Many people think this diet helps to lose only excess water in the body, but it is an unlimited eating diet, which appeals to many. You basically eat this soup for seven days straight, with a few additional items listed below:

Day 1: Unlimited cabbage soup and fruit (excluding bananas).

Day 2: Cabbage soup and one baked potato with butter for dinner. No fruit at all.

Day 3: Unlimited cabbage soup plus any fruit and vegetables you choose (excluding potatoes or bananas).

Day 4: Unlimited cabbage soup and skimmed milk. Plus up to eight bananas.

Day 5: Unlimited cabbage soup and 565g of beef and 6 tomatoes. Drink 6-8 glasses of water today to flush extra uric acid from your body.

Day 6: Unlimited cabbage soup and limitless beef and vegetables (excluding potatoes).

Day 7: Unlimited cabbage soup with a little brown rice and vegetables.

And this is how you make the soup:

• 1 head green cabbage, finely shredded or chopped

• 2 large onions, chopped

• 16 to 28 ounces canned tomatoes, chopped with juices

• 2 green bell peppers, seeded and chopped

• 4 celery stalks with leaves, chopped

• 6 carrots, peeled and sliced

• 226 g green beans, stem ends snapped, sliced on the diagonal

• black pepper to taste

• chopped fresh herbs, such as parsley, sage, dill, cilantro, or thyme

Put all the vegetables in a large pot and cover with water. After you bring the soup to a boil, reduce the heat and boil for 10 minutes. Cover the pot, reduce the heat to low, and simmer until all the vegetables are soft. And, of course, Bon Appetit.