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Bride-To-Be Dies After Extreme Crash Diet
by _Martha Edwards_ (http://www.thatsfit.com/bloggers/martha-edwards/)  
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Sep 9th 2009 5:00PM 
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Samantha  Clowe never wanted to be a 'fat bride,' and now, sadly, she won't 
be one at all.  The obese 34-year-old, who was looking forward to her 
upcoming nuptials, _died after an intense crash diet_ 
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211954/Bride-crash-diet-death--eating-just-530-calories-day-11
-weeks.html#ixzz0Qcg38eHi) .  Described as "fit and healthy" by her family, 
Clowe lost 42 pounds in 11 weeks  on the _controversial Lighter Life Diet_ 
(http://www.thatsfit.com/2008/11/19/lighterlife-the-diet-craze-that-causes-me
mory-loss-heart-prob/) , which  restricts dieters to just 500 calories a 
day. 

We're all aware that crash diets aren't great for you, but  you can die 
from them? You bet -- and this isn't even the first time this diet  has killed 
someone. Just last December, _a mother of five died after drinking 4 liters 
of water_ 
(http://www.thatsfit.com/2008/12/13/water-you-can-have-too-much-of-a-good-thing/) ,  as was recommended by the program. Amazingly, you need 
your doctor's consent to  sign up for the program. Is anyone else having a 
hard time believing that a trained medical  professional would give the OK for 
this kind of extreme diet?

Lighter Life, of course, claims no  responsibility: "We were very sad to 
hear the news about Samantha ... but the  coroner said it was very difficult 
to make such a connection (between Clowe's  death and diet.)" _Dr. Martin 
Scurr, medical correspondent for  The Daily Mail_ 
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211954/Bride-crash-diet-death--eating-just-530-calories-day-11-w
eeks.html#ixzz0Qcg38eHi)  notes that Clowe's death is "unlikely to be the 
fault of the  diet itself," but thinks the stress the diet put on the heart 
was most probably  the biggest contributor to her death.

The bottom line? A diet that involves fewer than 800  calories a day is 
unhealthy, downright dangerous and not worth the risk,  regardless of how 
fabulous your skinny jeans are. It's such a shame that two  desperate dieters 
have lost their lives before figuring this out, but we hope  their stories can 
help keep others from making the same mistake.