Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Macronutrients

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Food Groups

May 31, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 11 Comments beans, dairy, eat real food, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, eggs, fish, food group classification, food groups, fruit, grains, legumes, meat, my plate, nuts, pulses, seeds, vegetables

There must be something about the number five and public health dietary advice. First the myth of five-a-day, then five

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Academic Research Macronutrients Newsletter Obesity 

High protein diets, weight & death

May 11, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 34 Comments animal protein, atkins, CVD, eat real food, high protein diet, vegetable protein, weight gain

On May 8th 2015, The Independent, and a few other newspapers, reported “High-protein diets increase risk of weight gain, study

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Academic Research Macronutrients Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books 

Did a low fat diet beat a low carb diet for fat loss?

March 9, 2015July 31, 2016 Zoë 34 Comments diet intervention, dietary fat, fat burning, fat loss, low carb, low carb diet, low fat, low fat diet, Obesity, randomised control trial, weight, weight loss

A story emerged on March 5th 2015 from the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Diego. It was

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients 

Saturated fat & CHD in Europe

March 1, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 45 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, death rates, dietary guidelines, Europe, European heart disease statistics, saturated fat, vitamin D

This post shows that, for all 192 countries in the world, for men and women, for CVD deaths and all-cause

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Conferences Conflicts of Interest Macronutrients Micronutrients Newsletter Other Diets & Books Public Health 

South African Dietary guidelines

February 16, 2015August 22, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments conflict of interest, dietary guidelines, LCHF, member, nutrition, south africa

Thank you SO much for all your support and interest during the dietary guidelines story that broke on Tuesday. We

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter Public Health 

US and UK dietary advice on fats “should not have been introduced”

February 9, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 45 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, heart attacks, meta-analysis, mortality, saturated fat, Senator McGovern, systematic review, total fat

Introduction Dietary guidelines were introduced in the US in 1977 (ref 1) and in the UK in 1983 (ref 2).

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Macronutrients Media Watch Micronutrients Newsletter 

Trust me I’m a doctor – not on nutrition

October 20, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 30 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", bbc, carbohydrates, essential fats, fat, michael mosley, resistant starch, saturated fat

Michael Mosley was back on our screens last week (15 October 2014). I do like MM. I like his bedside

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Conferences Macronutrients Micronutrients Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) is an outcome, not a choice

October 13, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments banting, dietary fat, essential fats, fat soluble vitamins, LCHF, member, south africa, whole grains

My favourite story of the week appeared in the Sunday Times yesterday, but there wasn’t a big diet/health story to

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books 

The low-carb vs low-fat study

September 8, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 66 Comments atkins, calorie theory, carbohydrates, Cholesterol, CVD, fat, HDL, heart disease, LDL, low carb diet, low fat diet, randomised control trial, triglyceride

On September 2nd 2014 a story broke in the field of diet and nutrition, but it barely made it across

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Weight loss correlates with low carb, not low calorie

August 4, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 11 Comments carbohydrates, fat, isocaloric diets, low calorie, low calorie diet, low carb, low carb diet

This is extracted from: “The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it?” Marjorie R. Freedman, Janet King,

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