"The Cookie Diet: An expensive way to starve" -FitnessRX mag

According to the New York Times, October 22, 2009--The cookie diet is the latest diet fad that promotes rapid weight loss. The plan involves eating six high-protein cookies per day, and consuming one low-cal meal per day, containing approximately 1,000 calories. Cookies cost about $60 per week and are supposed to curb appetite. This plan is nothing more than an expensive starvation diet. Extremely low-calorie diets can lead to disturbed heart rhythms, muscle loss, weakness, dizziness, potassium deficiency, gallstones, and kydney dysfunction. Also,they do not lead to healthy diet and exercise patterns that sustain weight loss.