Soup Diet
Do you enjoy soup? Do you eat it on a regular basis? If yes then the soup diet might be your ticket to weight loss. Whether you choose the vegetable soup diet, the Lipton soup diet, the miracle soup diet, the burning fat soup diet or the sacred heart diet soup this is a fad diet that has unknown origins but gained fast popularity back in the 1980s when someone spread the word that a soup diet helps to shed pounds.

The soup diet that most people talk about consists of cabbage soup and the object is to drop 10 pounds 4.5 kilograms) of weight on a weekly basis. Be aware that most medical and nutritional professionals will tell you that losing 10 pounds a week is impossible and indeed downright dangerous. They emphasize that what happen with the soup diet is first you lose water and it is possible to drop 10 pounds of water, at least in the first week. Another downside of the soup diet is that soup generally has a great deal of salt in it and this is not good for those wishing to lose weight or for those with heart problems or kidney problems. In fact a high sodium intake is not good for anyone and can lead to health problems in the future. Another issue is that consuming only soup even if you find ways to fancy up your diet soup recipes can give you very little protein and this is not good.

When it comes to the soup diet speak to your doctor before beginning such a diet and consider your alternatives. You may have certain health considerations that do not make you a good candidate for the soup diet. Even if you choose to give it a different name such as the womans world diet soup or the negative calorie diet soup recipe, the soup diet is still the soup diet and it might not be the healthiest choice for you to make. Speaking to others who diet or who have recently lost weight might be a source of information and inspiration and keep in mind that nothing can take the place of simply eating healthy foods, portion control and getting enough exercises each and every day.