Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Diet & Weight

Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

The Rice Diet

September 25, 2023September 24, 2023 Zoë 1 Comment member

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, member

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, 2023September 10, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments member

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

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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, member, 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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Heart Disease Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Keto-like diet & heart disease

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 Zoë 6 Comments keto diets, member

Executive summary * This post is unusually about a press release, which in turn was about a conference presentation. *

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

DASH vs very low carb – an RCT

June 19, 2023June 18, 2023 Zoë 1 Comment low carb, member

Executive Summary * The results from a 16-week randomised controlled trial (RCT) have been published. The trial compared the DASH

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Healthy low carb & low fat diets

June 12, 2023June 11, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments low carb, low fat, member

Executive Summary * A study about mortality and healthy and unhealthy, low-carb and low-fat, diets received much coverage. * The

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Heart Disease Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Mediterranean diet, women & heart disease

May 15, 2023May 14, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments heart disease, Mediterranean diet, member

Executive Summary * A widely reported study claimed that adherence to ‘the Mediterranean diet’ would reduce the risk of early

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Diabetes Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Low-carb diets & insulin resistance

April 24, 2023May 31, 2023 Zoë 3 Comments insulin resistance, low carb, member

Executive Summary * A study was published claiming that low-carbohydrate diets were associated with insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is the

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Food & Nutrition Newsletter Obesity 

The chocolate study that fooled the world

April 10, 2023April 29, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments chocolate, chocolate scam, member, weight, weight loss

Executive Summary * In 2015, three German reporters set about trying to do a study, which would get published in

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More Articles

  • LDL-C & heart disease – definitive proof?
  • The Rice Diet
  • Mediterranean diet, Biobank & dementia
  • Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Ultra-processed food & health
  • Alcohol & mortality
  • MIND diet & cognitive decline
  • Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver
  • Breakfast timing & risk of T2D
  • Keto-like diet & heart disease
  • The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
  • The Basics of Nutrition – Minerals
  • The Basics of Nutrition – Vitamins
  • The Basics of Nutrition – Macronutrients
  • Saturated fat & Parkinson’s Disease

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