Is It Okay to Eat One Bad Thing a Day? Navigating Nutrition Flexibility
                                
                                
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                                Statistics show that highly restrictive diets have an extremely high failure rate, with as many as 95% of dieters regaining lost weight. This often leads to the question, *is it okay to eat one bad thing a day*? The short answer is yes, with the right approach, but the long answer involves understanding the psychology of restriction and the powerful role of overall dietary patterns.