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9 in 10 diets fail but yo-yo dieting is better than fat
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...etter-fat.html
Yo-yo dieting could be GOOD for you after all: It's better to pile the pounds back on than never lose
For most slimmers it is a depressingly familiar story.
You spend months religiously watching the calories and shedding the pounds, only for the weight to pile back on as soon as you start eating normally.
However the cloud has a silver lining for the yo-yo dieters of this world. Research suggests that it is better to have lost and gained than never to have lost at all.
U.S. scientists found that shedding and regaining weight in a rapid cycle, previously regarded as harmful to health, actually does you good.
Mice placed on a diet which alternated between high and low fat lived 25 per cent longer than those kept on a high-fat diet – and almost as long as those on a permanent low-fat regime.
They also had better blood glucose levels, while the results hinted that the yo-yo dieters had lower levels of damaging immune chemicals linked to diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...#ixzz4dnXQ1iXK
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