So we all know that slow and steady wins the weight loss race when it comes to successfully shedding those extra pounds right?

Well a new study claims that crash dieting might in fact be better at helping people get rid of the excess weight they wanna lose.

The controversial study comes out of Australia, where researchers utilized two groups of obese adults. For the first group, individuals ate between 1,500 and 2,000 calories daily. For the second group, adults ate no more than 800 calories each day.

So maybe it's true that any type of weight loss is good weight loss? This study proves that it really doesn't matter how you lose the excess weight, or how long you keep it off, right? Wrong, say many nutritionists.

"Frequently, crash diets or the crashing diets are those that completely deprive you of calories and nutrients and protein so you really need to be very sensible and educated if you're doing anything that dramatic," Barbara O'Brien, a registered dietitian at Lenox Hill Hospital explained.

"It's great to lose weight but if you can't keep it off then you really don't get too many benefits," registered dietitian and nutritionist Elisa Zied told CBS.

Many experts don't agree with the new study and still advise to simply eat as if you're already maintaining weight loss with proper portion control and no extreme calorie cutting to lose weight and keep it off.

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