Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Cholesterol Newsletter

Is HDL-cholesterol bad?

June 27, 2022July 18, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, heart disease, member

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a paper, which found that very high HDL-cholesterol levels are associated with higher

Heart Disease Newsletter

Fiber, CVD & inflammation

April 18, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments cardiovascular disease, fiber, fibre, inflammation, member

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a paper about fiber (total, cereal, vegetable and fruit fiber) and cardiovascular disease

Newsletter Nutrition Public Health Red Meat

Global Burden of Disease

March 7, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments disease, epidemiology, meat

Executive summary * One of the most important challenges in the field of nutrition has been published in The Lancet.

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Cochrane review of low-carb diets

February 28, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments Cochrane, low carb diet, member

Executive summary * A 456 page Cochrane review has been published. It examined low-carbohydrate diets vs balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing

Conflicts of Interest Medications

JCVI conflicts of interest

February 17, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 9 Comments conflicts of interest, COVID-19, JCVI

Executive summary * On February 16th, 2022, the UK Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued a statement to

Academic Research Newsletter

An insulin index of food

February 14, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 13 Comments carbohydrate, fat, insulin, member, protein

Executive summary * The Holt et al classic paper, published in 1997, reviewed the insulin (and glucose) responses of 38

Review of 2021

January 3, 2022January 1, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments anorexia, aspirin, bariatric surgery, cancer, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, chocolate, Cholesterol, Christmas weight gain, cognitive ability, COVID-19, dietary guidelines for americans, DIETFITS, efficacy, fat but fit, five-a-day, Food Compass, heart disease, inclisiran, keto diet, LCHF, LCHP, low carb diet, meat, men & women & dieting, mortality, national food strategy, NICE, NNT, nocebo effect, nuts, plant based diets, SACN, semaglutide, statins, supplements, Transmission of COVID-19, type 2 diabetes, vasectomies, vegetarian, vitamin D, weight loss, weight set point, Zoe app

These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Diet & Weight Newsletter

Christmas & weight gain

December 20, 2021December 19, 2021 Zoë 7 Comments christmas, dieting, member, weight

Executive summary * The festive period is notorious for weight gain and this phenomenon has been the subject of academic

Newsletter Red Meat

Global meat trade & health

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments cancer, epidemiology, heart disease, mortality, red meat, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary * A study recently claimed that 5,000 people die each year because of trade of red and processed

Children's Health Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Keto diets & kidney stones

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments Children, epilepsy, keto diet, kidney stones, member

Executive summary * This week’s study produced the headline finding that the estimated incidence of kidney stones in patients on

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Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model of obesity – Part 1
Fats & Bladder cancer
Keto vs Mediterranean diet for T2D
Eggs, cholesterol & mortality
Kellogg’s, milk & sugar
Reflections on The Great Plant-Based Con
What do Americans eat?
Is HDL-cholesterol bad?
Should we be vegan?
Time restricted eating & weight loss
Sweeteners & cancer
Cholesterol & Coffee
Fiber & Dementia
Why eat carbohydrate?
Weight gain during lockdown

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