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Can cookies take your diets to new heights?
I canz haz cookies on my diet?
It didn’t take long for the cookie diet to become one of the most popular diets of the world. When you consider that the claims of being able to eat cookies and lose weight are the primary promotional techniques used for this diet, it is easy to see why so many people rushed to give it a try. Dr. Siegel is the creator of this diet and he claims that for the past 30 years he has been using cookies to help people lose weight.
If you are unfamiliar with how the cookie diet works basically you are allowed to snack on healthy cookies. Dr. Siegel originally formulated this diet when he was helping clients in his Miami practice with standard diets. He found that for many people, trying to get through the day without snacking is nearly impossible and it is all too easy to fall off your diet when the temptation to snack becomes too much to control.
To answer this problem he began baking healthy cookies made with natural ingredients and distributed them to those patients of his ever trying to control their hunger throughout the day. More than 200 doctors have gotten in line behind Dr. Siegel and he has made the rounds of all the most popular television programs promoting this diet.
It is important to note that the cookie diet is not actually a diet per se. This is more of a snack that has been packaged for ultimate promotion. Essentially, this is a nutrition bar with a beefed-up marketing plan. While there is nothing wrong with replacing harmful snacks with a healthy one, you certainly cannot base an entire diet on cookies.
Opponents of the cookie diet point out that giving people snacks is not the best way to help them lose weight over the long term. Lifestyle changes are usually accepted as the best way to lose weight over the long term and by allowing cookies for snacks, it is possible that bad behavior can be reinforced instead of learning to find better choices for foods.
While the ingredients and Dr. Siegel’s cookies are actually quite healthy the fact remains that it is still a cookie. For those that just need a small pick me up to get them through the day and are well aware of their caloric requirements and able to stick to their diets, the cookie diet is probably not all that harmful. However for those that find it difficult to control cravings, the cookie diet could be disastrous.
Eating one cookie is easy enough, eating ten is even easier. Considering that these cookies don’t come cheap and are currently priced at around $56 for a one-week supply, dieters may want to reconsider this option. There are much healthier snacks out there that can satisfy cravings without taking an enormous chunk out of your checkbook.
If the cookie diet nothing more than hype? You can ask a hundred people that question and probably come up with a hundred different answers. Personally, I think it’s ridiculous diet. The fact remains that these are indeed cookies and if you are looking to make a lifestyle change this diet may not be appropriate.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
This gave me a great idea…the Cheesecake Diet….or the Ben and Jerry’s Diet…or the Pecan Pie Diet…
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 am
[...] agree with Lazy Man, the cookie diet is [...]
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
“It didn’t take long for the cookie diet to become one of the most popular diets of the world.”
Actually, it took 33 years. I created Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET in 1975 and treated more than 500,000 patients with it before deciding a year ago to launch http://www.CookieDiet.com and make my cookies and shakes available to the general public. Last Friday, August 29th, the most-searched term on AOL.com was “sarah palin”. The second? “dr. siegal’s cookie diet”. Obviously, it’s been quite a year for us.
The reason for our success is simple. Our cookies do exactly what we claim they do: control your hunger so you can stick to your diet.
Thank you for blogging about Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET.
Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D.
CookieDiet.com
Miami, Florida
September 7th, 2008 at 5:05 am
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September 12th, 2008 at 7:47 am
I agree that many healthy diets don’t work because people just get too hungry to control their urges. This is the main reason I promote eating every three hours;it allows us to eat healthy food without being hungry and still lose weight (if that is the goal).
I can see how the idea of eating cookies has great appeal. I’m going to look into the nutriotional content of these “cookies” to learn more about them.
Good post!
September 15th, 2008 at 11:24 am
[...] The first time I heard the phrase “Cookie Diet” was a few years ago. I immediately tuned out after hearing the phrase. Back then, I was an obese man still trying to figure out how to lose weight. The idea that a diet can be centered on cookies was outrageous to me. I tuned-out and forgot all about the Cookie Diet, that is until a review of the Cookie Diet popped up on the blog Lazy Man and Health. [...]