One of the most common reasons why individuals on the road to weight loss fail to live up to their dieting regimen is because most of the time, their meal plan is comprised mostly of foods that have lost taste due to salt restrictions. In other words, they are now forced to eat bland stuff, and you can only stomach so much. Understanding this, Dr. Siegal who works with patients struggling to lose weight, decided to develop diet cookies in 1975 to replace all foods except one daily meal. Holding only 90 calories each, these cookies come in blueberry, oatmeal raisin, coconut, banana and chocolate flavors and allows dieters to enjoy different flavors even while on a diet.

The benefits offered by diet cookies lies in its convenience. The only meal plan to follow is ensuring that you have lean protein and steamed vegetables for dinner. The rest of the time, you only need to eat cookies. Those who undertake this form of dieting regimen see actual weight loss that lies on the average of 10 to 15 lbs. a month. The cookies are readily available online and in retail outlets, drug stores and doctors as well.

However, the main disadvantage of this dieting regimen is that it is nutritionally deficient. Cookies do not contain all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients for a healthy body functioning. Any individual seeking to lose weight must still get his or her nutrition from dairy, protein, fruits, vegetables, legumes and grains. Cookies simply do not meet this requirement. Another concern is that only the amino-acid blend that suppresses the appetite is the only acknowledged ingredient, the others that make up the cookies are not known. While the diet does give a quick weight loss fix when hunger strikes, it does not teach nor does it encourage long-term and sustainable lifestyle changes. Eating a well-balanced diet is the only way to keep the weight off for life and diet cookies do not promote this. In fact, Dr. Siegal's cookie diet has been classified as a fad diet by the health and fitness sectors. Being one, it boasts of fast weight loss without the corresponding lifestyle changes. Moreover, since it involves calorie restrictions of up to 1,000 calories daily, it needs the supervision of your doctor. Doing it alone may endanger your health. One final concern of this dieting regimen is that it does not encourage enough exercise to help the body burn calories and experience the benefits of physical activity. Any diet plan that does encourage exercise should raise warning flags since diet and exercise are the two proven methods of healthy weight loss.

The diet cookie eating regimen has been used with a modicum of success by some people. Hollywood celebrities have touted its beneficial weight loss effects. While calorie-restricted diets such as Dr. Siegal's cookie diet may prove beneficial for those about to undergo some form of medical operation, it is not meant for all kinds of classes of individuals. Medical supervision is required for this meal plan.