Find Out About The Fad Diet Called “The Cookie Diet”

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One of the most ridiculous fad diets ever invented is the cookie diet. The diet relies on eating cookies to control hunger and thus help people lose weight. 

 

Fad diets seem to be everywhere these days. In general a fad diet is a diet which is designed to last for short periods of time, during which large amounts of weight can supposedly be lost. Fad diets generally include some super food, like the cookie in the cookie diet, with miraculous weight loss properties. In this sense they are something like the old traveling medicine shows, in which a slick talking salesman would expound on the virtues of some magical formula created by a Guru of some type.

 

Sanford Siegel created the cookie diet in 1975 while he was doing research for a nutrition book. This cookie diet consisted of patients eating six cookies each day in place of meals, then eating a reasonable dinner. People on the diet ate only 800 calories a day. Very quickly the cookie diet became a huge success, with 14 clinics in Florida and 10 in Latin America expounding this amazing weight loss formula. In the middle 1980s over 200 doctors were prescribing Dr. Siegel’s cookie diet in their own practices. The diet was quickly expanded to miracle soups and shakes that also contained the amino acids.

 

Later Hollywood grabbed the cookie diet. This diet received a great deal of media attention in part because of the PR efforts of attention grabbing stars and starlets.  Like the original cookie diet this Hollywood version replaced breakfast and lunch with cookies, then allowed a reasonable dinner.  Each cookie contains approximately 150 calories, loaded with fiber, protein and 13 vitamins and minerals.

 

If you’re thinking of the cookie diet take Donnie Brasco’s advice – forget about it. Remember that good health comes from a balanced diet and an exercise program.  Even if the star of your favorite movie claims to love them, avoid so called miracle weight loss foods. And be sure to check with your personal physician before trying a new diet plan.

 

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