Sacred Heart Diet
Quick weight loss program, similar to the Cabbage Soup Diet.
BACKGROUND
The Sacred Heart Diet is a 7-day eating plan that is supposed to shed pounds quickly by consuming a special soup made of broth and vegetables as your main source of food. According to the diet, during the seven days, you can lose up to 10 pounds or more. Each day has specific guidelines for which foods and drinks to consume. There is a thorough list of restricted foods and beverages, so that you'll know exactly what you can and can't consume.
This diet supposedly comes from the Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital, although reports on the Web refute this. It is used for overweight heart patients in order to lose weight rapidly, usually prior to surgery. In addition to losing weight quickly, it is intended to also wash your body of impurities while giving you a surge of energy without the ingestion of caffeine or other energy-enhancing products. This diet is also sometimes referred to as the Cabbage Soup Diet.
PRO
- There are notable health benefits from avoiding certain processed foods like refined sugars and flours
- Does not call for any funky supplements or herbal concoctions
- Reliance on the diet's consumption of vegetables, fresh fruit and lean protein is beneficial to one's health and can possibly aid in weight loss also.
- Its one-week time frame is manageable for individuals with a strong will power and who want to lose weight quickly
- Supports exercise
CON
- Diet may be restrictive for some
- No scientific evidence that this soup will actually burn calories
- Once you've completed it, you are on your own to reestablish your eating routine
- Does not give any guidelines for how to sustain long-term weight loss
- Given its strictness, the individual may run the risk of having a gorge fest when Day 7 is completed
- Sacred Heart Hospital and The American Heart Association deny any relationship with the diet
DIET and NUTRITION
The soup, which is made from 11 ingredients, is the supposed magic pill of The Sacred Heart Diet. The soup includes canned tomatoes, mushrooms, green beans, bell peppers, celery, beef stock and vegetable juice. You can find the complete Sacred Heart Diet Recipe here.
For the seven days of this diet, you will eliminate bread, white sugar, alcohol, fried foods, and carbonated beverages
The Diet has specific guidelines for each day that you must adhere to in order to reap the supposed benefits.
Each day, you will consume your sacred soup in addition to certain kinds of fruit, certain allowable beverages, protein and other cooked or canned vegetables. For instance, on Day One, you may eat as much soup as you want to as well as fruit except for bananas. On this first day, you can only drink coffee, black tea, water or unsweetened juice without milk or sugar added to the beverages On Day Two, you can have soup, vegetables and a baked potato with a small pat of butter for dinner. On Day Four, you may eat at least 3 bananas, and drink as much skim milk and soup as you can. The diet continues for the following three days in which you add lean red meat or chicken and still continue to eat the soup.
Abiding by the diet's guidelines is intended to yield the results you are looking for.
EXERCISE
There are no specific exercise recommendations for The Sacred Heart Diet other than to follow your usual exercise routine by getting in some form of exercise on most days of the week.
CONCLUSION
Albeit it is a very restrictive diet, The Sacred Heart Diet is a commendable eating plan given its reliance on vegetables, fruits and lean protein. It is clearly high in fiber, nutrients and minerals. It is similar to many low carbohydrate diets out there for its avoidance of refined sugars, flour of any sort, fried foods and added fat. Although there is no scientific proof that the sacred soup which you ingest every day is a magic pill to melt off the pounds, it is a great way to feel full and to get in more than your five veggies a day. But its reliance on veggies and fruit might give some stomach cramps if your system is not used to this way of eating. Since this such a one-shot punch to lose weight, it might be that you gain the weight back just as quickly or even more quickly as you lost it.
And do make a pact with yourself before starting this diet that on Day 8, when The Sacred Diet officially ends, you don't hightail it to McDonalds and order 3 double cheeseburgers and 2 super-sized fries. Do be gentle on your gut as you acclimate it back to the foods that you normally consume: order the Happy Meal.
Common Misspellings
sacrid, saecred, hart, scared
Related Diets: Cabbage Soup Diet, Juice Diet, Maple Syrup Diet, Purple Diet
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I am on week 4 (day 3) and have lost 21lbs with no excercise. I am going to include an exercise routine this week as well. My brother is also doing this diet and is on week 10 and has lost 30. I admit that on the eighth day I go off the diet for one day, eat moderate foods (no fried) and get back on it the next day. I have also cheated a couple times again very moderately (rice cakes, sushi) but return right back to the diet plan. I also add extra celery, stewed tomatoes, mushrooms and green onions to the soup along with about a 1/4 cup salsa for flavoring. My goal is 60 lbs. I personally like vegetables and fruit, so this isn't boring to me.
I am on week 4 (day 3) and have lost 21lbs with no excercise. I am going to include an exercise routine this week as well. My brother is also doing this diet and is on week 10 and has lost 30. I admit that on the eighth day I go off the diet for one day, eat moderate foods (no fried) and get back on it the next day. I have also cheated a couple times again very moderately (rice cakes, sushi) but return right back to the diet plan. I also add extra celery, stewed tomatoes, mushrooms and green onions to the soup along with about a 1/4 cup salsa for flavoring. My goal is 60 lbs. I personally like vegetables and fruit, so this isn't boring to me.
