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Going on a diet could increase your risk of developing potentially deadly conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, a study has revealed.
It found that those who controlled their calorie intake produced higher levels of the harmful stress hormone cortisol.
Catherine Collins, chief dietitian at St George's Hospital in London, said that sticking to a diet of 1,200 calories a day was too severe for the body to cope with.
Instead, dieters should aim to restrict their calorie intake to between 1,500 and 1,800 calories a day, combined with regular exercise.
"Very low calorie diets do cause problems and it's not that unexpected that cortisol levels went up," she said. "We need cortisol for "fight or flight" situations."
It's not that dieting is bad for you, it's that an overly meager diet can be bad for you, and sensible dieters already know that.
If I were significantly overweight, I wouldn't consider it much of a life.
You sound fat.
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