Imagining a diet with rapid weight loss and being able to see immense results in just a few months, seems like life, doesn't it? Well, the impossible has finally become possible with the help of special diets, otherwise known as FAD diets. FAD diets are known as weight loss diets of an extreme nature that eliminate one or more essential food groups or increase consumption of a food group in excess and are intended to produce results more quickly than diet-exercise combinations. A specific FAD diet is known as the Cookie diet. Sanford Siegal is the founder of the Cookie Diet. He produced the Cookie diet in 1975 after years of testing patients who complained that the most difficult obstacle to overcome when dieting is hunger. The biscuits are made up of a mix of particular amino acids that have been shown to suppress hunger; then baked them into a biscuit. The general concept of this diet is simple; eat six biscuits a day that reduce hunger, then accompany them with a low-calorie dinner such as fish or chicken, with lots of vegetables. Therefore you would only consume a total of 1,000-1,200 calories per day. However, the diet is a little more complicated than that. Dr. Siegal doesn't just sell his cookies to anyone; makes sure that his patients are suitable for the diet, so before starting the diet the patient must undergo a series of tests. These series of tests include a medical history review and a routine exam, along with tests such as an EKG. Once the patient has passed the tests and is proven suitable for the diet, Dr. Siegal accompanies him in his responsibilities during the first month of the diet. During the first month, eating the cookies is the easy part; it is the patient's effort to ... middle of paper ... a quick fix” and “after a while you get bored of eating the same foods over and over again and, more importantly, you prevent your body from the nutrients it has need” (Fox News). Preventing your body from getting these essential nutrients has been linked to a number of problems such as: fatigue, dizziness, constipation and even depression. As for long-term issues, it has been shown that a diet low in essential nutrients will be linked to binge eating in the future (Fox News). Another daunting aspect of the diet is exercise, if the patient likes to exercise vigorously; like running or even jogging, dieting is not for them. Because the diet is so low in calories, it does not provide the patient with enough energy for vigorous training. However, Dr. Siegal recommends light exercise for thirty minutes a day, such as a brisk walk (Overview).