Modern Diet

e diet may take the cake as the world's worst ever fad diet. The diet relies on eating cookies to control hunger and thus help people lose weight.

Fad diets are intended to help people lose a great deal of weight in a short period of time – they're popular because they appear to be miracles. Most fad diets center on some super weight loss food, much like the cookie diet centers on the cookie. These diets rely on slick pitches that make it seem silly not to buy and try the diet.

The cookie diet was created by a physician named Sanford Siegel in 1975 while he was researching a book on the effect of natural foods on hunger. The cookie diet consists of eating 6 cookies in place of breakfast and lunch, then consuming a normal dinner. People on the diet ate only 800 calories a day. The cookie diet exploded to 24 clinics around the world. It wasn't long before over 200 doctors were regularly recommending the cookie diet. It was at this time that shakes and soups were added to the mix, these also containing the amino acids that control hunger.

Later Hollywood grabbed the cookie diet. This diet received a great deal of media attention in part because of the PR efforts of attention grabbing stars and starlets. Like the original cookie diet this Hollywood version replaced breakfast and lunch with cookies, then allowed a reasonable dinner. These cookies each contain 150 calories and fiber, protein and minerals.

Don't waste time with the cookie diet. If you want to lose weight, or maintain a healthy eating lifestyle, simply lower the amount of calories you eat from everyday foods and add some exercise. Forget miracle foods even if a star tells you to try them.

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