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Article: Dr Scurr's View; GP Martin Scurr writes in Good Health every week.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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AS a short-term measure for helping people kick-start weight loss, I'm a big fan of commercial diets, even crash diets such as LighterLife.
Crash diets have a bad reputation, but the main thing they do is show people that being overweight is about eating too much.
Indeed, often it's only going on a low-calorie diet that finally convinces people this is what the problem is.
The key, of course, is that you're on a low-calorie diet just for the short term - and it's better to stick to one of the commercial diet plans, as these are usually quite carefully researched to provide the right nutritional needs.
That's why the tragic death of ...