All DietsWhat You Should Know
The Sacred Heart Diet claims to be a medical diet and works as a detox diet for seven days. This diet can be used as often as you’d like, and if you do not cheat over the course of the week you should lose anywhere from 10 to 17 pounds. If you lose more than this, you should wait a few days before starting the diet again.
List of Ingredients
The diet soup contains:
- 1 or 2 cans of stewed tomatoes.
- 3 plus large green onions.
- 1 large can of beef broth (no fat.)
- 1 pkg. Lipton Soup mix (chicken noodle.)
- 1 bunch of celery.
- 2 cans of green beans.
- 2 lbs of Carrots.
- 2 Green Peppers.
Other allowed foods on this diet include fruits (with restriction on bananas for a portion of the diet.) Drinks allowed on the diet are: unsweetened juices, tea and herbal tea, black coffee, skim milk, cranberry juice and water.
Product Features
Eat as much soup as you want throughout the week. The soup will not add calories so the more you eat, the more weight you will lose.
Day One: Eat only soup and fruit today, but do not eat bananas.
Day Two: Eat all vegetables today, whether cooked, canned, or raw. Stay away from beans, corn, and peas and stick with green leafy vegetables. Eat as much soup as you want. At dinner time, have a baked potato with butter.
Day Three: Eat all the fruit, vegetables, and soup you want. Do not have a baked potato. At this point you should have lost 5-7 pounds and may notice an increase in energy.
Day Four: Eat at least three bananas and drink as much milk as you can today, in addition to the soup. You’ll need this to reduce cravings and restore potassium levels.
Day Five: Eat 10 to 20 ounces of beef and up to 6 tomatoes today, while having the soup at least once.
Day Six: Eat up to three steaks and all the veggies you want today. Be sure to eat the soup at least once today. Have lots of green leafy vegetables, but no baked potato.
Day Seven: Eat brown rice and drink unsweetened juice and stuff yourself with vegetables and soup. By the end of the day today if you have not cheated, you should see a 10 to 17 pound weight loss.
Do not drink alcohol or soda. Do not drink alcohol within 14 hours of going off the diet.
Advantages
- Will lose weight fast.
Disadvantages
- Some people may experience changes in their bowel movements that they do not like as the body cleanses itself.
- May require you to eat bran or fiber.
Conclusion
The diet is supposedly used at the Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital to help overweight patients lose weight quickly before surgery. There is no proof of this claim. The diet will help keep you nutritionally balanced and makes sure to provide you with energy. If you are not overweight and do not need to lose the weight quickly, you should find another diet, and as always consult your doctor before beginning a program like this one.
I tried this diet and I did loose 15 pounds the first week. I did because I was going on a vacation and wanted to loose unwanted pounds. It took awhile to gain the pounds back. I am now starting back but I plan to stick it until I get to my ideal diet. If you follow exactly you never feel hungry and you do feel full. I pack my lunch daily and I enjoy the soup and veggies. I do recommend this diet. It does work but you do have to follow it exactly to feel fulfilled.
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how much water should be added to the soup
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I don’t see an answer. do you know how much water to use ?
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The directions say to cover the vegetables with water. Boil for 10 minutes at a high boil and then turn down to about medium. Cook until vegetable are done.
I recommend this if you have DECIDED to do something about your weight. I did this along with my husband two years ago. It’s hard the first few days but we stuck with it and we each lost 15 pounds the first week. After the detox, we felt GREAT and we just continued a healthy eating lifestyle (no brainer). We kept losing weight and I lost a total of 30lbs, my husband 40lbs. I have have reached a plateau after a tramadic experience but I’ve only gained 5 lbs back. I plan on going back to this to jump start it and lose the last 20 lbs to my goal.
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In the soup recipe it says underneath the celery 2 cans, but does not say two cans of what?
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2 cans of nothing!! On another recipe from a web site, just leave that off and that is the whole recipe.
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It’s two cans of stewed tomatoes.
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I was on this diet for 2 wks earlier this year. I lost 19lbs the first week and 17lbs the second week. After the holiday… I’m going back on it. It works. This is my ace up the sleeve.
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I started the diet and lost 17 pounds the first week and 15 pounds the second week I am excited because I am 110 pounds over weight and am finally losing it while eating healthy…
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ok well how long are u suppose to stop the diet before you get bak on or can u caontiue the diet without stopping????and is this safe if u are pregnant
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When pregant you should not diet at all unless your doctor puts you on one. You need to check with your doctor before you go on this diet. I can’t image that this would be good for a pregant woman.That is not to say that it isn’t a good diet after you have the baby and are not nursing
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I do not eat red meat or chicken. May I substitute fish in place of the red meat?
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Yes you can substitute fish for he red meat
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I don’t eat a lot of red meat can I substitute chicken and fish instead?
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I am type2 diabetic. Is this a
safe diet for me?
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You can drink unsweetened juices,cranberry juice and skim milk anytime? If so how much?
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i read your diet it says 2 cans.. but it doesn’t say of what?
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TWO CANS OF STEWED TOMATOES
I HAVE BEEN ON THE DIET AND I HAVE LOST 30 LBS.
I HAVE COFFEE EVERY MORNING WITH SURER FREE HAZEL NUT CREAMER WITH STIVA BALANCE,
I EAT TWO BOWLS OF THE SOUP EVERY DAY AND EAT EACH DAY WHAT IS ALLOWED AND IT IS THE BEST DIET I HAVE EVER BEEN ON THE SOUP IS GREAT. I WENT OFF AT THANKSGIVING FOUR DAYS WENT RIGHT BACK ON THE DIET AND WENT FIVE DAYS AT CHRISTMAS WENT BACK ON THE DIET, NO PROBLEM. ONCE A MONTH
I GO OFF IN THE EVENING AND HAVE A FEW BITE OF SOMETHING I AM MISSING AND GO RIGHT BACK ON THE DIET. IM GOING TO MAKE IT THIS TIME. THE LORD GAVE ME THIS DIET I AM SO THANKFUL. I ALSO HAVE WENT FROM A SIZE 24 TO SIZE 18 SOON WILL BE IN A 16 I HAVE GOT IT ON JUST CANT ZIP IT YET.
TRY IT YOU WILL LIKE IT.
EAT YOUR SOUP IT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE AND DONT LET YOUR SELF GET HUNGRY.
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On the stuff you have in your soup, you have the bunch of celery then 2 cans, then 2 cans of green beans. It is the 6th item. What should be in these 2 cans?
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Can I use any butter spray, vinegar or anything else while on this diet
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on the soup recipe it left off what comes after 2 cups ?
Please tell me what it is.
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HOW TO DO IF VEGETARIAN ON THE MEAT DAYS
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I am on day three ! So far I have no problem.I do have a question.
On the list of drinks,there is fruit juice ,and also skim milk,can these be consumed throughout the week,along with the green tea ,water ,etc.? Can we drink vegetable juices such as V-8 ?
I look forward to tomorrow morning when I will weigh .I will try to post on this .Good luck to everyone!
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I have been operated on for diverticulitis. I cannot eat tomatoes or too much corn. can I do the diet with no problems?
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