What’s a cookie diet anyway?

The original Cookie Diet was created in 1975 by Dr. Sanford Siegal – a renowned physican and weight-loss expert.  Some think that these are fad diets – especially when they hear the name.  I mean after all, how can you lose weight eating cookies and is that all you eat?  When we heard that more than 200 doctors recommend this program to their patients, we thought we’d better take a look.

You can eat these cookies as part of the actual Cookie Diet OR you can supplement your own program with them as an appetite suppresant.  This is the method we like as the actual Cookie Diet is extremely low in calories and it’s very restrictive.  The cookies contain an amino acid mixture which will help you satisfy hunger without drugs and – let’s face it – if this can help us stick to our diet without “cheating”, let’s go for it!  Dr. Siegal also offers hunger-controlling diet shakes as well.

A few other considerations.

There are many cookie diets out there.  They all emulate Dr. Siegal’s origianl so don’t be fooled.  Dr. Siegal has been featured in countless news mediums including the New York Times, Forbes, ABC, CNN and many more.  He personally mixes every batch of these cookies to keep his formula safe.  The cookies are really good and absolutely will help you stay on plan.

The cookies are offered in a variety of flavors:  oatmeal raisin, chocolate, blueberry, banana and coconut.  They come in one size only which is a box of 42 cookies for $59.00 (plus s&h unless you order 4 or more and then shipping is free worldwide).  That comes to 1.40 per cookie.  That seems high but I think it’s worth it.  I’d much rather eat these cookies than take that dumb Acai stuff.  I use it in conjunction with my Weight Watchers plan and it works really well.


Dr. Sanford Siegal's COOKIE DIET™Calories:  90
Total Fat 2.5g
Saturated Fat:  1g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol:  0mg
Sodium:  150mg
Total Carb:  11g
Dietary Fiber:  2g
Sugars:  2g
Protein:  5g

Weight Watchers Points Per Cookie:  2

Filed under: Diet Aids • Special Stuff

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!