When kids have had fluid, documented fluid, for longer than three months, chances are they're going to start developing what we call conductive hearing loss. The nerve is intact, but it's like you're walking around with an ear plug in, and you need to get rid of that plug so that you can hear better. Tom Britt has more. Duke University Medical Center nutritionist Terry Brownlee says gimmick diets that restrict you to only two or three foods might work in the short run, but could have long-term consequences. And for most people, rapid weight loss also means that they're losing more muscle tissue and that has a long-term effect as far as how many calories you're able to burn.
Muscle burns more calories than fat.
They lose muscle tissue, than gain back fat, making it that much harder to lose the next time. Brownlee says for long-term weight loss, nothing beats less food and more exercise. I'm Tom Britt. Brownlee says a quick weight-loss program might help you get into a smaller dress for the weekend, but it won't keep the pounds off. What they'll see is probably a rapid drop of weight to begin with, but it'll creep back up pretty quickly as well.