The Harcombe Diet

I can't believe that MFP folks did not post more responses to your question. A balanced diet with the appropriate number of calories each day is the way to go. I lost a pound every 2 days for over 100 days using just that method.

I bet the Harcombe diet at its core is just a way to take in fewer calories.

I bet if you did some research you'd know that it is not. Its a detox diet that with people like me who have been a slave to calorie counting and have only seen weight gain. Not to be mean, but do your research before you bash on this, ok?

I was thinking the same thing! He prob. didn't reserach it before commenting. I'm starting day 1 today. I have been hypoglycemic my whole life (my mom said, even when I was a baby!), so i'm really hoping this will help ease up my symptoms.

So I went to the website and read everything she has there. I have a few degrees in science which taught me to approach things like this with a questioning mind. As I read I found a quote that I kept going back to. After I finished I read it again. Here is the quote, directly from her site:

This diet "fundamentally rejects the calorie theory, upon which 99% of diets are based.
The other 1% of diets are Atkins and Co. These will work, if you can stick to them (I’m quite a fan of these diets – provided that you stay away from the processed carb bars and meal replacements). However, I don’t think that many people need to start off quite so low carb – try The Harcombe Diet first and see how you get on.
The 99% will not work, and we have a century’s worth of obesity journals to prove this. (You would also not be reading this page if calorie counting did work). One definition of madness is to do the same thing again and again and to expect a different result. To go on a calorie restricted diet, is therefore, mad."

As far as I'm concerned, she just buried herself with that second paragraph. To state that the calorie theory doesn't work at all? I quote "the 99% WILL NOT WORK" the other 1% of course being the Atkins diet. We have an entire website here at myfitnesspal.com FULL of stories proving she is wrong. It DOES work. It doesn't work the same for everyone, but it DOES work.
In addition to that, she give absolutely zero references to the supposed "century's worth of obesity journals". If a person makes a claim like hers, she needs to back it up with direct references. That's how science works.

You mentioned making sure you do research. You need to understand more about Candida and how it works. I encourage you to read these 2 articles:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/candida-cleanse/AN01679
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candida.html

On her website she claims a condition called food intolerance actually makes you crave those foods: "The real irony is that Food Intolerance causes people to crave the foods to which they are intolerant. You are most likely to be intolerant to anything you have daily and feel you couldn’t live without."
That is absolutely not true-
2 articles regarding Food Intolerance:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-allergy/AN01109
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_intolerance

As far as I can tell the only possibly legit claim she makes is hypoglycemia and weight gain. I will let you read all about that on your own time.

It would seem like this lady is simply trying to make money. Her claims go against the science that I have provided in my references. Be wary of anyone that tells you they have found the secret to something, particularly when they tell you that decades of scientific research is wrong. This site is full of people that have found success.