Gallstones in dieters on very low calorie diets

 
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From Nutrition Action Daily Tips, August 30, 2013:

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Gallstones in Dieters

A very-low-calorie diet may mean more weight loss...but a higher risk of gallstones

Author: Bonnie Liebman in: Diet and Weight Loss

Swedish researchers monitored 6,640 overweight or obese people (mostly women) who chose either a very-low-calorie diet (500 calories a day) or a low-calorie diet (1,200 to 1,500 calories a day) for three months. Then both groups entered the same weight maintenance phase—including exercise and diet advice—for nine months.

At the end of the 12 months, the very-low-calorie dieters had lost more weight (24 pounds) than the low-calorie dieters (18 pounds). However, there were 48 gallstones requiring hospital care in the very-low-calorie dieters, but only 14 in the low-calorie dieters.

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If you’re thinking about going on a very-low-calorie diet, consider gallstones as a possible downside. Although rare, they were roughly three times more common [on the very-low- calorie diet] than on the low-calorie diet. (And don’t assume that a very-low-calorie diet leads to greater weight loss. It’s possible that the more ambitious dieters picked that option.)

Source: Int. J. Obesity 2013.
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