The Cabbage Soup Diet

How to Be Fine

Jolenta Greenberg

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🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On the first episode of How to Be Fine’s special series - New Year, Same Old BS - Kristen and Jolenta dig into the Cabbage Soup Diet. Plus, they offer up advice on how to wake up with more energy, and how to keep in-laws out of reproductive matters. Do you have any advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or follow us on Instagram @howtobefinepod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/cabbage-soup-diet https://www.insider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/cabbage-soup-diet https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/1996/02/21/the-cabbage-soup-diet/25081d4f-ebd4-4c48-ba7e-a6d7af4edb54/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/1996/03/06/a-closer-look-into-the-cabbage-soup-diet/52684c10-9c2d-445e-ac95-d198fd546e01/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-seesawing-history-of-fad-diets-180981586/ https://health.usnews.com/wellness/food/articles/cabbage-soup-diet https://www.science.gov/topicpages/c/cabbage+soup+diet https://news.ufl.edu/archive/2002/03/cabbage-soup-diet-no-lucky-charm-for-weight-loss-says-uf-expert-1.html https://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/cabbage-soup-diet https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/the-cabbage-soup-diet https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cabbage-soup-diet https://www.verywellfit.com/what-is-the-cabbage-soup-diet-3496214 https://www.emedicinehealth.com/cabbage_soup_diet_help_you_lose_weight/article_em.htm https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/cabbage-soup-diet.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_soup_diet#:~:text=The%20origins%20of%20the%20diet,and%20%22Russian%20Peasant%20Diet%22.

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0:17.6	Hey, Galenta. Yes, Kristen. Did you know that every year around this time 45 million Americans embark on a diet? Oh wow, wow, wow, wow, that is a lot of people trying to lose weight.
0:21.6	Indeed, losing weight is central to the new year, new
0:26.0	you machine. Mmm, or as we like to call it here, new year, same old BS.
0:32.0	Exactly.
0:34.0	And when we say old, we're talking at least 150 years of fad diets here in the U.S.
0:40.0	And let me guess, we're going to be going all the way back to those early days and
0:45.4	today's show aren't we? Oh not just today but all month long we got a series
0:51.2	yes we do because I'm Kristen Meinzer and I'm
0:54.8	Galenta Greenberg and this is how to be fine Oh, In each episode of How to Be Fine, we weigh in on what's happening in the world of
1:27.4	happiness, health, and betterment and we offer a bit of advice to those who want it.
1:31.7	And all this month we're presenting a series we're calling, New Year, same old BS, or bullshit,
1:38.8	if you want to swear.
1:40.4	Each week we are going to dive into a different fat diet explaining what its rules are, why it's problematic, where it came from, and why it's historically significant.
1:51.0	I'm so excited to get started. Kristen, what is our topic today?
1:56.0	Today's BS diet is the cabbage soup diet.
2:01.0	Oh, the classic diet. Oh, the classic diet of my childhood.
2:07.0	The cabbage soup diet.
2:08.4	I feel like I saw that in like old sitcoms and stuff growing up.
2:12.1	It's also known as the gas-producing liquid diet
2:15.9	pretending not to be a gas-producing liquid diet, right? Like a little farty.
2:22.2	Exactly, and I'm guessing many of our listeners are familiar with this classic fad diet,
2:29.0	but for those who aren't, I'm going to lay out the good, the bad, and the gassy.
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