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Cookie Diet

Cookie Diet

The Cookie Diet uses cookies to entice dieters into easy weight loss. But these are not your grandmother’s cookies. Instead they're designed to be meal replacements -- made with fiber, protein, and other ingredients intended to keep you full. They're not nearly as sweet as Grandma's, though they're certainly tasty. They contain no drugs or secret ingredients, other than amino acids (the building blocks of protein) and fiber that act to suppress hunger.

About Cookie Diet

Several cookie diet plans exist; the most popular are the Hollywood Cookie Diet, the Smart for Life diet, and Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet.

Some of the cookie diets are designed for people to follow on their own with some online guidance; others are done under medical supervision. Eating 4-6 of the cookies a day will give you somewhere around 500 calories.

Anyone following an 800-calorie per day plan is sure to lose weight, but medical supervision is recommended for people following very low-calorie diets (less than 1,200 per day), as they are likely to be deficient in nutrients. Most of the very low-calorie cookie diet plans recommend a daily multivitamin to fill in the nutritional gaps.

The cookies that replace breakfast, lunch, and snacks range from 90-150 calories each. They come in a variety of flavors, including chocolate, banana, blueberry, oatmeal, and coconut. The cookies are convenient, portable, and don't need refrigeration.

On Siegal’s medically supervised cookie diet, you have one meal for dinner, consisting of 4-6 ounces of lean protein with steamed veggies or raw veggies. The meal contributes about 300 calories. Eight daily glasses of no-calorie coffee, tea, water, or other beverages are allowed, but no alcohol, sweets, fruits, dairy, or other foods are recommended.

Dieters using the online cookie diet plans without medical supervision are directed to eat about 500 calories worth of cookies each day, plus a dinner made up of sensible foods. This approach controls daytime calories, but dinner could be a calorie disaster unless it is chosen wisely.

Dietitians recommend that, once you reach your goal weight, you should increase your intake of healthy foods -- especially fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, and low fat-dairy -- for at least two meals a day, and rely on meal replacements for one meal a day.

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