Article: A Closer Look Into the Cabbage Soup Diet

Two weeks ago I reported on my experience with the cabbage soup diet, a one-week program currently dominating the American diet hit parade.

It seemed to hit a nerve.

Cabbage sales at the Tenleytown Fresh Fields went up 25 percent over the previous week.

Readers clogged the phone lines sharing stories of their successes and failures on the program. Some claimed absolute (and conflicting) knowledge about the diet's origins. Others demanded infinitesimal details about its rules. One total stranger unashamedly tracked me down over the weekend to ask if she could use butter on her vegetables. (Lest anyone else be tempted to inquire, the answer is an unequivocal "No" -- except for the ...

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