Q&AThe Harcombe Diet

Diet Q & A index

We really hope that this index page makes it much easier for you to find the answers to your questions. All the questions added in to the revised edition of Stop Counting Calories (Summer 2011) have been added into our club library…

A
Actimel (Yoghurt)is it OK?; Is it good for us?;
Activia;
Addiction; How do I stop being a food addict?; what if I don’t do something?;
Agave Nectar;
Alcohol & other drinks with meals
Almond Milk;
Arborio Rice;
Avocados;

B
Bacon;
Benecol;
Benefits (of doing this diet);
Bingeing (& Starving);
Blueberries;
Body composition;
Body fat & water;
Buckwheat;
Bullet-proof coffee;
Butter;
Buttermilk;

C
Caffeine Fact Sheet; I must have caffeine!;
Calories; Why can’t I still count calories?; Won’t I put on weight if I don’t count calories?; Is this working because I’m eating fewer calories?;
Candida; Will I have candida forever?; Is there a medical test for Candida?; When can I re-introduce more foods?; Is there any medication for Candida?;
Carbohydrates;
Cereal;
Cheese;
Chewing gum;
Chia seeds;
Children;
Chips;
Chocolate;
Cholesterol;
Coconut water; Coconut oil;
Constipation;
Corn Flour;
Couscous;
Cravings: Why do I have to stop eating the foods I most like?; Why have I had these cravings?; Will cravings go away?; When will cravings go away?;
Cream;
Crème fraiche (& fromage frais);

D
Dairy Products;
Diabetes;
(Candida) Die-off;
Diet Drinks; caffeine free diet coke;
Drinks generally (What should I drink?; Drinking with meals);

E
Effort;
Eggs (How can it be OK to eat so many eggs?; Breakfast options if allergic to eggs?);

F
Falling (off the wagon);
Fat (Is it really OK to eat all this fat?; Are there good fats & bad fats?; Why do you call fish & lean chicken fat?; Do I need to trim the fat off my meat?);
Flaxseeds;
Food Intolerance (by country);
Fruit (why is fruit restricted?; Don’t I need fruit for vitamins?;
Fruit teas;

G
Gravy;
Grazing;

H
How Healthy is The Harcombe Diet?;
Honey;
Hummus;

I
Insulin;
Insulin resistance (Syndrome X);

J
Jam (preserves) (Finding jam; is this jam ok?)

L
Lemon juice;

M
Maltodextrin;
Mascarpone cheese;
Meat (Are sliced cold meats from the deli OK?; Is it really OK to eat so much meat?);
Medication;
Milk (carb content of milk; lactose free milk; almond milk; drinking milk for calcium?; Can I have tea with skimmed milk all day?)
Mixing (Can I have cheese with a baked potato?; Can I have brown rice with meat?);
Moderation

N
Nuts (& Seeds)

O
Oils;
Olives;
Olive Oil;

P
Pain killers;
Pasta;
Peanut butter;
Phase 1 (staying on Phase 1 & going back to Phase 1; Feeling ill on Phase 1);
Potatoes;
Pregnancy;
Preservatives;
Protein;
Pulses;

Q
Quark;
Quorn;

R
Real food;
Recipes;

S
Salt;
Sausages;
Smoked food;
Snacks;
Soy(a) milk;
Statins;
Stevia;
Stock cubes;
Sugar;
Sundried tomatoes;
Sweet corn;
Sweeteners;
Sweet potatoes

T
Tahini;
Time-of-the-month”;
Tinned tomatoes;
Tofu;
TOTAL Greek Yoghurt;

V
Vegetables;
Vegetable crisps;
Vegetable juice;
Vinegar;
Virtuous & Vicious circles;
Vitamins;

W
Water retention;
Weight loss (Is it 1-2lbs a week?; how do I stop losing weight?)

X
Xylitol

Y
Natural Live Yoghurt (NLY); Should I have NLY with a carb or a fat meal?; How can we have NLY but no dairy in Phase 1?; Is this particular brand of NLY OK?; The Ultimate Yoghurt Question!

Z
Zero-calorie noodles;