Our research suggests that this may be a quick way to lose weight, but it is hard to stay on the diet and even harder to keep the weight off that was lost on the diet. This diet does not teach you how to eat for the long term and looks like a prime candidate for setting a person up for “yo-yo dieting”.

The Cabbage Soup Diet may help you lose weight in the short term only and, for that reason, only earns our 2 star rating. The lack of teaching you how to eat for the long term is a major negative to this plan.