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By John Naish

PUBLISHED: 18:23 EST, 23 April 2012 | UPDATED: 19:03 EST, 23 April 2012

Yo-yo nightmares: However hard we may try, research increasingly suggests that diets actually encourage our bodies to make us fatter

Michelle Underwood knows only too well the agony of failed diets. The 36-year-old mother-of-three from Woking, Surrey, has seen her weight yo-yo from 11st to 19st repeatedly over the past decade, as a succession of diets initially worked, then failed spectacularly leaving her heavier and more desperate than ever.

Michelle blames herself for her serial dieting failures, saying she lacks willpower and has an appetite for the wrong food.

Last week saw a high-profile example of this common problem, when broadcaster Jenni Murray revealed in the Mail how she has piled back on the 5st she lost last year on the controversial Dukan diet.

She had dropped from 19st to 14st, with the intention of losing another two. But all the hard work came undone in a matter of five weeks on an extended holiday, she said, followed by a diet-free Christmas.

Murray has now joined WeightWatchers and believes she has finally found a diet that works for her.

One must admire her optimism and wish her luck. But scientific evidence increasingly points to a far deeper problem that confronts dieters: cutting out calories changes your metabolism and brain, so your body hoards fat and your mind magnifies food cravings into an obsession.

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Research shows trying to lose weight alters your brain and hormones so you're doomed to pile it on again

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