Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

About
Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
- Food Companies
- Nutrition
  - Macronutrients
  - Micronutrients
- Specific Foods
  - Dairy
  - Fruit
  - Red Meat
  - Sugar
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Health
Research

Macronutrients

Macronutrients Newsletter

Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver

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

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

Macronutrients Newsletter

The Basics of Nutrition – Macronutrients

July 3, 2023August 28, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments carbohydrates, macro nutrients, member

Introduction Food (noun): “Substance taken into body to maintain life and growth; nutriment” (Ref 1). In a world where food

Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health

Saturated fat & Parkinson’s Disease

June 26, 2023June 25, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments member, Parkinson's

Executive Summary * A Swedish population study reviewed the association between dietary fat intake and the incidence of Parkinson’s Disease

Exercise Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter

LCHF vs HCLF for athletic performance

April 3, 2023April 29, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments exercise, HCLF, LCHF, member

Executive Summary * This week’s study involved some professors known to many people in the low-carb world: Noakes, Volek and

Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter

Carbs & cardiovascular disease

March 27, 2023September 4, 2023 Zoë 6 Comments carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, member

Executive Summary * This week’s paper was based on the UK Biobank population study. It examined data for 110,000 people,

Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter

Saturated fat – an end to the myth?

November 21, 2022November 27, 2022 Zoë 10 Comments member, saturated fat

Executive summary * An article has been published, which aimed to investigate the robustness of the claim that saturated fat

Macronutrients Newsletter

Why eat carbohydrate?

May 16, 2022May 15, 2022 Zoë 24 Comments carbohydrate, member

Executive summary * This note summarises what carbohydrates are, from fructose to fibre. * It briefly looks at the role

Exercise Macronutrients Newsletter

Sarcopenia & Protein

January 31, 2022February 8, 2022 Zoë 8 Comments exercise, member, protein

Executive summary * A study was published that claimed 1) a lower Sarcopenia Risk Score (SRS) was associated with a

Macronutrients Newsletter Red Meat

Saturated fat – a reprieve?

January 17, 2022January 23, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments EPIC, epidemiology, member, saturated fat

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a recent paper, which concluded that "instead of only paying attention to

Macronutrients Newsletter Women's Health

Australian women – carbs & fat

October 25, 2021November 8, 2021 Zoë 5 Comments carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, epidemiology, member, mortality, saturated fat

Executive summary * A study of approximately 10,000 middle-aged Australian women examined the association between carbohydrate and saturated fat intake

← Previous

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
DASH vs very low carb – an RCT

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