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
  - Whole Grains
  - Other Foods
Health
Research

Macronutrients

Low, moderate or high carbohydrate?

August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Zoë 16 Comments carbohydrate, epidemiology, low carb diet, small group issue

In 1977 the Senator McGovern committee issued some dietary goals for Americans (Ref 1). The first goal was “Increase carbohydrate

Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health

Saturated Fat Consultation (SACN) – My Response

July 2, 2018August 6, 2018 Zoë 9 Comments cardiovascular disease, conflict of interest, coronary heart disease, polyunsaturated fat, SACN, saturated fat

At the recent Swiss Re/The BMJ Food for Thought conference, the closing speakers tried to find some agreement on dietary

Conflicts of Interest Macronutrients

Scientific Advisory Committee Nutrition (SACN) Declarations of Interest

June 14, 2018August 12, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments

At the BMJ/Swiss Re event today (14th June 2018), I was a panel member on one debate. We were asked

Heart Disease Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter

High protein diets and heart failure

June 4, 2018October 18, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments epidemiology, heart failure, member, protein

Many thanks to Dr Peter Brukner for today’s topic. There were a few to choose from last week, but Peter

Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health

SACN report on saturated fat

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

Saturated fat is under the spotlight at the moment. Between February 28th and March 30th 2018, the US dietary guidelines

Blood Pressure Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter

Carbohydrates & Cardiovascular disease

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 Zoë 41 Comments blood glucose, blood pressure, carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, cereals

The study this week didn’t make the headlines. I only came across it because I get email alerts when any

Macronutrients Research

Protein – by Kevin Handreck

February 13, 2018February 14, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments protein. optimal protein intake

Introduction I have an email folder for people I’ve met on line and it’s full of characters who have contacted

Macronutrients Newsletter

LCHF & butter

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Zoë 24 Comments Butter, carbohydrates, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, LCHF, macro nutrients, protein

I was interviewed for a couple of podcasts last week and the interviewers, the “Keto Dudes”, were particularly interested in

Macronutrients Red Meat

Saturated fat

January 21, 2018January 27, 2018 Zoë 24 Comments dietary fat, dietary guidelines, monounsaturated fat, olive oil, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

Here’s a slide that I present during some presentations e.g. here 10 mins in. It makes a few points: 1)

Macronutrients Men's Health Mental Health Newsletter

Can a low carb diet kill you?!

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Zoë 4 Comments CVD, low carb diet, member, meta-analysis, mortality

We’re going back a few years for this week’s note – to 2013 – when a review was published entitled:

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