Our hearts go out to Dawn Page and her family.
She suffered devastating brain damage shortly after starting a detox diet.
The £810,000 settlement agreed in the High Court will help provide the care she will desperately need.
But how sad that her life should have been destroyed in this way.
This tragic case should act as a warning to anyone wanting to shed those surplus pounds.
The best, cheapest and safest way to diet is to eat less, eat healthily and get plenty of exercise.
Whatever the advertisements might tell us, there are no quick or magic cures.
Anyone who thinks there are is likely to be disillusioned.
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