Cabbage soup diet ... in a pill?
Do you remember the cabbage soup diet? Well, it's baaaack -- this time in pill form. The makers of said pill are claiming that the pill is "seven times more effective, three times more affordable, and 100 times more hunger-proof" than the original version of the diet, though how they came up with these numbers is beyond me. The original diet has been regarded as effective but hard to stick to because it limits what you eat quite a bit and gets boring quickly. So how does it work? Basically, you have a glass of water and two pills 30 minutes before every meal. Supposedly, that will fill you up quite a bit and you will eat less, or nothing at all. Apparently, the capsules equal six bowls of soup. Their website doesn't seem to specify what you can eat besides the pills and frankly, I'm not convinced that two pills and a glass of water is going to fill me up.
What do you think?
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1-09-2007 @ 11:06AM
Yatrik said...
I've never had cabbage soup... how do you make it and is it any good?
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1-09-2007 @ 2:35PM
Nycteris said...
I tried the diet. I quite liked the soup, though I didn't stick on the diet very long. http://www.soupsong.com/rdiet.html here's a recipe.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:14PM
Ruth said...
How it works? You all all this soup that will give you the runs, you'll be in the bathroom constantly...the more soup you eat, the more you have to use the bathroom. I tried it...no fun! Try it if you are staying at home all day and have a lot of reading material there.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:18PM
starlitkate said...
The soup is good but can get boring. Like after the first couple days then it gets tiring to eat it no matter how much salt and pepper you add to it.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:25PM
Mary said...
I am not in for the gas soup but do anyone know of a pill that work just like Xenical if not better? that pill worked for me but now that my insurance will not pay for anymore and I can't afford it.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:26PM
Jessica said...
The Cabbage Soup makes me gag! It's awful...although I know a bunch of people who have successfully stayed on the diet and lost tons! I can't stomach the stuff myself. Tempted to try the pills. It has to be better then the soup!
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1-13-2007 @ 8:29PM
Jimmy said...
Wow! Where has the ethics gone? Take an old title and sell it in a pill which is just a fiber pill. What's nest ?
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1-13-2007 @ 8:39PM
HRasmussen said...
If you go to the site, and then do a search on the company that is supposedly doing the trial - Selmedica - there are several other sites that say it's a fake company. If you call the number listed on their website it says that the number cannot be completed as dialed. I would say that this is a fake product on a fake website designed to get people's money.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:45PM
Paula said...
It would only be good by me if the glass of water made the two pills blow up into a full size steak and potato meal!! :)
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1-13-2007 @ 8:48PM
Xanthis said...
the cabbage soup diet did help many people I know and it would be a plus for people on the go but I would feel a bit left back. soup is really good food.a pill instead???/
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1-13-2007 @ 8:52PM
"B" said...
I've had the soup and it's quite tasty....the first three days or so. The gas is annoying and your taste buds are bored after a while.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:53PM
MAK said...
Look out for hoodia promises too. Stuff made my tongue dry,blood sugar low and feeling hungry. Seems like eating the whole food would fill ya up more!
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1-13-2007 @ 8:54PM
Melissa said...
I have tried the cabbage soup. The soup is great, but really hard to stick to the boring .... eat cabbage soup every time you are hungry diet.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:54PM
MAK said...
Hoodia also made me a bit racy and its not supposed to do that.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:55PM
Barbara said...
The soup is great, not just cabbage, onions,carrots,tomatoes, any veggie you like, it is filling..
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1-13-2007 @ 8:56PM
Pat said...
I went on the cabbage soup diet back in the 80's and it was wonderful. I lost 40 pounds in 3 months and was never hungry. But, I was really determined to lose weight at the time. If I could accomplish the same results with 2 pills, I'd welcome it.
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1-13-2007 @ 8:57PM
Linda Dorfmont said...
I have made cabbage soup and found it good. Whether it works or not is another question. It is not designed to curb or eliminate appetite but to burn more calories in the digestion of the ingredients than are added by eating it. I doubt a pill could do the same.
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1-13-2007 @ 9:17PM
CHARLOTTE DIXON said...
I DON'T BELIEVE IT
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1-13-2007 @ 9:17PM
Sharon said...
It's the glass of water that you drink before meals that's actually causing the full feeling so you eat less. You can get the same results by just saving your money on these pills and having a glass of cold water before every meal. Most people don't drink enough water anyway and if you drink it cold, your body burns calories warming it up to body temperature.
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1-13-2007 @ 9:20PM
Jim said...
I tried the cabbage soup diet and loved it. I made a large batch and canned it in Pint Jars and would eat it when I got hungry. For Garlic lovers I added about 3 tbsp of minced garlic to it and it was great. Lost weight also. Don't know about the pill.
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