Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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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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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

The Rice Diet

September 25, 2023October 23, 2023 Zoë 1 Comment carbohydrates, dieting, rice, weight loss

Executive summary * This week’s note was inspired by a newsletter about a presentation (by Denise Minger) about a diet

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Mediterranean diet, Biobank & dementia

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 Zoë 6 Comments dementia, Mediterranean diet

Executive summary * The UK Biobank population data were used for a study to see if a so-called Mediterranean diet

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Newsletter Surgery & Meds 

Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s Disease

September 11, 2023October 23, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments Alzheimer's, medications

Executive summary * This week, we’re looking at two published papers about a drug called lecanemab, which is intended to

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Newsletter Other Foods 

Ultra-processed food & health

September 4, 2023September 4, 2023 Zoë 14 Comments heart disease, junk food

Executive summary * A story about ultra-processed foods (UPFs) made headlines. The story was generated by two, short, poster presentations

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Newsletter Public Health 

Alcohol & mortality

August 28, 2023October 23, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments Alcohol, mortality

Executive summary * This week’s note is about something I don’t like the taste of – alcohol. * A large

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Mental Health Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

MIND diet & cognitive decline

August 21, 2023September 4, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments cognitive ability, DASH, mental health

Executive summary * The anacronym MIND stands for Mediterranean–DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. The diet is the fruit/veg/grain/legume, largely plant-based,

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Macronutrients Newsletter 

Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver

August 14, 2023September 4, 2023 Zoë 6 Comments liver, protein

Executive summary * This week’s paper is our first from Iran. It shouldn’t have got through peer review, but it

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