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Yasmine Probst, Professor, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences. Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of Wollongong

Do calorie-restricted diets work? Or will I just re-gain the weight?

In the last few years, there’s been a lot of interest in calorie-restricted diets for weight loss.

These can vary significantly, from intermittent fasting (where you restrict eating to a certain window of the day), alternate day fasting (where you consume limited or no calories on every other day) to the Fast 800 which promotes rapid weight loss by drastically reducing calories with the “Mediterranean diet”.

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