How the Cookie Diet Crumbles

Eat cookies whenever you want to—and still lose weight!

That pitch may conjure up visions of unlimited sugar cookies with sprinkles and gingerbread men.

But the "cookie diets" being heavily promoted on TV, in magazines and on the Internet these days don't give you those options. Instead, you eat prepackaged cookies (infused with things like glycerine and protein powder) throughout the day in place of breakfast and lunch, then eat a "sensible dinner" of lean protein and vegetables for 800 to 1,200 calories per day, which the purveyors promise will make you lose weight.

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