to 2 grams of fat. So if youre looking for that ultimate low fat food(meats), chickens gotta be it. For example, roasted skinless chicken breast (100g or 4oz) has only about 2 grams of fat. Whereas a lean beef tenderloin of the same serving size contains about 10grams of fat.

Heres a small list of low fat foods to get you started.

Apples

Bananas

Bean sprouts

Bell peppers

Broccoli

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Chicken

Celery

Cod fillets

Cornflakes

Crab

Cucumber

Daikon radish

Egg white

Grape fruit

Honey

Jam

Lemons

Lettuce

Lobster

Mushrooms

Onions

Oranges

Peaches

Pears

Peas

Potatoes

Prawns

Rice

Scallops

Skimmed milk

Soybean products

Squash

Taro root

Tofu

Tomatoes

Tuna

Zucchini

Heres a light tasting potato soup recipe thats great for starting off your meal. The amounts listed in this potato soup recipe serves 6 to 8 people, so you can adjust the amounts accordingly.

Leek and Potato Soup

Potatoes - 6 (cut in cubes)
Leeks - 1 large (julienned)
Vegetable soup stock - 6 cups
Low fat margarine - 2 tablespoons
Salt and pepper
Soy milk - 3/4 cup (optional)
Cilantro for garnish

Heat the margarine in a large pot, and add in the leeks, and cook until the leeks are soft.

Add in the potatoes, and soup stock. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it cook for 20 minutes or so until potatoes are soft.

Puree the solids in a food processor, and slowly add in the soup. When done, put back into the pot and add salt, pepper, and soy milk.

Garnish with cilantro.

Using the low fat margarine for this potato soup recipe further reduces the fat content. So you end up with a very healthy, and tasty potato soup.

Without Fat Or Contain Very Little Fat

Soup recipes has had a long history in the kitchen, and many soup recipes use a lot of fat to bring out the flavors. However, you can significantly cut down on the fat in your soups, and not lose any taste.

Its quite simple to cook low fat soup recipes. (Click here for top 10 tips on fat reduction.)From my cooking experience, I would say that most Chinese soup recipes use very little or no fat, and they taste just as good. Contrary to western tradition, the Chinese usually serve their soups last during a meal instead at the start. These Chinese soup recipes are light tasting and healthy. The purpose of serving these light soups at the end of an meal is to cleanse your mouth of all the heavy and oily foods we just ate - leaving you refreshed.

Ginger is heavily used in Chinese soup recipes. Its usually sliced or diced, and added into the soups. Ginger not only brings out the taste in the soups, its also good for you health. (Ginger and garlic go hand in hand as some of the most beneficial ingredients you can use in your cooking recipes to improve health.)

Obviously, the quickest way to cut down on fat from your soup recipes is to use less or no meat. Or if you insisted on using meat, trim away all the visible fat and skin. Also, using white meats such as chicken and fish instead of red meats (pork, beef) will also significantly cut down the fat in your soup recipes.

Did you know. many types of fish and seafood contain less than 1 gram of fat per 100g (4oz).

You can also prepare all vegetarian soup recipes. Using only vegetables, your soups can still taste delicious. I prefer soup recipes that use no meat - although Im not a vegetarian. You can either start the soup with a vegetable soup stock, or just plain water. You could use all types of veggies in your soup recipes such as. squash, asparagus, carrots, winter melon, peas, cucumber, and much much more.

If youre lazy like me, maybe consider using pre-made broth mixes. Theyre inexpensive, and save you a lot of time. To make your soup recipes more interesting, and to spice things up, consider using various types of spices and seasonings such as. ginger, white pepper, black pepper, basil, lemon grass, and much more.

With Less Than 1 Gram Of Fat

This is a delightful and tasty vegetable soup recipe. Its full of healthy nutrients and low on fat - less than 1 gram of fat. You can easily make this vegetable soup recipe any time and for any meal.

Julienne Vegetable Soup Recipe

Cabbage - 50g (julienne)
Carrot - 1 (julienne)
Celery - 1 stalk (julienne)
Baby leek - 1 (julienne)
Vegetable soup stock - 3 cups
Bay leaf - 1
Cannellini bean - 1/2 cup
Tiny soup pasta - 1/2 cup (stars, bows or shells)
Salt and black pepper
Cilantro - a few strands (to garnish)

Boil the vegetable soup stock with the bay leaf in a large pot. When boiling, add leek, celery, and carrots. Boil soup for 5 to 7 minutes.

Add in cabbage, beans and pastas. Stir, and boil the vegetable soup for 3 to 5 minutes until the veggies and pasta are soft.

Add salt, pepper for seasoning. Garnish with cilantro and serve.

Can you believe a delicious vegetable soup recipe like this has less than 1 gram of fat I can eat this everyday... almost.

Cooking Vegetarian Soup Stock

Ok, so maybe its a little overstatement that vegetarian diets cant do without vegetarian soups stocks, but for a complete vegetarian meal, you need some type of vegetarian soups.

Making vegetarian soups stock isnt hard, nor is it too different from regular soup stock - its just all vegetables, and no meat. Every kitchen needs a recipe for a good, simple vegetarian soup stock. Heres a great way to make easy, healthy, and tasty vegetarian soup stock.

Simple Vegetable Soup Stock

Ingredients.Oil - 1 teaspoon
Carrots - 2
White onions - 2
Celery stalks - 1 - 2
Parsley - 5 - 8 strands
Bay leaves - 2
Black pepper - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Water - 6 - 8 cups

Chop the carrots, celery, and onions into 1 - 2 inch sized pieces.

