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With the help of Dr. Sanford Siegal, the hefty defensive tackle won a weight-loss competition with coach Rex Ryan and right tackle Damien Woody, shedding 33.6 pounds and showing up at training camp Sunday at a svelte 359.

Kris Jenkins, 4-time Pro Bowl NY Jets defensive tackle, discusses how he has recruited Dr. Siegal to help him win head coach Rex Ryan's weight-loss challenge.

Lori Albertson’s husband Brad is a soldier who’s been serving in Iraq. They haven’t seen each other for 8 months, or to be more precise, 60 pounds ago. Now he’s returning home and is about to see Lori for the first time since she lost the weight.

Dr. Siegal dropped by Channel 4 News in Pittsburgh to discuss Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet.

A woman loses 50 pounds in five months by eating diet cookies.

On 12/18/2009, Dr. Sanford Siegal dropped by ABC's The View to discuss his book, weight-loss program, and cookie with Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd. The segment was so good it was aired again on 1/6/2010. (Video no longer available online).

Dr. Sanford Siegal and his son Matthew founded a company to produce his diet cookies.

Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet success story who lost half her weight was inducted into the Joy Fit Club on NBC's Today Show.

Dr. Sanford Siegal and company CEO Matthew Siegal dropped by KTNV-TV in Las Vegas to discuss the success of Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet.

This New York Times story features an interview with Dr. Siegal and one of his success stories. It also mentions that competitors of Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet have recently appeared, and quoted a customer of one of them: "Ms. Pierson, who is in her 60s and lives in Manhattan, tried Smart for Life cookies, which come in chocolate, banana coconut, oatmeal raisin and blueberry last year, and lasted about three days. 'I was weak, tired, irritable and hungry,' she said. 'I hated it.'"

Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet was the # 1 most-searched topic on AOL today: "The cookie diet was invented by Dr. Siegal 30 years ago, but today it is getting more hype than ever before. Why shouldn't it? It every woman's dream come true: eat desserts and lose weight."

"Dr. Sanford Siegal's cookie diet helps suppress hunger. It is becoming the latest celebrity craze."

KPRC-TV's Amy Davis spoke with Dr. Siegal and two Houston success stories who lost weight on Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet.

Dr. Siegal and success story Josie Raper dropped by Fox 11 studios in Los Angeles to discuss Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet Book and Josie's 120 pound weight loss.

"It sounds like the ideal diet, eat cookies and lose weight. But is it healthy and does it work? Celebrities by the dozens say it does and most dieters are willing to give it a try."

A doctor in Miami says he's come up with a special type of cookie and a special type of diet that can help you lose weight fast. Jill Becker has the story.

ABC Channel 8 News (WFAA-TV) in Dallas interviewed Dr. Siegal and Linda, a local success story, who lost 40 pounds.

Dr. Siegal appeared on Good Day Atlanta with Kristi, a local woman who lost 27 pounds (and counting!) on Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet.

Dr. Siegal was a guest on the morning news broadcast on WHAM-TV in Rochester, New York.

Dr. Siegal was interviewed by CityTV News in Toronto while on a booksigning tour. This segment aired throughout Canada.

Entertainment Tonight Canada dropped by the grand opening of Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet in Montreal, Quebec.

An article about Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet in The Vancouver Sun.

Entertainment Tonight dropped by the Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet store in Beverly Hills to interview Dr. Siegal and People magazine cover girl Josie Raper who lost 120 pounds.

On rare occasions, our competitors are profiled in the news. Here's a review of cookies sold by a competitor of Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet.

An in-depth podcast interview with Dr. Siegal by Jimmy Moore, author of a popular weight loss and nutrition blog.

She's half her size. Meet the winner of the People Magazine Cover Story Contest.

Dr. Sanford Siegal and his son, Matthew Siegal, CEO of Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, discuss the success of Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet.

For its ongoing series about people who have been successful at losing weight, the Atlanta Journal Constitution interviewed Sheryl Cautero who lost 74 lbs. on Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET and has kept it off for two years.

Josie Raper of Phoenix, Arizona, lost 120 lbs. with the help of Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET. People magazine chose her to appear on the cover of their 2009 "Half Their Size" double issue.

Dr. Siegal and Carol, his patient from Margate, Florida, who lost 65 lbs., appeared live on The Morning Show in Jacksonville, Florida.

Sheryl from Atlanta lost 75 lbs. and told her story to FOX 5 News in Atlanta.

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy of our competitor, USMCH, the franchisor of Smart for Life Weight Management Centers, was first reported in this article.

Josie from Phoenix, who lost half her body weight and appeared on Mike & Juliet with Dr. Siegal, also appeared with him on Health Talk w/ Dr. Manny.

An interview with Dr. Siegal in Washington Post EXPRESS.

Channel 9 in Washington, DC, visited Lifestyle Weight Management in Vienna, VA, whose medically-supervised weight loss program centers around Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET.

Food Channel interview with Dr. Siegal about news reports that his cookies made Madonna's husband, Guy Ritchie, stop having sex with her. Dr. Siegal remarked, "My cookies taste good enough but they aren't better than sex."

This excellent article in the Broward/Palm Beach New Times chronicles the relationship between Dr. Siegal and Smart for Life Weight Management Centers which ended in August 2006.

Another article about Guy Ricthie choosing a cookie over nookie with Madonna.

Channel 2 News in New York City invited Sheryl, an Atlanta woman who lost 75 lbs., to share her story on the evening news. A few months later, Sheryl was also interviewed on FOX 5 News in Atlanta.

Dr. Siegal was quoted in an article about hypothyroidism which had been in the news due to Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she has the condition.

FOX News spent a day in Dr. Siegal's Miami medical clinic shooting this segment about his patient, Nancy, a Miami woman who lost 110 lbs. on Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet.

Dr. Siegal and three "success stories" were interviewed by Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America.