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Dr. Sanford Siegal’s COOKIE DIET™
Written by Tom Coghill ·
April 14, 2008 | | 3,933 Views
Dr. Sanford Siegal’s COOKIE DIET™
Florida diet doctor Sanford Siegal is author of the 2001 book “Is Your Thyroid Making Your Fat?” Sanford Siegal Cookie Diet suggests going on an 800-calorie a day diet to test and see if you had a thyroid problem. After 21 days on the cookie diet at 800 calories a day, a low level of weight loss or failure to lose are both considered evidence of a likely thyroid slowdown, according to Siegal. You’ve read about Siegal in the past here at the About.com Thyroid site. Siegal, who has treated many thyroid patients at his weight loss clinic, shared his thoughts in 2001 on the Synthroid contoversy.
Cookie Diet and Thyroid Problems
And back in 2002, Dr. Sanford Siegal and I were together featured in a Woman’s World magazine article, titled “The Thyroid Cure.” That magazine included a recipe for “thyroid-boosting diet cookies.” The Woman’s World recipe was loaded with sugar, eggs, oats, Chex cereal, and other high-fat, high starch, high-sugar ingredients, and according to Dr. Siegal, had nothing to do with his actual cookie recipe. (Read what Dr. Siegel has to say about the Woman’s World “thyroid-boosting diet cookie” recipe and whether these cookies would actually help you lose weight.)
Cookie Diet Assists Weight Loss
Now, Siegal and his Cookie Diet is back in the news again, this time with a repackaging of the famous “cookies” and a major marketing push to promote what is now being called the “Cookie Diet,” on which Siegal claims patients lose 15 pounds per month.
How Does the Cookie Diet Work?
Siegal’s Cookie Diet plan is actually a very low-calorie diet, in which six of the special Siegal cookies are eaten when hungry during the day, along with eight glasses of liquid, and only one meal is eaten, dinner, consisting of 6 ounces of lean protein (chicken, turkey, fish or seafood only), plus one cup of vegetables.
The total calorie count of the Cookie Diet comes out to approximately 800 calories per day, and total carbohydrate intake is about 70 grams per day, making Siegal’s program an extremely low-calorie, low carbohydrate diet.
What is not as frequently mentioned is that reportedly, as many as 60 percent of patients on the Cookie Diet are also prescribed appetite suppressant drugs, and another 25 percent are prescribed thyroid hormones.
The cookies, which Siegal claims have amino acids with appetite suppressant properties, are available in chocolate, raisin or coconut flavors, but even Siegal admits that they don’t taste very good. Don’t look for them on your local store shelves anytime soon, however. Siegal’s cookies are available only to patients at his weight loss clinics (five are in Florida, and one is in Montreal), as part of his estimated $400 a month weight loss treatment program.
Is Dr. Sanford Siegal’s Cookie Diet Effective?
Some weight loss experts say that any diet that provides only 800 calories a day is bound to work, but at what price? Critics say that the diet provides far too few calories to maintain health and energy, and is seriously lacking in fruits and vegetables. (1 cup a day of vegetables doesn’t make a dent in the recommendation that we eat 5-9 servings a day of vegetables and fruit). Others have alleged that the Cookie Diet doesn’t provide sufficient vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Even Siegal admits that the Cookie Diet is not meant to be used for long periods of time. Many diet experts say that once people resume normal eating habits, they will regain the weight lost on drastic diets like this one.
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Tom Coghill
14 Apr 2008 at 8:13 pm
I posted this cookie diet as it opens lots of room for discussion. “800-calorie a day diet to test and see if you had a thyroid problem.” Is not much of a test as slow weight loss could just be due to a slow calorie-efficient metabolism. Clearly a thyroid test would be more effective.
The 800 calories per day would start detoxification and metabolism just the same as any calorie reduction.
Any points of view on the cookie diet.
Liv
10 Jun 2009 at 6:43 pm
The cookie diet seems somewhat bizarre. I can not imagine ever recommending any of my clients to eat cookies and water as a diet–it’s too insane! I think it’s funny that everyone tries to get in on the ‘product specialty’ diets. You look at Special K cereal who talk about weight loss when substituting two of your meals with their cereal, that result in about an average of about 800-1000 calories a day of course you are going to lose weight, but what are you missing?
The fasting on the other hand makes a lot of sense. I was actually curious to know what your take might be on the Eat Stop Eat plan. This is a diet where you eat ‘normally’ (however that’s defined) except for one or two days per week where you liquid fast, thus accounting for a calorie deficit.
What are your thoughts on this Tom?
Tom Coghill
10 Jun 2009 at 7:31 pm
Hi Liv
These kind of diets work as they remove loads of fat and sugar and up the fiber. Juicing is superior. Special K with milk is not that low in calories. A two day fast per week is a good health booster and will protect against disease.