Heat the oil in a stock pot to medium-high. Then add in carrots, onions, and celery.

Add in the black pepper and salt. Stir for 5 - 10 minutes.

Add in the parsley, bay leaves, and water.

Bring to a oil, and reduce the heat to low - medium, and let it simmer.

Skim off the foam every once awhile.

Let this cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Then strain the vegetable soup stock from the veggies. Gently squeeze the veggies to extract the soup stock.

Carrots, onions, and caller are the standard vegetables used to making vegetarian soups stocks. However, theres a variety of vegetables that you can use to make vegetarian soup stock. Some other veggies you can try are mushrooms, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, bean sprouts, and etc...

Occasionally, But Not As Part Of The Cabbage Soup Diet

Wondering why you shouldnt serve the cabbage soup recipe as part of cabbage soup diet Well, actually, Im saying that you shouldnt even try the cabbage soup diet. Cabbage is a very healthy vegetable to eat, so mixing in the cabbage soup recipe with your regular diet can be beneficial. Read this article about why you shouldnt try the cabbage soup diet.

There are many slight variations of the cabbage soup recipe, but all are pretty much the same - the famous cabbage soup eaten during the brutal 7 day diet.

Cabbage Soup Recipe

1 head cabbage
6 green onions
2 green peppers
1 can diced tomatoes
1 bunch celery
1 pack Lipton onion soup mix (using self made vegetable broth tastes better)

Cut the vegetables into bite size pieces.

You can salute the vegetables a little in a frying pan first. Add a little salt and pepper for flavor if you want.

Mix everything in a large pot, and add enough water to cover everything.

Bring to a boil, then turn the heat down, and simmer until the veggies are soft.

Cabbage contains many nutrients, and is healthy for the body, and hence the cabbage soup recipe will do you good if you serve it once awhile with other varieties of foods. However, as we discuss inthe previous article (see link above) cabbage soup diet is not good for you health. If youre looking for great tasting, low fat, and healthy recipes, click here.

Heres a quick run down of the cabbage soup diet for those of you who are not sure what it is, and are interested. This diet based on cabbage soup claims that the more soup you eat, that more weight you lose. Doesnt that sound great Who wouldnt love to eat more and yet lose more weight The truth is, you just lose water weight.

The basis of this diet is that cabbage soup contains very little calories, that its a fat burning soup. (How silly.) The dieters can eat/drink all the water and cabbage soup they want, combined with very few other allowed foods. (This is JUST NOT healthy.) I suppose if you really wanted to lose a few pounds real fast to fit a dress for a special occasion, you might want to try this diet... But, I highly recommend against it. Its just not good common sense... And, theres no scientific support for such a diet, and its unhealthy.

Now you know what the cabbage soup diet is about, heres the 7 day diet plan.

Day 1. Eat as much soup as you want, but eat only fruits(no bananas), drink unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice, and water.

Day 2. Eat raw or cooked vegetables all you want, but avoid beans, peas and corn. No fruits, and eat all the cabbage soup you want. Have a baked potato with butter at dinner.

Day 3. You can eat as much fruit and veggies as you want, but no baked potato.

Day 4. Bananas and skimmed milk with as much cabbage soup as you want.

Day 5. Eat 10 to 20 ounces of beef and up to 6 tomatoes. Eat cabbage soup at least once, and drink 6 to 8 glasses of water.

Day 6. Stuff yourself with veggies and beef. Eat the cabbage soup at least once. No baked potato.

Day 7. Stuff yourself with brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and veggies. Eat cabbage soup at least once. No bread, alcohol, or diet soda.

Why You Shouldnt Try The Cabbage Soup Diet

Can you believe how ridiculous this cabbage soup diet is It doesnt even look healthy, and you can bet its NOT healthy for your body. If youre smart, stay away from this diet. 10 to 20 ounces of beef in one day Thats eating about 1.5 pounds of beef in one day. Your body isnt designed to handle such stress of eating so much meat. Especially beef contains more fat than pork, chicken or any other type of white meat. For the first steps and essentials to eating less meat, and eating healthy, click here.

Just seeing the cabbage soup diet instructions should turn you away from it. It makes no nutritional sense. The first rule of good dieting is provide your body with good nutrition, and this is accomplished by eating a variety of foods. The cabbage soup diet severely restricts your food varieties each day.

Vegetables are important part of all healthy diets. Cabbage is a very healthy vegetable, but its no super food. A moderate amount from all types of food is the best way for healthy dieting.

Most importantly, for a diet to be viable, you have to be able to stick to it. Most people cant get through the 7 day cabbage soup diet. The weight that you lose through the cabbage soup diet is mostly water, and youll easily gain it back. So...

Please, stay away from the cabbage soup diet.

Good health, personal wellness, and weight loss is not achieved with fad diets like the cabbage soup diet, but with old fashioned healthy eating habits, and regular exercise. I cant help you with the exercise part (you have to have the motivation), but I can point you in the right direction of healthy eating, and healthy cooking... click here.

If you insist on trying the cabbage soup diet even after youve read all this, theres not much I can do. But please consult your physician or doctor before trying the cabbage soup diet. If Ive convinced you not to try the cabbage soup diet, then Ive accomplished something. Nevertheless, that doesnt mean you cant serve the cabbage soup as a dish for regular, healthy eating. Cabbage is very good for you, when eating moderate amounts of it. Heres the cabbage soup recipe.