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This diet is at least honest about what it intends to do. And, it actually works! Interestingly, the promoters of this diet tell you to stay on it for only a week (or two weeks, or some other time limit, depending on the variation).

Cabbage is a high-fiber, nutrient-dense, low-calorie food. Raw cabbage is very good, but cabbage soup is no slouch either. Soup itself is a great way to get the "more filling, fewer calories" effect. Soups, in general, tend to make you feel full on less food than anything else will.

But, here's a caution: Don't follow the prescription of eating just this soup for the seven days or whatever. Add a good soup to your normal eating patterns, but also eat fresh (or frozen) fruits, fresh leafy green vegetables, and other foods you should eat. In other words, don't "go on a diet."

Also, if you are not used to eating high fiber foods, go easy on cabbage-based anything, or you are going to have some painful pre-toilet experiences.

Depending on whose Cabbage Soup Diet you subscribe to you'll start with cabbage and water as the base. You add other items-- onions in nearly every version. Specific additions vary by Cabbage Soup recipe writer. And they also vary by day, following some alleged nutritional purpose.

Where this diet gets stupid is in these variations. Here, we list some in one of two columns: Smart and Stupid. The rationale behind what goes in what column includes considerations such as caloric density, level of processing, and nutritional value.

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