How calorie counting makes you fat
On Feb 16 2012, there was a new item in the Daily Mail Femail section. They often do these little ‘stocking fillers’. Let’s hope that this one goes as quickly as it came because it is not going to help with the obesity epidemic. It is, however, a great illustration of one of the many [...]
Read more »Men’s Health and Eat this, Not that – bad science at its worst!
“Swap cheddar for edam and Snickers for Flakes and you could lose two stone in a year” screamed the Daily Mail article headline on 11 January 2012. The claim comes from a study “by the team behind Men’s Health magazine”. As you will be able to see from the link, the article lists 21 items [...]
Read more »Weight Watchers New Year’s Day advert
Weight Watchers are running one of the longest adverts on British television, simultaneously on commercial channels, between 6.30pm and 7pm on January 1 2012. The advert was announced in the media so that coverage could start before the advert. The advert (three minutes and 10 seconds long) is fronted by Alesha Dixon who has never [...]
Read more »The low down on alcohol & weight loss
This post is about alcohol. It was written for people following The Harcombe Diet, so references to Phase 2, Candida, Food Intolerance, Hypoglycaemia and ‘cheating’ may not be familiar to everyone. However, the information about the carb, calorie and composition of the different types of alcohol should be interesting and useful for anyone trying to [...]
Read more »Post Christmas Rescue Diet!
OK – so you overindulged over Christmas and are now wondering what is the best way to get back to feeling refreshed, rather than bloated. Let’s just have a quick look at what happened. Worst case is that you could have been over indulging for some time and gained a few pounds and, more seriously, [...]
Read more »UK Women are the “World’s Worst Dieters”
This story was in the Daily Mail December 22 2010. The headline says “World’s Worst Dieters” but the article is only talking about women, so we need to be fair to men here. SPA Future Thinking, a market research firm did a “Question of Taste” survey. They surveyed 1,534 women around the world in the [...]
Read more »“Surgery is better than dieting, says conflicted doctor”
“Surgery is better than dieting, says top doctor”. Zoe Harcombe highlights the conflict of interest in this Sunday Times story.
Read more »Diet Pills – Part 5 – Multiple claims
I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This fifth blog is on the [...]
Read more »Diet Pills – Part 4 – Appetite Suppressants
I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This fourth blog is on the [...]
Read more »Diet Pills – Part 3 – Metabolism boosters
I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This third blog is on the [...]
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