To think that my friend's new diet of eating once a day is bound to fail?

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My friend has decided to lose some weight, she probably has around 50 lbs to lose and could do so sustainably and in a healthy way.

She has been reading some dieting forums and pro anorexia forums and has joined a group of mad women who have collectively decided to stop eating breakfast and lunch and only eat dinner, from now on. Today was her 3rd day and I must say she has become noticeably more grumpy and often feels faint or nauseous with hunger by 11am.

AIBU to think this is unhealthy disordered eating and whatever she loses she will gain back after she starts eating more meals?

How can I encourage her to be more rational and sensible wrt her eating without seeming preachy?

There is clear evidence to suggest that eating once per day is not a healthy way to live or diet. A bit of Google search will give you a host of links to proper research. Don't rely on anecdotes when the research has been done.

There is clear evidence to suggest that eating once per day is not a healthy way to live or diet

It is a very healthy way to live. Studies on fasting have proved that

C3P0 try Googling "health benefits of intermittent fasting" to find proper research, not anecdotes, to show that eating once a day can have significant long term health benefits.

www.marksdailyapple.com/3-meals-a-day/#axzz2xZUJzRHZ

if you look you can probably find research to support any eating regime going, well almost.

Does that make it less valid?