Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Exercise Newsletter 

Can brisk walking make you live longer?

December 4, 2023December 3, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments

Executive summary * This week’s paper uses population study data, but it wasn’t focused on nutrition. It was about self-reported

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Newsletter Surgery & Meds 

Does cannabis help pain management?

November 27, 2023November 26, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments cannabis

Executive summary * A systematic review (find all evidence) and meta-analysis (pool it together) has been done to try to

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Heart Disease Newsletter Research 

Modifiable risk factors

November 20, 2023November 27, 2023 Zoë 6 Comments blood pressure, BMI, cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, Diabetes, smoking

Executive summary * A global team of researchers set out to examine the associations between two outcomes and five risk

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Diabetes Newsletter 

World Diabetes Day 2023

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments Diabetes

Executive summary * Each year, November 14th is World Diabetes Day. * This World Diabetes Day we look back at

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

What happened when keto women switched to ‘Eatwell’?

November 6, 2023November 27, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments eatwell guide, keto diet

Executive summary * Diet trials are rare. Most academic papers come from examinations of populations (epidemiological studies). * A paper

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Health Men's Health Newsletter Women's Health 

Who lives to 100?

October 30, 2023November 27, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments member. longevity

Executive summary * This week’s study is from Sweden. It aimed to see if any biomarkers (blood test measures) were

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Diabetes Newsletter Red Meat 

Red meat & Type 2 Diabetes

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Zoë 15 Comments epidemiology, red meat, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary * This week’s study made media headlines worldwide and generated much interest on Twitter. * It claimed that

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Newsletter Specific Foods 

Does salt cause metabolic syndrome?

October 16, 2023October 23, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments metabolic syndrome, salt

Executive summary * A paper called “Dietary salt intake predicts future development of metabolic syndrome in the general population” has

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Heart Disease Newsletter 

Trans people & heart disease

October 9, 2023October 10, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments

Executive summary * This post was inspired by a thought, not a research paper. Sex is a fundamental characteristic in

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Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter 

LDL-C & heart disease – definitive proof?

October 2, 2023October 23, 2023 Zoë 3 Comments heart disease, LDL-cholesterol

Executive summary * PCSK9s are relatively recent additions to the array of cholesterol lowering drugs. They are delivered by injection

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More Articles

  • Can brisk walking make you live longer?
  • Rufus Greenbaum talks about Vitamin D
  • Does cannabis help pain management?
  • Modifiable risk factors
  • Ian Lake chats with Zoë about living with Type 1 Diabetes
  • Jason Fung talks about dietary solutions for T2D
  • World Diabetes Day 2023
  • What happened when keto women switched to ‘Eatwell’?
  • Who lives to 100?
  • Red meat & Type 2 Diabetes
  • Does salt cause metabolic syndrome?
  • Trans people & heart disease
  • LDL-C & heart disease – definitive proof?
  • The Rice Diet
  • Mediterranean diet, Biobank & dementia

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