Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Diet & Weight Newsletter 

Top tips for festive eating

December 19, 2022December 30, 2022 Zoë 3 Comments christmas, dieting, tips

Introduction Every Monday we send out a newsletter that looks at a particular aspect of diet and health in the

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Newsletter Public Health 

Does intermittent fasting raise the risk of early death?

December 12, 2022February 23, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments intermittent fasting, member

Executive summary * A study examined the associations of meal frequency, skipping meals, and intervals between meals with all-cause and

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Newsletter Other Foods Red Meat 

Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 ‘foods’

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments plant foods, Ruminants

Executive summary * This week’s paper is one of the worst I have reviewed. * It described a modelling exercise,

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Medications Mental Health Newsletter 

Is depression related to serotonin?

September 19, 2022September 18, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments depression, member, serotonin

Executive summary * This week’s note is important. It received media coverage, but it does not appear to have changed

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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