Bone risk with VLED diet

Caution needed with severe calorie restriction in older women, researchers warn
Jocelyn Wright
Vegies

Postmenopausal women have a twofold greater chance of weight loss on a very low-calorie diet compared with a moderate one, but this is at the cost of bone density, researchers warn.

In fact, the study shows a group of Australian women, aged between 45 and 65, lost two and half times as much hip bone mineral density as the women on the less restrictive diet over a year.