Some Show Dramatic Weight Loss
On 'Cookie Diet'
February 9, 2005
Some Doctors Warn Against Rapid Loss
How would you like to lose one pound of fat every two
or three days, and not be hungry?
WCAU-TV in Philadelphia recently interviewed three
women who had dramatic weight-loss results on the cookie
diet.
"I felt like a sausage in my clothes," said
one participant.
Most participants lose between 12 and 15 pounds per
month on the cookie diet, eating six cookies during
the daytime and then a dinner of 6 ounces of protein
and 2 cups of vegetables, the television station reported.
"It was hard for the first couple of days, I'll
be honest with you, but it becomes easier and it becomes
my way of life," Robyn said.
"You do the diet and it works," Nancy said.
It's part of the Siegal Weight Management program,
which has offered the cookie diet in Miami for 40 years.
The cookies have a blend of fibers, protein and amino
acids that naturally suppress your appetite. So the
cookies help to fill you up.
The cookies come in oatmeal raisin, chocolate and coconut.
They don't taste like Famous Amos, but what makes them
more palatable is the average person on the cookie diet
loses one pound of fat every two or three days.
But experts say the cookies are only a small part of
the diet. The Siegal Center has also come out with a
shake and a soup that has the same appetite-suppressant
properties as the cookies.
Dr. Scott Greenberg, of the Magaziner Center for Wellness
& Anti-Aging Medicine in Cherry Hill, N.J., said
each dieter gets a full medical exam for $250, followed
by $100 monthly exams. The cookies cost $4 a day.
"Obesity is a medical condition and should be
treated by medical professionals," Greenberg says.
"But eating only 800 calories a day isn't enough.
And most will gain it right back," said Dr. Albert
Stunkard, of the Weight And Eating Disorders Program
at the University Of Pennsylvania. "The lower the
calories a person is eating and the more rapidly they
lose
weight, the more rapidly they regain it."
But right now, the women are thrilled.
Lillian lost 30 pounds in two months. Robyn lost 15
pounds in only one month. And Nancy lost 36 pounds in
2½ months.
Was it worth giving up their favorite foods?
"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels," Robyn
said.
Source:www.wpbfnews.com
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