Specific Questions

The “Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight: The Harcombe Diet” book contains more than 100 Questions & Answers – these have been carefully compiled to be exactly the questions to which you’re looking for an answer.

You can always join our wonderfully friendly on-line support club to ask your own questions freely and/or to get motivation and support all along your journey to great health and natural weight.

In the Question & Answer section of the book, everything from cereal to vitamins and from chewing gum to stock cubes are covered:

Q)    Which cereal can I have for breakfast?

Q)    I chew sugar-free gum and it says on the packet that it is high in carbs, but that the carbs are “sugars 0%” and “polyols 100%”. What are polyols and where do they fit in with refined/unrefined carbs?

Q)    Is there any way I can have chips?

Q)   Corn flour: Can we use corn flour for thickening?

Q)    Can I eat cream ?

Q)    Can we eat/use crème fraiche or Fromage Frais?

Q)    Can we use mascarpone cheese?

Q)    Is it OK to take painkillers?

Q)    Pasta vs. rice – which is better?

Q)   What about pulses – are they carbs or fats?

Q)    What about potatoes – good or bad?

Q)    Tinned tomatoes: are these OK?

Q)    Can I have smoked fish?

Q)    What should I have for snacks?

Q)    Can I use stock cubes?

Q)    Can I have sweet corn?

Q)    As a snack can I have vegetable crisps?

Q)    Can I put balsamic or other vinegar on salads?

Q)    Why do I need vitamins if I’m eating good food?