Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? Retail Outlet Opens at Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) November 23, 2007 -- Prominent South Florida weight loss doctor and author Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., will attend the grand opening of the nation's third Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? (http://www.CookieDietOnline.com) retail outlet today, November 23rd, from 2 to 3pm, at the Town Center at Boca Raton shopping center. The internationally-known, Miami-based physician is medical director of Siegal Medical Group (http://www.DrSiegal.com), a private medical practice that has treated hundreds of thousands of overweight patients since 1960 in its Dade and Broward County clinics.

"There are thousands of people in Palm Beach County who have been my patients or purchased our Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? products online," said Dr. Siegal. "I'm looking forward to meeting our customers at Boca Town Center, whether they use our cookies, shakes and soup as weight loss aids or simply as healthy snack foods."

For most of its nearly 33 year history, the proprietary Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? foods were available only to Dr. Siegal's patients and those of about 200 other U.S. and Canadian doctors to whom he supplied them. From 2002 to mid-2006, he allowed a diet franchise to open weight management centers that used his name and hunger-controlling foods. When that relationship ended last year, Dr. Siegal decided to allow consumers to purchase his products directly and use them under the supervision of their own doctors. In May he began selling the products online at www.CookieDietOnline.com, and in August he opened his first retail location at Moorestown Mall near the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He opened a second location near Philadelphia at King of Prussia Plaza mall in October.

"I decided to open retail stores and launch the CookieDietOnline.com web site so that people who live too far from South Florida to be my patients can still benefit from the Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? products," said Dr. Siegal. "Those who can come to South Florida and be my patients are welcome to do so, and now the rest of the world can buy my cookies, shakes and soup and use them to control their hunger on a diet their own doctor recommends and monitors."

Dr. Siegal created his famous weight loss system and meal replacement diet cookies, shakes and soup in 1975. Convinced that hunger is the main reason why most diets fail, he developed his closely-guarded formula for amino acid food proteins that provide unusual hunger suppression without drugs. At nearly 79, Dr. Siegal personally mixes every batch of his secret protein blend in his private Miami bakery.

Dr. Siegal, his patients, and his famous diet have been profiled by many media outlets including ABC's Good Morning America, Woman's World, CNN, and Fox News Channel.

"As a result of the considerable national media attention we've had over the years, there are people throughout North America and beyond who demand the real Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? products. By making them available directly to consumers online and through resellers, we've made our foods and supplements accessible to everyone," said Matthew Siegal, President and CEO of Dr. Siegal's Direct Nutritionals, LLC, which distributes Dr. Siegal's products to consumers, doctors and retail stores. "A unique feature of Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? products is that they can be used in conjunction with a diet your own doctor supervises."

Those who are interested in becoming a patient of Dr. Siegal's South Florida medical practice in Kendall, Miami Lakes and Davie can schedule appointments at 888-278-DIET. Those who wish to purchase the Dr. Siegal's® COOKIE DIET? products and use them under their own doctor's supervision can order them toll-free at 866-464-5595 or online at www.CookieDietOnline.com.

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