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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
I don't think something like that is a good idea.
My wife had a coworker who went on it. She lost TONS of weight but she also had to have her gallbladder taken out because of it. And as soon as she went off it, the weight came right back on.
I'd rather live life overweight then spend the rest of my life on a 850 calorie a day diet.
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I don't know, I'd rather have my gallbladder out than die of a heart attack at 45.. And who said anything about staying on 850 calories for your whole life? Why would they do that? After they've lost what they need to lose, they should eat the 2500 or whatever it is that they normally burn. And if they exercise then they eat more to maintain that.
Plus I doubt the diet was the sole cause of gall bladder problems, it takes a lot longer than a few months of low calorie diets to damage your gall bladder, the diet just put stress on something that was already damaged.
If she gained the weight back on, then it's because she didn't learn anything or change anything. There's two components to the equation, the amount you eat, and the amount you burn.. if she eats more than she burns, she gains, simple as that.
The Dr. B diet is extreme and of course it shouldn't be undertaken without consultation of a good doctor. If someone needs to lose 20 pounds I don't think it's the right thing. But if the person has to lose a lot (100+lbs) and the risks of not losing the weight are more than the risks of 6 months of that diet...