MIAMI, April 14 Obesity expert and author Dr. SanfordSiegal, best known as the creator of the popular Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIETweight loss system and hunger controlling foods, today announced that he hasposted on the www.CookieDiet.com web site a new entry in his personal blogthat addresses recent comments made by Madonna pertaining to husband GuyRitchie's loss of libido while on "the cookie diet". Madonna made her commentslast week during an interview on the Johnjay and Rich radio show whichoriginates on KZZP-FM in Phoenix, Arizona. Coincidentally, Dr. Siegal'scompany is a frequent advertiser on the station.
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"I've treated more than 500,000 patients with Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET inthe thirty-three years since I created it. While my cookies curb their hungerfor food, I can't recall any patients reporting that they lower their sexualappetite, too," said Dr. Siegal. "I mean, seriously, my cookies taste goodenough but I can't imagine someone preferring them to sex."
In his blog, Dr. Siegal, known to generations of dieters as the "CookieDoctor", discusses the negative effect that being overweight has on one's sexdrive. According to Dr. Siegal, a common complaint from his patients is thatas their weight increases their libido declines. Their loss of sex drive oftencontributes to strained relationships which, in turn, reinforces theirnegative self image.
"There are many factors that can contribute to a reduced sex drive inoverweight people," said Dr. Siegal. "For some the problem is psychological.For others there may be physical causes such as hypothyroidism. My experiencewith my own patients during the past fifty years is that when we correct theirmetabolic problem and get them to a healthy weight their sex drivesignificantly rebounds."
In his most recent book, Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat? (2000, WarnerBooks), Dr. Siegal lists a host of cruel symptoms of hypothyroidism, includingobesity and an extreme difficulty losing weight; infertility; loss of libido;and depression. He also questions his fellow physicians' reliance onunreliable laboratory tests while ignoring the obvious symptoms of thecondition.
Dr. Siegal's weight loss system features his hunger-controlling dietcookies, shakes and soup which contain his secret blend of certain aminoacids, the basic components of food proteins. He conceived the idea of acookie-based diet in the early 1970's while writing a book on food substancesthat suppress hunger without drugs. In 1975, after years of experimentation onfamily and friends, he perfected his formula and baked it into a cookie.Acceptance by his patients was immediate and soon Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET wasthe exclusive approach to weight loss at his South Florida medical practice,Siegal Medical Group. More than 200 other doctors have used Dr. Siegal'sCOOKIE DIET hunger-controlling foods in their own practices.
At Siegal Medical Group, Dr. Siegal's patients are instructed to eat sixcookies a day to control hunger. No other food is eaten during the day. In theevening, his patients eat a reasonable dinner consisting of six ounces ofchicken, fish, or turkey and a cup of green vegetables. His typical patientwho follows his instructions exactly loses about fifteen pounds per month. Dr.Siegal strongly encourages anyone who intends to follow any weight loss dietto do so under a doctor's supervision.
In recent years, others have attempted to capitalize on the success of Dr.Siegal's COOKIE DIET by introducing knockoff products. Some of these haveinfringed on Dr. Siegal's intellectual property rights which the 79 year oldphysician has vigorously and successfully defended.
"What distinguishes Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET from the knockoffs that havepopped up recently is that there's real substance and science behind it. Thesecret protein blend to
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