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Article: Health Zone: 25 great dieting fibs exposed; MYTHS WE SWALLOW IN THE BATTLE TO LOSE WEIGHT.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 13, 2000
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BUSY trying to shed a few pounds? You're in good company. At any time, 10 million people in Britain - about a sixth of the population - are dieting. Weight Watchers alone has about 500,000 members.
Yet ideas on how to lose weight seem to change almost every week. "Don't eat at night", "Only eat proteins with proteins" and "Cut out carbohydrates" are just three suggestions that have been doing the rounds.
But which of these theories make sense, and which are simply nonsense? Here, ANN RILEY explodes 25 of the biggest slimming myths and explains where you ...