Cookie Diet Reviews

We get a lot of feedback and questions on popular diets. The latest craze is the Cookie Diet. There are three major Cookie Diet companies, with several minor players that emulate the top three.

The Cookie Diet, regardless of brand or company, is a food supplement style diet. This method of dieting can work for most people since it absolutely controls the intake of calories using prepared food. The pitfall with all these types of diets is that once you quit eating the food, you have a good chance of gaining the weight back.

The Cookie Diet variation uses the gimmick of making people think that they get to eat cookies and lose weight. You would think that many people would see right through this ruse but obviously many don't.

We'll take each one of the three popular Cookie Diets and go through the methods and costs. All are very similar in design and methods. Probably the most popular is the Smart For Life Cookie Diet so we'll start with their review first.

Smart For Life

The big selling point by Smart For Life is they have a doctor who examines the customer to determine if they have medical condition. They also will provide treatment for any metabolic or hormone imbalance. Super vitamin shots and other vitamin products are available. There are currently about 50 locations around the country.

The basic premise is the same as any supplemental food program. Eat 6 cookies a day, every 2-3 hours and then dinner is open to personal choice but with proper nutrition and low in calories. There are other items like pudding or soups and a list of recipes that you can use for dinner or substitute for cookies. All are fiber and protein filled with amino acids to help control hunger.

The deal is to keep your calorie intake to 1200 per day. So they estimate your weight loss to be about 2-3 pounds per week. This is based on the fact that most people consume about 2500 calories per day. They are very strict on what you can eat, cutting out carbohydrates (as in potatoes, rice, and similar) and recommend only green type vegetables. No sugar, dairy products, heavy oils, alcohol, or fruit.

The cost of the products is $10 per day. The novelty of presenting the low cal food in the form of a cookie and the doctor supervision are the big selling points. They also feature weekly weigh ins, counseling, and nutrition information.

Dr. Siegal Cookie Diet

This is the guy who started the Cookie Diet over 30 years ago. He has one location in Miami, Florida. Dr. Siegal still personally mixes every batch of cookies with his secret reciepe of low-fat fiber, protein-filled, with a special blend of amino acids for hunger control.

The biggest difference between Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet is it really goes low on the calories, 800 per day. For many people this would be a severe change in diet and may create health issues for some.

Otherwise it's about the same as the Smart For Life (probably since Smart For Life had Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet to emulate). Other low calorie items and vitamins are available too.

The cost is slightly lower, about $8.00 per day average. There is only one clinic in Miami so in order to get any personal service you have to live in the area.

Hollywood Cookie Diet

Well, they have their own twist which is 4 cookies a day. Then of course they have also all the celebrities touting their version of the Cookie Diet. It's even been on popular TV shows.

It's probably the best known but the Smart For Life Cookie Diet has the 50 local centers and has grown by leaps and bounds. That being said, the Hollywood version with all it's free publicity is still doing very well.

The Hollywood Cookie Diet has many additional products and quick start methods that are heavily promoted. Prices are about $7.00 per day. Get ready to get bombarded with additional products if you order.

The common ground in all these Cookie Diets is a "cookie" that really is fiber (to help fill you up), protein, and amino acids to reduce hunger pangs. All are strict in calorie intake and removing sugar, carbohydrates, and alcohol.

All diets that absolutely control your calorie intake will work. Like mentioned before though, the weight loss will stop when you stop the diet. Spending $300 to $400 a month for food supplements is comparable to the cost of groceries. So cost is really not a factor.

But the fact that when you quit and start eating normal again, you will quickly gain back weight. That's the sad but true fact about any of these food supplement diets.

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