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Crash diets can cause transient deterioration in heart function

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This is not about thyroid itself ,but as obesity/over weigh is common in hypothyroidism and people try to lose the weight sometimes desperately I figured this would be important. Especially if one also happens to have heart condition.

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A work colleagues's sister suffered heart failure after extreme dieting. :(

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That's sad and that's why I wanted to share this study so people hopefully would think before trying crash diets.

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