cabbage salad instead of cabbage soup

by wessam
(jordan)

hi, can i replace the soup with salad (the same ingrediants but without boiling)?

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I am not good with soups, it's a texture thing. Can the cabbage soup diet be done as a cabbage "salad" diet? I enjoy all of the ingredients that go into the soup, just can't do it as a soup, but could easily do it as a salad. Thanks! Laurie


Dear Laurie,
Dear Wessam,
The main success of the cabbage soup diet is not only the healthy and purifying effect of cabbage but also the saturation effect of the soup itself.

We don't have any experience concerning doing the "cabbage diet" with cabbage salad instead of soup but we think that it might be much harder to stick to because of the missing saturation effect.

Researches show that People who eat soup before a meal have a higher saturation effect and eat less for meal/dinner than people who leave the soup out.

On the other hand if you manage to stick to a cabbage salad based diet for a whole week keeping the day ingredients like they are, you should of course see a great weight loss effect too.

Please make sure to drink enough water/tea to flush your body and add 1-2 proteinshakes per day.

All the best,
Gabriela