Rapidly losing and gaining weight could be dangerous if you have heart disease

Most people know that get-thin-quick diets don’t work and just lead to a cycle of weight gain and loss. But these schemes are not only ineffective — yo-yo dieting can raise the risk of dangerous health problems for people with coronary disease.For a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at data from almost 10,000 men and women with coronary artery disease. All of the participants were between 35 and 75 and half were taking a drug to lower ch