My Fiance and I tried this diet along with some other girls I know through a forum on the web. I lost 12 lbs and my FI lost 15 lbs at the end of the week. We both felt great and had a ton of energy, it also showed us how bad we really do eat on a regular basis. \n\nThe weight loss was also noticable by others.\n\nFI and I are both very over weight. The others who I know who've tried it who are average weight didn't lose as much, but they did feel better.\n\nAt the end of the week we were really proud of ourselves that we were able to stick to it, even though it was hard at times.\n\nI've actually got a pot on the stove and we are starting again in the morning!\n\nGood Luck everyone!!
hey it's me again, better question...\ncan you make the soup without the chicken noodle mix ??
hey i am really exited about starting this whole diet thing. i just bought all the ingridients except the chicken noodle mix does anyone know where i can find it ? PLEASE REPLY SOON ..I REALLY NEED IT !!!
I was on this diet for 14 days. I lost 13 pounds and after I have really focused on eating better. I am not able to excercise at this time but have lost 17 pounds to date. While on the diet I had an increase in energy and just plain felt better!
Hey everyone, after a lottt of research, i also decided to go on this diet. Today is a day 1 and i am sticking with the soup and fruits.. The soup really does the job.. i mean, i am sooo full right now. i am really hoping to lose atleast 10 pounds. I am reading these posts here and i see people have been writing day 1 and day 2 stuff... but what about day 7.. has anyone ever completed this diet for a full 7 days? if so, what are the results.. thanks guys!
I tried this diet last year and lost 17 pounds in a week. I did not cheat at all. if the diet says to eat bannanas and milk, then that is what you eat, you don't substitute any other fruit. Do exactly what it says and it should work.
I am starting this diet on Monday! I am going to just start on Monday and go till day 7 then start again on Monday just keep going untill I loose 60 pounds so i have to be on it like for a MONTH!! But I will do it!
I am on day two of the diet, and its going well....for those of you who don't like the particular taste of the soup- use non fat beef broth instead of chicken noodle, and french onion soup mix instead of whats suggested..they have the same amt. of calories and it tastes soo much better!
i'am getting ready to try this diet.has anyone been on it longer than a week?i'm not sure if you follow it for a week and then stop for a day or so then get started again.
Stacy needs to be careful she could have depleted all of th good bacteria in her cohen if she is used to had carb and protein diet watery discharge is a sign of IBS . This turn into divercoultious
I am following this diet (on day 2) can't wait for the potato, however, my soup recipe stated to use 1 package Lipton Vegetable Soup mix, not chicken noodle... Also my version called for 1 green onion, not 3. If you google "Sacred Heart Diet" you can see my version on the first link. Anyone else see other variationf of this diet?
hey does anyone know if you can eat fruit and veg on days 4 5 and 6. or is it just bananas and soup (beef and toms etc)
I am on day 4 the first 2 days I was bloated from all of the fruit and veggies and was going to the bathroom alot...I have already lost 5 pounds but will have to cheat a little on Day 6 for a friends birthday. Day 3 I also cheated a bit I had a couple bites of cake and some peas! I hope to be able to do the diet for two weeks, I've never been able to stick to any diet before but this one is really easy for me. I also added a lot of cayenne pepper to the half of the soup so I have a spicy one and regular to switch things up. Good luck to everyone!
stacy, i think it's from the extreme flip of your diet that your experiencing that. only if it is an extreme flip cause it's a detox diet. your also eating alot of fruit which makes you go to the bathroom but be sure to drink alot of water because diarrhea comes from being dehydrated! hope it helps :) i started this diet mainly for detox, and to shed a couple pounds to jump start. im on my second day and ive been feeling good. i can't have alot of fruit cause i have candidas so i has some plain yogurt with fruit for the first day and i put a little chicken in the soup. but so far so good. i've been really focusing also on portion control which i feel will help after the diet is over to maintain weight loss. several small meals a day does the trick! lots of water :)
I am on the first day and I think it's going pretty well. I am not having any cravings, except for this morning I craved bacon really bad, and I don't normally eat it. I've been eating tons of fruit and so far I've had 2 bowls of the soup, and I'll probably have one more before bed. I am just wondering, I have been having diarrhea, and it's like water comming out. I am doing this about every 5 to 10 minutes. Is that normal? What's going on?
Day 3 and I have lost 6 lbs so far! Really looking forward to bananas and milk, and the baked potato never tasted so good! The diet does work but it is not something that I could do for very long. Plan on sticking it out for a week and then going back to my 1200 calorie, 20 gram fat a day diet that I lost 25 lbs on at first of year. Good luck to everyone!
This is a super diet. I've been on it for 4 days and have lost 5 lbs. I am 54 and have never been able to stick to a diet for very long. This time it's different. I dont miss my coffee in the morning or any of the other foods that you're not supposed to have, such as french bread with butter or cheese which I love. I feel really good energy wise. I hope to continue this diet for as long as I can or else switch over to another low carbohydrate diet. My daughter is on this diet also with me and we had an argument over the Lipton chicken noodle soup mix. She says we should not use the kind with the noodles in it but I couldnt find any other Lipton chicken noodle mix without the noodles in the grocery store. Does anyone know about this. Thank you and good luck to all.
Today is my day 7 on this diet and I have lost 10 lbs. I did cheat once and had a crab cake last night. But I do believe its the water, the soup and some form of exercising. I did the first 2 still working on the 3rd.
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