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http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4584

Our nutrition experts recommend adopting healthy eating habits permanently, rather than impatiently pursuing crash diets in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few days.

Why does the AHA care about these diets?

We want to inform the public about misleading weight-loss claims. Many of these diets — like the infamous Cabbage Soup Diet — can undermine your health, cause physical discomfort (abdominal discomfort and flatulence [gas] ) and lead to disappointment when you regain weight soon after you lose it.

http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/cabbagediet.htm

he “cabbage soup diet” promises users can lose 10 to 15 pounds in seven days by following a strict regimen that includes unlimited amounts of cabbage soup, but it’s no way to achieve permanent weight loss, said Elaine Turner, a nutritional scientist with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

“There’s nothing magic about cabbage soup,” Turner said. “It’s physically impossible to lose 10 to 15 pounds of fat in a week -- that’s roughly equivalent to 40 to 60 sticks of butter. Anyone claiming that kind of dramatic result is losing mainly water weight that will come back after a short time.”