Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
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Calories

Calories Newsletter

Calories, Thermodynamics & Weight

October 19, 2020October 18, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments member

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Last week was the 500th Monday note and it made me

Calories Macronutrients Newsletter

Animal Based Low Carb vs Plant Based Low Fat Diets

May 25, 2020March 23, 2021 Zoë 5 Comments low carb diet, low fat diet, member

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction There’s been quite a lot of chatter online about this week’s

Calories Newsletter

How alcohol affects weight

July 22, 2019July 27, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments Alcohol, member, weight and alcohol

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We’re taking a bit of a departure this week to do

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Weight gain over Christmas

December 17, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments christmas, member, randomised control trial, weight gain

This will be the last note before Christmas, so it seems appropriate to look at a festive study that has

Calories Newsletter

Where do calories go?

November 26, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calories, member, thermodynamics

Last Monday’s newsletter was the 400th! I started the Monday note in January 2011 and so I’ve just reached this

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Diet for weight maintenance

November 19, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments calorie formula, calories, high carb diet, low carb diet, member

On 16th November 2018, NY Times reporter Anahad O’Connor tweeted that the number one most emailed story on the NY

Calories Conferences Newsletter

PHC Conference 2018

May 28, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 10 Comments calorie theory, energy balance, Professor Tim Noakes, Public Health Collaboration, type 2 diabetes

Dr Peter Brukner, former team doctor for the Australian cricket team, and Dr Karim Khan, editor of the British Journal

Calories Newsletter

A new 3,500 calorie formula?

April 16, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 3 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calorie controlled diets, calorie deficit, member

A paper was published on 9th April 2018 entitled “Simulating long-term human weight-loss dynamics in response to calorie restriction” (Ref

Calories Exercise Newsletter

Why we can’t outrun a bad diet

October 23, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, energy balance, exercise, member, thermodynamics

There’s been a recent twitter debate about diet vs. exercise in weight loss. One side has the view “You can’t

Calories Newsletter

Why 100,000 extra calories don’t equal 2 stone heavier

October 9, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments 3500 calories, 3500 formula, calories, member

A Dutch rice cake company has provided the story for this week. Kallo is a well known brand name –

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Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025
Review of 2020

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