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Are Very Low-Calorie Diets Effective for Weight Loss?

Are Very Low-Calorie Diets Effective for Weight Loss? (0:19)

Low-calorie diets are not good for weight loss, because there is a greater chance you will binge and go off the diet. Watch family physician and author Joel Fuhrman, MD, explain why low-calorie diets are not an ideal solution for weight loss.

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Low-calorie diets don't work for weight loss, people have addictions and cravings that drive them to over eat calories, and when you eat a low-calorie diet, count calories, you're taking in less nutrients, makes you want to binge and go off your diet, you yo yo your weight, it's more dangerous than you had never even diet to begin with.