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

Specific Foods

‘Fast’ & ‘slow’ carbs

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments carbohydrates, glycemic index, member

Executive summary * A study has just been published, which claimed to have definitively demonstrated that ‘fast’ carbs do not

Heart Disease Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & heart disease

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments heart disease, meat, member, poultry, red meat

Executive summary * Another attack on meat was published in July 2021. This one concluded that 50g/day more UNprocessed meat

Newsletter Red Meat

Plant-based ‘meat’ vs grass-fed meat

July 19, 2021September 3, 2021 Zoë 1 Comment plant based diets, red meat

Executive summary * A paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports in July 2021. It used an analytical profiling technique

Newsletter Public Health Red Meat

Plant-based diets & COVID-19

June 14, 2021September 3, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments COVID-19, epidemiology, high protein diet, low carb diet, plant based diets

Executive Summary (I had a rapid response published on this). * A paper was published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention &

Heart Disease Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & disease – again!

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Zoë 2 Comments epidemiology, heart disease, member, red meat

Executive Summary * Yet another epidemiological paper has been published reporting associations between meat intake and different conditions. * This

Fruit Newsletter Public Health

The evidence behind five-a-day

March 22, 2021March 21, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments five-a-day, member, the evidence for five a day

Executive Summary * Last week’s note looked at the latest epidemiological study claiming an association between intake of fruit and

Fruit Newsletter Public Health

How much fruit & veg is optimal?

March 15, 2021March 14, 2021 Zoë 11 Comments epidemiology, five-a-day, member, mortality

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction I am known for challenging a number of dietary beliefs –

Newsletter Other Foods

Nuts & cognitive ability

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments cognitive ability, epidemiology, member, nuts

Executive summary * A study was published which claimed that intake of nuts was inversely related to risk of cognitive

Newsletter Red Meat

The Eatwell Guide & The Environment

October 5, 2020October 11, 2020 Zoë 12 Comments EAT Lancet diet, eatwell guide, environment

Executive Summary * A paper was recently published, which claimed that adherence to the UK ‘Eatwell’ Guide (EWG) could reduce

Newsletter Red Meat

Meat, plants & TMAO

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments LDL-cholesterol, meat, member, plant based diets, TMAO

Executive Summary * A study has just been published with findings from a crossover trial where 36 participants consumed plant-based

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Inclisiran
Aspirin & cancer survival
‘Fast’ & ‘slow’ carbs
Keto diet under attack
Meat & heart disease
Vasectomies: testing & clearance
What should we eat?
The National Food Strategy: The Plan
Plant-based ‘meat’ vs grass-fed meat
Stopping statins
Chocolate for breakfast may help fat burning
Rebutting the cholesterol hypothesis
Cholesterol & mortality – world graphs
Plant-based diets & COVID-19
SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D

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