According to a recent study crash diets may actually be beneficial. This is because slow and steady weight loss does not reduce the amount or rate of weight regain as compared to losing weight quickly. According to the study led by Joseph Proietto Sir Edward Dunlop Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Head of the Weight Control Clinic at Austin Health in Australia in a comparison of two groups one of which dramatically cut their daily calorie intake for 12 weeks and another which cut back slightly over 36 weeks the rapid weight loss group was more
