Soup diets have been around for many     1     (year). The cabbage soup diet was one     2     the soup-based eating plans, and it     3     (become) popular in the 1980s. On this plan, people follow a special cabbage soup recipe and eat it for seven days with the goal of     4     (lose) around 10 pounds.

Since that time, other soup-based diets have been created. For example,     5     are vegetarian soup plans and bean-based soup plans. Each of these plans promises great weight loss in a short period of time.

Research has shown that eating soup may help you eat     6     (little) than usual and, as a result, lose weight. It means when you     7     (strict) limit the types of food you eat, you can avoid overeating.

A study     8     (perform) in the United States found a relationship between soup consumption(消耗)     9     lower body weight. Researchers believed that soup consumption may be a good way for people     10     (manage) their body weight.