7 day diet modified by Michael Tierra

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Basic Fat-Burning Soup

Modified by Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC., O.M.D.

 

Ingredients:

6 large green onions or large red onion

1-2 cans of tomatoes

1 large head of cabbage

2 green peppers

1 bunch celery

rosemary & tarragon for flavoring

shitake mushrooms for flavoring

1 hot pepper

2 or 3 cloves of chopped garlic

1 4 inch piece of kombu seaweed

vegetable bouillon (such as Bioforce's Plantaforce)

Spices such as rosemary, sage, thyme, tarragon or

oregano can be added as desired toward the ending of

cooking. Season with salt, pepper, parsley, bouillon

or hot sauce, if desired. However, with the bouillon

added, it probably requires little or no salt.

Cut vegetables in small to medium pieces, sauté in

olive oil & cover with water. Boil fast for 10 (ten)

minutes. Cut to simmer & continue cooking until

vegetables are tender. This soup can be eaten any time

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 lose. Fill a thermos in the

morning if you will be away during the day. If eaten

alone for indefinite periods, you would suffer from

malnutrition.

DAY ONE: All fruits except bananas. Cantaloupe and

watermelon are lower in calories than most fruits. Eat

only the soup and fruits. For drinks - un-sweetened

tea, cranberry juice, or water.

DAY TWO: All vegetables. Eat until you are stuffed

with all the fresh, raw or canned vegetables. Try to

eat leafy vegetables and stay away from dry beans,

peas and corn. Eat along with the soup. At dinner time

on this day, reward yourself with a big baked potato

an butter. Do not eat any fruits.

DAY THREE: Eat all soup, fruits and vegetables you

want. Do not have a baked potato. If you have eaten

for three days, as above, and have not cheated, you

will find you have lost 5-7 pounds.

DAY FOUR: Bananas and skim milk. Eat as many as 3

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 FIVE: Beef or lamb and tomatoes. Try to select

high quality range fed animal protein free of

antibiotics or hormones. You may have 10-20 ounces of

beef or lamb and a can of tomatoes or as many as 6

fresh tomatoes on this day. Try to drink at least 6-8

glasses of water this day to wash away the uric acid

in your body. Eat the soup at least once this day. You

can substitute either wheat gluten (seitan) for the

beef or lamb or aduki beans, chicken or fish.

DAY SIX: Beef or lamb & vegetables. Eat to your

heart's content of the beef or lamb and vegetables

this day. You can 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.

You can substitute either wheat gluten (seitan) for

the beef or lamb or aduki beans, chicken or fish.

DAY SEVEN: Brown rice, un-sweetened fruit and

vegetables. Again, stuff yourself. Be sure to have the

soup at least once today.

By the end of the seventh day, if you have not cheated

on the diet, you will 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 for day one.

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 lbs., and possibly 17.

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 no more calories than you take in. It

will flush your system of impurities and give you a

feeling of well being. This diet does not lend itself

to drinking alcoholic beverages at any time because of

the removal for fat buildup in your system. Go off the

diet at least 24 hours before intake of alcohol.

Because everyone's digestive system is different, this

diet will affect everyone differently. After day

three, 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

changed -- eat a cup o bran or fiber. Although you can

have black coffee with this diet, you may find that

you don't need the caffeine after the third day.

DEFINITE NO-NO'S - BREAD, ALCOHOL, CARBONATED DRINKS

INCLUDING DIET DRINKS.

STICK WITH WATER, UN-SWEETENED TEA, BLACK COFFEE,

UN-SWEETENED 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 chicken (absolutely no

skin) instead of beef. Vegetarians can use aduki or

mung beans, seitan.

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. You need high protein in

the beef the other days.

One of the best herbal formulas to use during this

fast is Triphala. Take from 2 to tablets morning and

midday and 4 in the evening. Instead of coffee or tea

use a grain beverage. A very good fasting tea is a

combination of nettles, chickweed and fennel seed

which also helps in weight reduction. There are many

excellent green drinks and soya protein powders that

can be used to supplement as needed and replace meat.

To keep the weight off, replace one meal a day with

soup, eat more vegetables.

 

This diet is derived from one given at the Sacred

Heart Memorial Hospital for overweight heart patients

to lose weight rapidly, usually before surgery.

Modifications have been added by Dr. Michael Tierra,

Acupuncturist and Herbalist.

 

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