Cabbage Soup Diet

Action: weight reduction, saturation of the body with vitamins
Result: loss of 3 kg + increase resistance to colds and flu
Application: 5-7 days
Needed: more different kinds of cabbage

100 g white cabbage contains only 28 calories in a fair amount of vitamins, trace elements, enzymes and volatile production. Cabbage has a "cleaning" effect expense it contains fiber. The high content of potassium (185 mg per 100 g) helps to eliminate excess fluid from the body, improves heart and lung function. Relatively recently discovered a unique property of cabbage restore reproduction of white blood cells and platelets - the major components of blood. Finally, in the cabbage many bioactive substances. One is tartronic acid (which in common cabbage, cucumbers), slowing the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, preventing the accumulation of excess weight.

Sauerkraut contains ascorbic acid and lactic acid, contributing to degradation and protein digestion. It starts the fermentation process, creates conditions for the development of beneficial intestinal microflora, thereby enhancing our immune system.
Preparing sauerkraut, remember that cooking it in the form of heads or whole sheets helps keep 2 times more vitamins than when shredder.

It is worth remembering that a diet consisting only of cabbage can cause bloating and generally make it difficult to digest food. Therefore it is recommended to diversify the menu other members of the cabbage family, whose fiber is more gently. For example, broccoli and brussel sprouts. They hide sulforaphane - a nutrient that helps fight cancer. Beijing as cabbage, lettuce, though like in composition (especially vitamin C), it is quite a worthy relative of cabbage. Kohlrabi - record the content of magnesium and vitamin B3, which are struggling with the aging of cells, though not very common in Russia, yet in some places in the sale occurs.

On the cabbage diet can not be more than 5-7 days. Otherwise the body will start to process the proteins, and then did not decrease fat and muscle mass. Such a diet is not recommended for diabetics, patients with impaired renal function, and with a strong degree of obesity.