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Cookie diet refers to a low-calorie diet based on a hunger-controlling meal replacement in the form of a cookie. There are a number of cookie diets currently on the market, such as the Smart for Life Cookie Diet, Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet, Hollywood Cookie Diet and R&D Diet Cookie. All require 4 to 6 cookies per day, sometimes in addition to other food, such as one meal of six ounces of meat in the case of the Siegal diet.

Dr. Siegal’s cookie diet

In 1975, while researching a book on the effect of natural food substances on hunger, South Florida weight loss physician and author Sanford Siegal developed a proprietary mixture of certain amino acids and baked them into a cookie intended to control his patients' hunger. He instructed his patients to consume six cookies (approximately 500 calories) during the day to control hunger, and a dinner of approximately 300 calories in the evening. His "cookie diet" was an immediate commercial success, and within a few years his practice had grown to 14 clinics in Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

and 10 in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

. By the mid-1980s, more than 200 other physicians were using Dr. Siegal's approach and products in their own practices. Soon, Dr. Siegal introduced shake mixes and soup with the same hunger-controlling properties.

From 2002 to mid-2006, Dr. Siegal licensed U.S. Medical Care Holdings, LLC to open franchised weight loss centers that used Dr. Siegal's name, weight loss

Weight loss

Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue...

system, and hunger-controlling cookies, shakes and soup. The company opened dozens of centers in the United States and Canada under various names including Siegal Smart for Life Weight Management Centers. The relationship between Dr. Siegal and his former franchisee ended in August 2006. Dr. Siegal no longer supplies his products or licenses his name and weight loss system to USMCH. On September 25, 2008, USMCH filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....

protection.

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