Diet Cabbage Soup Recipe Mayo Clinic Food

THE ORIGINAL CABBAGE SOUP DIET

Steps:

• Place all in large stock pot and bring to a boil.
• Simmer for 1 hour.
• Refrigerate all leftovers.

ORIGINAL DIET CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Cut vegetables in small to medium pieces and cover with water. Boil fast for ten minutes.
• Reduce to simmer and continue cooking until vegetables are tender. This soup can be eaten antime you are hungry.
• Eat as much as you want. This soup will not add calories. The more you eat the more you will lose. Fill a thermos in the morning if you will be away during the day. If eaten alone for indefinite periods you would suffer malnutrition.
• For drinks - unsweetened juices, tea, coffee, cranberry juice or water.
• The diet:.
• Day One: Eat only soup and fresh fruits, except for bananas.
• Day Two: All vegetables. Eat all raw or canned vegetables except beans, peas or corn. Eat along with the soup. At dinner time eat a large baked potato and butter. Eat no fruits.
• Day Three: Eat all the soup, fruits and veggies you want. No potatoes or bananas.
• (If you have adhered to the diet-you should have lost 5-7 lbs by now).
• Day Four: Eat 3 bananas and drink 3 glasses of skim milk. Drink as many glasses of water as you like. Eat lots of soup as well.
• Day Five: Eat the soup at least once this day. You mau jave 10-20 ounces of beef and a can of tomatoes or as many as 6 frest tomatoes. Try to drink 6-8 glasses of water to wash away uric acid from your body.
• Day Six: Beef and veggies. Eat all the beef and vegetables you want, but no potato. Eat the soup at least once today.
• Day Seven: Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juice and vegetables.Again stuff yourself and be sure to have the soup at least once today.
• At the end of the seventh day you should have lost 10-17 lbs.
• If you have lost more than 15 lbs, stay off the diet for two days.
• This seven day eating plan can be used as often as you like. If correctly followed, it will clean your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well-being as never before.
• Broiled Chicken or Fish may be substituted for the beef on only one of the beef days.
• No Nos: Bread, alcohol, carbonated drinks,and NO Fried foods.

MAYO DIET CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Slice green onions, put in a pot and start to saute with cooking spray.
• Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half, take the seeds and membrane out. Cut the green-pepper into bite size pieces and add to pot.
• Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, add to pot.
• Clean carrots, cut into bite size pieces, and add to pot.
• Slice mushrooms into thick slices, add to pot.
• If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of curry or cayenne pepper now.
• Add all other ingredients
• You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for seasonings. These have all the salt and flavors you will need.
• Use about 8 cups of water (or 4 cups and the V8 juice), cover and put heat on low. Let soup cook for a long time - two hours works well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.