The Facts on the Cookie Diet
One of the most ridiculous fad diets ever invented is the cookie diet. In essence this diet claims that amino acids baked into cookies can control hunger.
It’s been more than 30 years since the cookie diet arrived on the scene. Perhaps you’ve never heard of it. And even if you have, you might be wondering if such a strange weight loss plan can actually work.
Fad diets are short term weight loss programs in which people are supposed to lose a lot of weight. They’re popular because the weight loss tips that are central to these plans supposedly result in rapid shedding of excess pounds. Often times, like the cookie diet, these diets rely on a single miracle food with amazing properties that lead to dramatic weight loss. 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 gifted inventor of some type.
Sanford Siegel created the cookie diet in 1975 while he was doing research for a nutrition book. The cookie diet consists of eating 6 cookies in place of breakfast and lunch, then consuming a normal dinner. All told the daily caloric intake was about 800 calories. 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. By the 80′s 200 doctors were pushing the cookie diet. It was at this time that shakes and soups were added to the mix, these also containing the amino acids that control hunger.
A new version of the cookie diet became popular with Hollywood stars as the Hollywood 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 should contain approximately 150 calories, loaded with fiber, protein and 13 vitamins and minerals.
Do yourself a favor – avoid the cookie diet. Remember that good health comes from a balanced diet and an exercise program. In general this is a much healthier way to lose or maintain weight than relying on some fly by night miracle food, even if it is endorsed by someone you recognize from a movie.
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