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.

By the end of the study at the 12-week mark, it was reported that more people in the rapid weight loss group hit the goal of losing 15 percent of their weight.

Everyday people asked about the study seemed to agree that a crash diet can work better, often mimicking a nasty cold that can curb your appetite.

"I find that if I may be ill or something happens and I lose a lot of weight, it sticks with me much more than the slow and steady," one woman CBS News spoke with said.

What's even more interesting about the study is the authors also revealed that of the patients who regained the weight, people who lost it quickly gained it back at the same rate as those who lost it slowly.

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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