One of the most ridiculous fad diets ever invented is the cookie diet. The diet relies on eating cookies to control hunger and thus help people lose weight.

The cookie diet has been around for more than 30 years. Maybe it’s completely new to you. If you have, you’re probably still questioning whether this somewhat odd diet plan will really do what it promises.

Fad diets are intended to help people lose a great deal of weight in a short period of time – they’re popular because the weight loss tips they propose appear to be miraculous. Fad diets generally include some super food, like the cookie in the cookie diet, with miraculous weight loss properties. These diets rely on slick pitches that make it seem silly not to buy and try the diet.

The cookie diet came about as the result of research into natural foods done for a book in 1975. The cookie diet consists of eating 6 cookies in place of breakfast and lunch, then consuming a normal dinner. All told the daily caloric intake was about 800 calories. People went wild over the cookie diet to the extent that 14 clinics opened in Florida. By the 80’s 200 doctors were pushing 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. Stars and starlets made their use of the diet well known, which helped vault it to public attention. Like the original cookie diet this Hollywood version replaced breakfast and lunch with cookies, then allowed a reasonable dinner. Each cookie should contain approximately 150 calories, loaded with fiber, protein and 13 vitamins and minerals.

Do yourself a favor – avoid the cookie diet. Eat less, exercise more – that’s the formula for good health. Forget miracle foods even if a star tells you to try them.

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