What are the long-term dangers of fad diets?

What are the long-term dangers of fad diets?

Andrea Giancoli (Registered Dietician ) gives expert video advice on: What are the short-term dangers of fad diets?; What are the long-term dangers of fad diets?; Are fad diets dangerous if I have heart disease? and more...

The long-term dangers of fad diets, again, if you're yo-yo dieting, which we do see a lot of people doing, is it's very difficult on your heart to be going up and down all the time with this kind of weight. And also it's tough on your metabolism as well. Your metabolism starts to slow down, you start to gain more fat, and again, that's not good for your heart either. So there is a possibility that you could increase your chance for heart disease.