Mr McQueen said plans were in place to speed up case handling in Aberdeen and that he was confident Haddington's work could be absorbed in the capital.

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Cooking increases the share of food digested in the stomach and small intestine, where it can be absorbed, from 50% to 95% according to work done on people fitted for medical reasons with collection bags at the ends of their small intestines.

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