Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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DASH vs American diet

February 27, 2023April 29, 2023 Zoë 8 Comments blood pressure, DASH, member, Standard American Diet

Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at the DASH diet trial, which was conducted in the 1990s. DASH stands

Cancer Newsletter

Plant based diets & bowel cancer

February 20, 2023February 26, 2023 Zoë 8 Comments bowel cancer, member, plant based diets

Executive Summary * This week’s paper was based on the MultiEthnic Cohort Study. This is a population study of more

Children's Health Newsletter

Gas stoves & childhood asthma in the US

January 23, 2023February 26, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments member

Executive summary * A four-page paper was widely reported with headlines such as "Gas stove pollution causes 12.7% of childhood

Heart Disease Newsletter

Drink more & live longer?

January 16, 2023February 26, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments heart disease, member, mortality, sodium

Executive summary * A study used the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (ARIC) to examine hydration levels in participants against

Newsletter Public Health

Does not having a COVID jab increase your risk of a traffic crash?

January 9, 2023February 26, 2023 Zoë 8 Comments COVID-19, member

Executive summary * A novel paper generated news headlines in December 2022. It tried to evaluate if COVID vaccination was

Newsletter Obesity Public Health

Can governments nudge away obesity?

December 5, 2022February 23, 2023 Zoë 3 Comments member, Obesity

Executive summary * Behavioural scientists generally, and an organisation called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) specifically, played a significant role

Heart Disease Newsletter

The only diet to have reversed heart disease?

November 28, 2022November 27, 2022 Zoë 8 Comments heart disease, member, vegan diets

Executive summary * A debate was held on live television between a proponent of a meat-based diet and one for

Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter

Saturated fat – an end to the myth?

November 21, 2022November 27, 2022 Zoë 10 Comments member, saturated fat

Executive summary * An article has been published, which aimed to investigate the robustness of the claim that saturated fat

Diabetes Newsletter

Diabetes Unpacked

November 14, 2022November 27, 2022 Zoë 11 Comments Diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes

Today’s note happens to fall on World Diabetes Day. I thought I’d share with you the introduction that I wrote

Exercise Newsletter

TRE, HIIT and HbA1c

November 7, 2022November 27, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments HIIT, member, TRE

Executive summary * This week’s study was a 7-week randomised controlled trial. It assigned 131 Norwegian women (aged 18-45, with

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Plant based diets & bowel cancer

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