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Have you heard about the Cookie Diet? The cookies, developed by Dr. Sanford Siegal, are marketed as healthy cookies that can replace regular meals and help you lose weight by controlling hunger.
The idea is that you eat six cookies with water throughout the day, whenever you feel hungry. Then you eat an approximately 500-calorie dinner of lean protein and vegetables. The result: a 1000-calorie-per-day diet.
The cookie diet seems to me like yet another diet that causes rapid weight loss simply because it is extremely low in calories. But we already explained that a quick weight loss is not such a good idea.
In addition, if you follow this diet long-term, and some people do, you might suffer nutritional deficiencies.
I also object to the idea behind this diet because I think people who want to lose weight need to learn to eat regular foods in moderation rather than relying on special diet foods. While I can see the appeal for people who "hate veggies," I think that in the long term, it's extremely important for people to develop their palates and learn to enjoy the taste and texture of healthy foods.
Cross posted on my blog, How to Lose Weight.
