Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Blood Pressure Heart Disease Other Diets & Books 

DASH vs American diet

February 27, 2023February 26, 2023 Zoë 8 Comments blood pressure, DASH, member, Standard American Diet

Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at the DASH diet trial, which was conducted in the 1990s. DASH stands

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

The impact of meal frequency, size & timing on weight

February 13, 2023February 26, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments calories, intermittent fasting, member

Executive Summary * A study examined the association between weight change and a number of aspects of eating, which were

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Plant based diets & mortality

October 10, 2022October 14, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments member, mortality, plant based diets

Executive summary * This week’s note examines a paper about plant-based diets and mortality. The paper was based on a

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Reflections on The Great Plant-Based Con

July 11, 2022July 18, 2022 Zoë 11 Comments conflicts of interest, member, Vegan

I was chatting to someone at the May 2022 Public Health Collaboration conference (after I had done my “Should we

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Should we be vegan?

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Zoë 14 Comments member, Vegan

Executive summary * This note summarises the history of the Public Health Collaboration conferences since the first one was held

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Time restricted eating & weight loss

June 13, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 6 Comments intermittent fasting, member, time restricted eating, weight loss

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a randomised controlled trial, which assessed whether calorie restriction with time-restricted eating was

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Men's Health Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Low-carb diets, cortisol & testosterone

March 28, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments cortisol, low carb diet, member, testosterone

Executive summary * A systematic review (look at all evidence) and meta-analysis (pool it together to see the overall effect)

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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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Newsletter Other Diets & Books Red Meat 

Who follows a carnivore diet?

January 24, 2022August 14, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments carnivore diet, member, red meat

Executive summary * A study has been published, which reported the results of a survey of over 2,000 people who

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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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