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Letter: Is wholemeal refined?

Published 4 January 2003

From Laurel Farrington

I was interested in Douglas Fox’s article suggesting that the rush of insulin after eating refined flours was to blame for acne (7 December, p 23). Does the concept of refined flours include modern wholemeal flour?

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK

Issue no. 2376 published 4 January 2003

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