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

Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & Saturated fat

April 25, 2022April 24, 2022 Zoë 11 Comments member

Executive summary * It is generally believed that meat is "full of saturated fat." * This note presents four facts

Heart Disease Newsletter Other Foods

Avocados & heart disease

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments avocados, heart disease, member

Executive summary * This week’s academic paper generated global news coverage. The headlines were "An avocado a week can cut

Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & Life Expectancy

April 4, 2022April 11, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments meat, member, mortality

Executive summary * A paper has been published, which examined meat intake and life expectancy at a global level. It

Newsletter Specific Foods

Legumes – optimal intake

March 21, 2022March 27, 2022 Zoë 3 Comments member

Executive summary * Legumes are increasingly being promoted as the food group we should be consuming instead of animal foods.

Dairy Newsletter Red Meat

Will cutting meat & dairy make you live longer?

March 14, 2022March 13, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments member

Executive summary * A paper was published which generated the headline “Cutting down meat and dairy could help you live

Newsletter Nutrition Public Health Red Meat

Global Burden of Disease

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments

Executive summary * One of the most important challenges in the field of nutrition has been published in The Lancet.

Newsletter Other Diets & Books Red Meat

Who follows a carnivore diet?

January 24, 2022February 20, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments carnivore diet, red meat

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

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

Newsletter Red Meat

Global meat trade & health

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments cancer, epidemiology, heart disease, mortality, red meat, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary * A study recently claimed that 5,000 people die each year because of trade of red and processed

Newsletter Whole Grains

‘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

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Why eat carbohydrate?
Weight gain during lockdown
A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD
Meat & Saturated fat
Fiber, CVD & inflammation
Avocados & heart disease
Meat & Life Expectancy
Low-carb diets, cortisol & testosterone
Legumes – optimal intake
Will cutting meat & dairy make you live longer?
Global Burden of Disease
Cochrane review of low-carb diets
JCVI conflicts of interest
An insulin index of food
Metabolism, dieting & reaching goal weight

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