According to one review paper, this results in “a vicious cycle of obesity ... High-fat (HF), low-fat (LF), or cycled diet, in which the mice received 4 weeks of LF and 4 weeks of HF foods ...

Sooner or later -- usually sooner -- you get tired of feeling hungry all the time, say "to heck with this diet," and go back to your old habits. What follows is a vicious cycle: you gain weight ...

A diet break means easing up on your current ... Restricting too much for too long can backfire, causing a vicious cycle of ...

one way to break the vicious cycle of decline is to replace damaged mitochondria with new mitochondria," said Lithgow. "And how do you do that? You exercise and follow a healthy diet." More ...