Friday, November 28, 2008

What Is the Cookie Diet Plan Anyway?

By Tyler Tefit

The biggest problem many people face when trying to lose weight is that they feel much hungrier than normal as their diet requires them to reduce the amount of food they consume. However, The Cookie Diet Plan devised by Dr Siegel in 1975 provides the ideal solution to this particular problem. Although you may be eating cookies the plan is such that still lose weight.

The cookies used in this diet have been specially formulated by Dr Siegel so that when you are exercising and dieting you reduce the amount of hunger you feel. Exercise is crucial to many when trying to lose weight and may find after working out they want to eat more. This is simply because their muscles in order to recover need more food and will tell the brain that this is what is needed. However, the cookies you eat as part of the plan helps to control these urges and so they then control their eating habits.

But you don't just eat cookies with this diet in order to lose weight. The Cookie diet requires you to restrict your calorie intake to just 800 each day and therefore it is only one that you can use when supervised by a doctor or other medical professional and can be undertaken for some considerable time. Those who use the Cookie Diet will first off undergo a complete medical checkup first, that both looks into the medical history and requires some lab work to be carried out. As this diet restricts the calorie intake regular visits need to be made to the doctor for both the person to be weighed and discuss how the diet is progressing.

The cookies are used in this diet to help suppress the dieter's appetite. The cookies are baked to a formula specifically devised by Dr Siegel which contain less Glycemic index products in them like whole meal flour and oatmeal and more amino acids instead. It is the high levels of amino acids in the cookies which work to suppress a person's appetite.

For this particular diet instead of eating three meals each day two of them usually breakfast and lunch require that you replace them with cookies. For each of these meals you will need to be eating six cookies each day. Then the other meal you have each day in the evening is where you eat a source of protein such as lean meat along with one cup of vegetables.

However, what happens if you find yourself still feeling hungry? The thing is because your calorie intake is somewhat restricted you may find after a few days that the cookies alone do not work to help suppress the hunger pangs you feel. This is why in around 60% of all dieters who use this plan they will also be prescribed with other appetite suppressants.

There are many problems associated with diets where the calorie intake is severely restricted such as this one. One of the problems faced with such a restricted diet is that you are unlikely to be getting the required amounts of vitamins and minerals that your body needs each day. However, to help counteract this problem Dr Siegel recommends that supplements are used and even if the diet is stuck with for several months it doesn't cause any ill effects in those on it.

When it comes to the Cookie Diet plan Dr Siegel estimates that around three quarters of all the patients who use it will lose 15lbs each month. Plus it is because they lose the weight more quickly compared to other diets this helps them psychologically and they can stay on track much better when trying to lose weight.

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