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Don't be a crash diet yo-yo

Crash diets play dangerous tricks on your metabolism and canresult in the self-defeating "yo-yo syndrome" of repeated weightgains and losses, say health experts at the University of MichiganFitness Research Center. Crash dieting and rapid weight loss signalsthe body to adjust itself to a lower calorie intake. Once the bodyresets itself to the lower metabolic rate, it doesn't immediately popback to a higher rate when normal eating habits are resumed. So if afast is followed by a feast, the body processes the food more slowly,resulting in rapid weight gain. If you the crash diet to reverse thetrend, the syndrome repeats itself. Continued over a …

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