This soup definitely doesnt hurt my tummy...I make sure and let it simmer for a long time...Just like Heather said, cooking the cabbage, or any veggies for that matter for a long time should help make them more tolerable, as it tends to break down the insoluble fiber and make it easier to digest. I love cabbage too...and I find that soup is pretty much the only way I can tolerate it. I definitely cannot handle it raw - any lettuce or green leafy vegetable raw really tears me up. I have pretty much had to cut out lettuce from my diet entirely... even when I eat it at the end of a meal with plenty of soluble fiber, I get heavy gas (which I guess is better than the nono-stop cramping and diarrhea that would ensue if I ate it at the beginning)...but still, it's pretty intolerable.