BASIC FAT BURNING SOUP

From Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital.  (used for overweight heart
patients to lose rapidly, usually before surgery)

	1 or 2 can tomatoes (28 oz.)
        3 cans of water (tomato cans)
        2 packages Lipton Soup Mix
        2 green peppers (bell)
        6 large green onions
        1 large cabbage
        1 bunch of celery

Season with salt, pepper, curry, basil, paprika, parsley,
bouillon cubes or hot sauce (if desired).  Cut vegetables in
small to medium pieces and cover with water.  Boil fast for ten
minutes.  Reduce to simmer and continue cooking until vegetables
are tender.

This soup can be eaten anytime you are hungry.   Eat as much as
you want, whenever you want.  This soup will not add calories. 
The more you eat the more you will loose.  Fill a thermos in the
morning, if you will be away during the day.

IF EATEN ALONE FOR INDEFINITE PERIODS, YOU WILL SUFFER
MALNUTRITION!

Day 1:  ALL FRUITS, EXCEPT BANANAS.  Cantaloupe and watermelon
are lower than most fruits.  Eat only the soup and fruits.  For
drinks:  Unsweetened tea, cranberry juice or water.

Day 2:  ALL VEGETABLE.  Eat until you are stuffed with all the
fresh raw or can vegetables.  Try to eat green leafy veggies,
stay away from dry beans, peas, and corn.  Eat along with the
soup.  As dinner time on this day, reward yourself with a big
baked potato ad butter.  DO NOT EAT ANY FRUITS.

Day 3:  EAT ALL SOUP , FRUITS AND VEGGIES YOU WANT.  DO NOT HAVE
A BAKED POTATO.  After having eaten for three days as dictated
above, and having not cheated, you will have lost 5-7 pounds.

Day 4:  BANANAS AND SKIM MILK.  Eat as many as three bananas and
drink as many glasses of water as you can on this day, along
with the soup.  Bananas are high in calories and carbohydrates
and so is the milk, but on this particular day, your body will
need the potassium and the carbohydrates, proteins and calcium
to lessen your craving for sweets.

Day 5:  BEEF AND TOMATOES.  You may have 10-20 ounces of beef
and a can of tomatoes or as many as six fresh tomatoes on this
day.  Try to drink at least 6-8 glasses of water today to wash
away the uric acid in your body.  Eat the soup at least once
this day.

Day 6:  BEEF AND VEGGIES.  Eat to your heart's content.  You can
even have two or three steaks, if you like with green leafy
vegetables, but NO BAKED POTATO.  Be sure and eat the soup at
least once today.

Day 7:  BROWN RICE, UNSWEETENED FRUITY JUICE, AND VEGETABLES. 
Again, stuff, stuff yourself.  Be sure to have the soup at least
once this day.

The end of the seventh day, if you have not cheated on the diet,
you have lost 10-17 pounds.  If you have lost more than 15
pounds, STAY OFF THE DIET FOR TWO DAYS before resuming the diet
again, on Day 1.

This seven-day eating plan can be used as often as you like.  As
a matter of fact, if correctly followed, it will clean your
system of impurities and give you a feeling of well-being, as
never before.

After only seven days of this process, you will begin to feel
lighter by at least 10 to 17 pounds, having an abundance of
energy.  Continue this plan as long as you wish and feel the
difference.

This diet is fast, fat-burning, and the secret is that you will
burn more calories than you take in.  This diet does not,
however, lend itself to drinking any alcoholic beverages at any
time, due to the removal of the fat buildup in your system.  IF
YOU ARE DETERMINED TO DRINK ALCOHOL, GO OFF THE DIET AT LEAST 24
HOURS FIRST!

Because everyone's digestive system is different, this diet will
affect everyone differently.  After Day 3, you will have more
energy than when you began.  If you did not cheat.  After being
on the diet for several days, you will find your bowel movements
have changes -- eat a cup of bran or fiber.  Although you can
have black coffee with this diet, you may find that you do not
need the caffeine, after the third day.

DEFINITE NO-NO'S:  Bread, alcohol, and carbonated drinks
(including diet drinks).  STICK WITH WATER, UNSWEETENED TEA,
BLACK COFFEE, UNSWEETENED FRUIT JUICES, CRANBERRY JUICE AND
SKIMMED MILK.

The basic fat burning soup can be eaten anytime you feel hungry.
Eat as much as you wish.  Remember, the more you eat, the more
you will lose.  NO FRIED FOODS, OR BREAD!   You can eat broiled
or baked chicken instead of meat (absolutely no skin on the
chicken).

It is not believed that any prescribed medication will not hurt
you on this diet.  Continue this plan as long as you wish and
feel the difference, both mentally and physically.  If you
prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef on only one
of the beef days.  This is because you need the high protein in
the beef the other days.