The Cookie Diet: The Secret is Out!

A cookie diet is, yes you guessed it, a diet consisting solely of cookies (and a light dinner). But the catch is that you cannot eat just any cookie if you want to follow a cookie diet plan. What you get to eat are cookies created specifically for this diet plan, and that too in a limited number.  

The very first cookie diet was developed way back in 1975, by Dr. Sanford Siegal, a bariatric physician based in Miami, who was trying to find a way to help his patients curb their hunger pangs. Dr. Siegal mixed some specific amino acids with some secret ingredients and created a cookie. 

Following the popularity of Dr. Siegal’s diet plan, many other cookie diet plans appeared, such as Smart for Life Cookie Diet, R&D Diet Cookie, and Hollywood Cookie Diet. Dr. Seigal later introduced another plan, and named it Dr. Siegal's Plan 10X. The cookies’ formula was tweaked to suits vegetarians (NOT vegans, though) and was made kosher.

All these cookie diets are based on the idea that if you consume no more that 1000-1200 calories in a day, you are bound to lose weight. The cookies, thus, contain 60-90 calories each, and patients are required to eat a specific number of cookies for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Most allow one proper meal, preferably dinner, but each of these meals should contain no more than 500 calories.

In Dr. Siegal’s classic diet plan, patients are required to eat six cookies (approximately 500 calories) whenever they feel hungry and a dinner containing six ounces of lean white meat protein and one cup of vegetables (approximately 300 calories). Eight glasses of liquid (ideally water) should also be consumed daily. His New Plan 10X cookies contain 60 calories each, and one or two should be eaten every two hours. Dr. Seigal claims that patients can lose up to 15 pounds in a month through his cookie diet.

If you chose Hollywood Cookie Diet, you will be allow up to four cookies a day (each having 150 calories) and “a sensible dinner.” 

The greatest plus point of a cookie diet is that a cookie is “durable, doesn't need refrigeration, fits in a purse or briefcase, and is enjoyed by nearly everyone,” as Dr. Seigal notes. 

These cookies lack in dietary fiber, so you need to consume supplements for it. Most plans also recommend taking a multivitamin a day. Some of these diet packs come with fiber and vitamin supplements bundled along.

These diet cookies may not taste as delicious as your everyday cookies, but while the first of these came in a oatmeal raisin flavor, now they come in a variety of flavors: chocolate, chocolate chips, coconut, banana, blueberry, cranberry granola, banana chocolate granola, peanut butter, and, of course, oatmeal raisin.

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