The idea that it is better lose weight gradually rather than quickly is a myth according health and nutrition expert Dr Michael Mosley.
Often people who are trying to lose weight are told that if they lose weight too quickly, they will just put it back on as quick. However the 5:2 and Fast 800 diets says that the evidence doesn't back this. What's more, studies suggest that people losing weight faster are less likely to drop out due to frustration at their slow progress.
Writing on his website Dr Mosley said: " In a recent review article titled 'Myths, Presumptions and Facts about Obesity' in the prestigious medical journal, The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers put this claim firmly into the 'myths' category. After looking at numerous studies which have compared rapid with slow and steady weight loss, they concluded that you would do better to lose it quickly rather than slowly."
