The Truth About the Cookie Diet
The cookie diet has been around for some time now, but this controversial weight-loss plan has just recently caught the public’s attention. Celebrities have been praising the diet to high heaven for quite a while — and almost anything a celebrity touches eventually turns into gold. But according to many a nutrition expert, there are quite a few misconceptions about the cookie diet. This article will attempt to share the TRUTH with you.
Myth #1: You eat nothing but cookies during the diet.
Wrong. Think about it: A diet that consists of nothing but cookies? Very unhealthy, even if the cookies you consume are “healthy”. If you go on the cookie diet, you’ll have to eat at least one meal a day, depending on the program you opt for. This single meal will provide your body with all the stuff the cookies don’t have.
Myth #2: You can eat any kind of cookie.
Wrong again. Drop by the bakery, buy a huge box of chocolate chip cookies — and you expect to lose weight? You’re out of your mind. The cookies in the cookie diet are specially made to help in weight loss — they’re basically nutrition bars flavored and shaped like cookies. You’ll need to get these special cookies for the diet to work!
Myth #3: You need to buy the special cookies.
The cookies used in the cookie diet can actually be baked in your kitchen. No need to rush to some special health-food place and over-pay for cookies. Most cookie diet menus and plans feature expensive lines of cookies, and the advertisers would like you to think that you need them for the diet to work. In truth, you might be able to find better recipes on the Internet!
Myth #4: The cookie diet doesn’t require exercise to work.
There is no diet — repeat, NO diet! — on this planet that’ll make you lose weight without requiring some form of physical activity. In order to drop the pounds, you have to burn more calories than you take in. Fine, the cookie diet cookies may be quite healthy — but they’re still, in the end, made up of calories! You have to burn these off with some form of exertion, even if it’s just a daily stroll around your block.