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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Starved for affliction
Message-ID: <1352@ihuxn.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 12:57:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 12:57:38 1986
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> >...  These sort of "starvation" diets
> >have a bad reputation so I've been on guard for ill effects, but
> >haven't experienced any. 
> 
> You may not, until it's too late...
> 
> There are a couple of bad things:  
>    1.  You will not keep the weight off...
>    2.  This yoyo effect is *very* bad for your system...
> 
>                                      Sue Brezden

From what I have read, your now muscle-deficient body adjusts to
the ultra-low calorie diet, learning to make do with less by slowing
its metabolism.  So, when you start to eat normally again, you'll
gain weight even quicker than before the diet.  Sue's right--it's
bad news.
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