Cookie Diet - A Fad?
February 5th, 2010
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.
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. Most fad diets center on some super weight loss food, much like the cookie diet centers on the cookie. 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. Crack the Fat Loss Code on the other hand stands out by promising what it claims, doing so with the use of healthy, nutrition food that actually makes sense!
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. There were about 500 calories combined in the cookies, and the dinner could be 300 calories in the evening. 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. If you are willing to lower your calorie intake to such an extreme, why not just go on an intermittent fast for 24 hours? This type of fasting is explained in great detail in the book Eat Stop Eat.
A new version of the cookie diet became popular with Hollywood stars as the Hollywood cookie diet. Stars and starlets made their use of the diet well known, which helped vault it to public attention. 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.
Don’t waste time with 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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