Extreme Celebrity
Celebrity YoYo Dieters
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It's the one thing in their lives that many celebrities can't control - their weight. But as the stars struggle to deal with their excess pounds, little do they realise that they are actually dicing with death. The appeal of the fast weight loss for that all important awards ceremony, film shoot or round of interviews is, in reality, counterbalanced with the loss of muscle and body fat. The body goes into famine response. Once you start to eat again, your body holds on to the added weight for dear life. Unless you are really disciplined - and, let's face it, with the whole world on their plate, most celebrities aren't exactly known for their restraint - it's inevitable that the weight you struggled so hard to lose will come back. And so the cycle begins and goes on and on. If the crash diet itself isn't bad enough, such are the pressures of fame that stars often pair it with other weight loss fixes, including extreme exercise routines and the use of diuretics and diet pills. And the rich and famous are riski