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"Cookie diet" too sweet to handle, says health expert.


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Melbourne, Oct 24 (ANI): A health expert has warned sweet-tooths off "cookie diet This article or section is written like an .
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" that claims slimmers can eat half a dozen of the treats and still lose weight.

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But, according to dietician dietician Nutritionist A health professional with specialized training in diet and nutrition  Susie Burrell, the program could be most dangerous.

"It is not helping people to get over that need for sweet by saying you can eat cookies and eat healthy," Burrell said.

According to her, meal replacement programs were nutritionally limited and unsustainable.

"The key thing is it is not re-programming eating habits. As soon as you go off the cookies, you haven't learnt how to eat for fat loss," she said.

She said similar diets had been proven to work, but only while the person continued with the regime.

"If it is being followed, initially you generally see quite good results. Calories are being controlled and there are no extras slipping in," she said.

"The issue is people can't stick to them for long periods of time. As soon as they go back to eating normal food it is actually harder to lose weight than before. because their calories have generally been controlled for a period, they have suffered a drop in metabolic rate," she added. (ANI)

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