Crash diets are popular this time of year as people try to get into shape for swim suits. Those of us who have added a few pounds over the winter may become impatient about shedding them. When standard diets don’t do the trick as quickly as we would like, there is a great temptation to take extreme measures. That is especially true if there is an upcoming event like a family reunion or a wedding.
Restricting calories severely, however, has a serious downside. Swedish researchers collected data from more than 6,000 dieters. Roughly 50 percent were on a low-calorie diet of around 1,200 to 1,500 calories daily. The other half were getting just 500 calories a day for up to 10 weeks. Although the crash dieters lost more weight, they were also three times more likely to land in the hospital with a gallstone attack. This complication is painful as well as dangerous.
[International Journal of Obesity, online May 22, 2013]
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