Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Souping Versus Juicing xiv
1 My Own Journey to Health 1
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired 2
Death Knocked on My Door 3
Nightmares and the Angel in the Morning 5
Healing Wounds 7
A Sleep Crisis Revisited 10
2 Soup: The Ultimate Comfort Food 15
Soup and Society 16
Go Forth and Make Soup! 17
Why Soup Is Good for You 20
Soup Rules: Tips for Making the Best Soup Ever! 21
Most Popular Soups 24
Types of Soups 28
Bone Broth With Marrow 29
Soup for Your Soul 29
3 Living Foods: The Essential Foundation 35
The Abundant Lifestyle 36
Raw Soup to the Rescue! The Superior Benefits of a Living Foods Diet 39
What Living Foods Offer You 39
Souper Ingredients 42
What Living Foods Have Given Me 58
A Live-Food Soup Recipe 59
Live Food Will Give You Life! 59
4 Detoxing With Soup 61
The Cellulite Soup Cure 64
Are You Toxic? 66
The Souper Detox Programs 68
Get Started With the Colon-Cleanse Program 69
Refresh Your System With a Souper Kidney Cleanse 78
The Souper Liver Cleanse 84
Lymphatic System Souper Cleanse 96
Happy Cleansing! 99
5 A "Souper" Weight-Loss Solution 101
Soup Research 102
Soup It Up Before Your Meal 104
Souper Slow 108
The Truth About Soup and Weight Loss 109
Souper Healthy Weight-Loss Solutions! 109
Souping for Slimming 111
Soups to Avoid 111
Soup and Exercise 112
Weight-Loss Soups 112
Soup It Up With Foods That Help You Lose Weight 117
Thermogenic Foods That Rev Up Your Metabolism 118
No More Diet Blues 120
6 The Healing Power of Soup 121
Veggie Fever 122
Vegetable Soup Can Fight Cell Damage 123
Jet Fuel for Your Immune System 125
Chicken Soup Fights Colds and Flu 127
Quell Inflammation 128
The Healing Soup Diet for Crohn's Disease, Colitis, and IBS 131
The Health Benefits of Broth 133
Just What the Doctor Ordered 135
7 How Do I Begin? 137
Tools and Equipment 137
Saving Time by Prepping 139
Speedy Soups for Busy Days 140
Choose Your Ingredients Wisely 141
Why You Should Buy Organic Food 147
The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen 149
What About Mexican Organics? 150
Should You Eat Irradiated Food? 151
Avoid GMO Foods 152
8 Soup Recipes to Cleanse Your Body, Encourage Weight Loss, Restore Health, and Increase Energy 157
Raw Blender Soups 158
Gently Warmed Soups 165
Creamy Soups (Without the Cream) 167
Vegetable Soups 173
Healing Soups 178
Detox Soups 182
Soups With Legumes 187
Soups With Muscle Meat 196
Appendix: Resources 203
Connect With Cherie 203
Books Cherie John Calbom 205
Cherie's Recommendations 206
Notes 209