Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Plant based diets & mortality

October 10, 2022October 14, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments member, mortality, plant based diets

Executive summary * This week’s note examines a paper about plant-based diets and mortality. The paper was based on a

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Newsletter Public Health Whole Grains 

Fibre – ask why, not how

October 3, 2022October 10, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments fiber, fibre, member

Executive summary * This week’s note is about fibre. A recently published paper assumed that there is an optimal fibre

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Newsletter Nutrition Red Meat 

Protein in meat vs Beyond Burger

September 26, 2022October 10, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments member, plant burgers, red meat

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a study that examined meat vs fake meat (Beyond Burger). * Other studies

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Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter 

The Lipid Energy Model

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 6 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, lean mass hyper responders, lipid energy model, member

Executive summary * This week’s note builds on last week’s note about lean mass hyper-responders. This was the term developed

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Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter 

Lean Mass Hyper-Responders

September 5, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, lean mass hyper responders, member

Executive summary * The term “Lean Mass Hyper-Responder” was developed by Dave Feldman in reference to those with the combination

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Exercise Newsletter 

How much exercise is enough?

August 29, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments exercise, government guidelines, member

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a population study of almost half a million US adults, followed for

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Diet & Weight Newsletter Obesity 

Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model – Part 2

August 22, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments calories, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, energy balance, member

Executive summary * This is the second of a two-part note looking at two models of obesity. One is called

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Diet & Weight Newsletter Obesity 

Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model of obesity – Part 1

August 15, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments calories, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, energy balance, member

Executive Summary * The standard explanation for obesity is that there is an energy imbalance. Both as individuals and populations,

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Cancer Newsletter 

Fats & Bladder cancer

August 8, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments bladder cancer, dietary fat, member. cancer

Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at a paper which examined the association between dietary fat intake (all fats,

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Diabetes Newsletter 

Keto vs Mediterranean diet for T2D

August 1, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments keto diet, Mediterranean diet, member, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at something rare in the field of nutrition – a randomised controlled trial

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