Does The Cookie Diet Actually Work?

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.

It's been more than 30 years since the cookie diet arrived on the scene. Maybe it's completely new to you. If you have, you're probably still questioning whether this somewhat odd diet plan will really do what it promises.

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. Fad diets generally include some super food, like the cookie in the cookie diet, with miraculous weight loss properties. They are usually sold by a series of wild claims, much like the old pitch men pitched in the traveling medicine shows.

The cookie diet came about as the result of research into natural foods done for a book in 1975. The cookie diet consists of eating 6 cookies in place of breakfast and lunch, then consuming a normal dinner. People on the diet ate only 800 calories a day. People went wild over the cookie diet to the extent that 14 clinics opened in Florida. It wasn't long before over 200 doctors were regularly recommending the cookie diet. The clever doctor came out with soups and shakes that also contained the amino acids needed to control hunger.

Later Hollywood grabbed the 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.These cookies each contain 150 calories and fiber, protein 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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