Dr. Siegel's Cookie Diet

Dr. Siegel’s Cookie Diet

Dr. Siegel’s Cookie Diet

One of the most ridiculous fad diets ever invented is the cookie diet. This diet is based on a mixture of amino acids baked into a cookie designed to control a patient’s hunger.

Fad diets are intended to help people lose a great deal of weight in a short period of time they’re popular because they appear to be miracles. Fad diets generally include some super food, like the cookie in the cookie diet, with miraculous weight loss properties. These diets rely on slick pitches that make it seem silly not to buy and try the diet.

The cookie diet came about as the result of research into natural foods done for a book in 1975. This cookie diet consisted of patients eating six cookies each day in place of meals, then eating a reasonable dinner. All told the daily caloric intake was about 800 calories. The cookie diet exploded to 24 clinics around the world. In the middle 1980s over 200 doctors were prescribing Dr. Siegel’s cookie diet in their own practices. It was at this time that shakes and soups were added to the mix, these also containing the amino acids that control hunger.

There is another version of the cookie diet referred to as the Hollywood cookie diet because it became popular with many Hollywood stars. This diet received a great deal of media attention in part because of the PR efforts of attention grabbing stars and starlets. This newer version of the diet included four cookies and a dinner. Each cookie contains approximately 150 calories, loaded with fiber, protein and 13 vitamins and minerals.

Don’t waste time with the cookie diet. Eat less, exercise more that’s the formula for good health. Even if the star of your favorite movie claims to love them, avoid so called miracle weight loss foods.