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Food Intolerance is all in the mind, says study sponsored by Flour Advisory Board!

“Nine in ten Britons who believe they have a food allergy are perfectly healthy, researchers say“. Harcombe Diet followers will immediately spot the error – either in this write up from the Daily Mail Science reporter (Fiona MacRae) or from the press release itself. Food allergy and Food Intolerance are seriously different – potentially fatally. [...]

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Mince Pies – what’s in them?

I stuck a box of Tesco (Finest) (Mini) Mince Pies in the trolley this week and here is what is in them: Mincemeat (40%), wheat flour, butter (15%), sugar, whey powder, salt, raising agents (sodium phosphate, sodium carbonate).The mincemeat contains: sultanas, sugar, apple, glucose syrup, currants, orange peel, sunflower oil, COURVOISIER VS Cognac (contains colour [...]

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WeightWatchers Adverts – Summer 2009

Have you seen the WeightWatchers adverts all over the press at the moment? The tag line is “I’ve discovered all my cravings were in my head, not my tummy.” Followers of The Harcombe Diet will realise that I could not disagree with this more. Two thirds of the UK population (and US) are overweight. I [...]

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