Twelve Days of Christmas

By Zoe Harcombe

A free summary of the principles of The Harcombe Diet in a fun 12 Days of Christmas format. A great mix of facts and tips; nutrition and psychology and a five day diet plan (Phase 1) - for which the record weight loss stands at 17lbs! Why is insulin the fattening hormone? Which common conditions cause food cravings? It's all in here.
Happy Christmas! Love Zoe x

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zoe Harcombe
• Release date: Dec 20, 2009
• ISBN: 9781907797057

Zoe Harcombe

Zoë’s passion is her vocation. Zoë spends her time researching and writing about obesity, diets and weight loss and she works exclusively in this field. She is author of the best selling book "Stop Counting Calories and Start Losing Weight", which was the follow-up to "Why do you overeat? When all you want is to be slim". The result of 20 years’ research into the causes of overeating, Zoë’s books go against traditional diet advice and are the first to address the three fundamental medical conditions that cause food cravings and therefore the compulsion to overeat. This understanding has helped tens of thousands of people lose weight quickly, easily and healthily through The Harcombe Diet approach. Zoë was the first person from her state school to graduate from Cambridge University. The paradox of escalating obesity and overwhelming desire to be slim has been a constant fascination to her and she set out to try to understand the obesity epidemic in the late 1980's, when UK obesity rates had just hit double figures. By the end of the millennium, UK obesity rates were 22.6% and 25.8% for men and women respectively and have worsened further since. By studying nutrition and, more importantly, by questioning every principle taught in nutrition and public health dietary advice, Zoë has found virtually every 'fact' to be anything but. From misapplying thermodynamics to five-a-day having no evidence base; from 1lb not equalling 3,500 calories to our eat less/do more advice being fundamentally flawed, very little has stood up to scrutiny. Zoë's most hardback book "The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it?" is the presentation of what we have got wrong and the evidence for what would be right.

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Twelve Days of Christmas

EPub ISBN 978-1-907797-05-7

Copyright 2009 Zoë Harcombe

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The advice offered in this book, although based on the author’s experience and over twenty years of research, is not intended to be a substitute for the advice of your personal physician. Always consult a medical practitioner before embarking on any diet. The author cannot be held responsible for any loss or claim arising from the use or misuse of this document.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas: By Zoë Harcombe

On the Twelfth day of Christmas,

my friend Zoë sent to me:

Twelve real foods,

Eleven nutrition basics,

Ten myths of dieting,

Nine tips for cheating,

Eight lovely comments,

Seven thinking tactics,

Six calorie consequences,

A Five day plan,

Four did-you-knows,

Three craving causes,

Two biggest losers,

& A quote like you never have seen!

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Twelve real foods

The fundamental principle of The Harcombe Diet is to eat real food. That means food as nature delivers it. Here are twelve examples of real foods and you need never reach for processed food again:

Eleven nutrition basics

We have a few Fact Boxes in The Harcombe Diet books and readers share how much they enjoy learning a bit about nutrition along the way. Don’t worry if you find these a bit technical – the body is pretty complex. You can just trust the