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In tomorrow's prog I help five people, who've put on too much weight during lockdown, try to get back in shape in 3 weeks. As part of that I ask them to go on an 800 calorie diet, which seems extreme but is based on good science. Follow this thread to learn more
DiRECT: 298 patients with type 2 diabetes allocated to 850 cals or standard care. 2 years later, those started on rapid weight loss had lost and kept off 7.6kg v 2kg for control group; 40% of rapid weight loss group still on meds v 84% of control group https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(19)30068-3/fulltext
Diadem: patients from the Middle East (av age 40) with type 2 diabetes allocated to rapid weight loss or control. A year later 800 cal group had lost and kept off 12kg (nearly 2 stone) and 61% were in remission. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(20)30117-0/fulltext
For Droplet, Oxford researchers, put 278 obese patients, mostly women, on 810 calories for 8 weeks or standard care. A year later the rapid weight loss group had lost and kept off 10.7kg and were again healthier and happier. https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3760
For Diamond, a study which my wife, Dr Clare Bailey is an author on, they asked people who were overweight or obese to stick to 810 calories, low carb, for 8 weeks. Again they saw much greater weight loss of 9.5kg https://dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dom.13915
