Published Date:
13 May 2009
POPULAR wisdom says diets don't work. Nonsense! If your caloric intake is less than your caloric expenditure, you'll lose weight. It's such simple maths that even a girl unable to count to ten while wearing mittens (me!) understands.
To be sure, some diets are extremely unhealthy, some faddishly silly and some actually dangerous. But in the main, diets work fine. Taking weight off is tough but achievable.
What doesn't work – what nobody's cracked – is maintenance, because keep...
The full article contains 650 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
12 May 2009 6:35 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Lee Randall
