Dr. Siegal's(R) COOKIE DIET(TM) Creator Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., Weighs In on Madonna's 'My husband didn't want to have sex on the cookie die...( Renowned physician author and weight ...),Health

Renowned physician, author and weight loss expert Dr. Sanford Siegal, known

to generations of dieters as the Cookie Doctor(TM), devotes current CookieDiet.com blog to the impact of obesity and hypothyroidism on sex

drive

MIAMI, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Obesity expert and author Dr. Sanford Siegal, best known as the creator of the popular Dr. Siegal's COOKIE DIET weight loss system and hunger controlling foods, today announced that he has posted on the http://www.CookieDiet.com web site a new entry in his personal blog that addresses recent comments made by Madonna pertaining to husband Guy Ritchie's loss of libido while on "the cookie diet". Madonna made her comments last week during an interview on the Johnjay and Rich radio show which originates on KZZP-FM in Phoenix, Arizona. Coincidentally, Dr. Siegal's company 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 in the thirty-three years since I created it. While my cookies curb their hunger for food, I can't recall any patients reporting that they lower their sexual appetite, too," said Dr. Siegal. "I mean, seriously, my cookies taste good enough but I can't imagine someone preferring them to sex."

In his blog, Dr. Siegal, known to generations of dieters as the "Cookie Doctor", discusses the negative effect that being overweight has on one's sex drive. According to Dr. Siegal, a common complaint from his patients is that as their weight increases their libido declines. Their loss of sex drive often contributes to strained relationships which, in turn, reinforces their negative self image.

"There are many factors that can contribute to a reduced sex drive in overweight people,"
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