Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
- Food Companies
- Nutrition
  - Macronutrients
  - Micronutrients
- Specific Foods
  - Dairy
  - Fruit
  - Red Meat
  - Sugar
  - Whole Grains
  - Other Foods
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Research

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Meat & disease – again!

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Zoë 0 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

Heart Disease Newsletter Women's Health

Risk factors for women & heart disease

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments Cholesterol, Diabetes, heart disease, member, women's health

Executive Summary * A study was published in JAMA Cardiology on January 20th, 2021. * The study included 28,000 women

Diabetes Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Type 2 diabetes & diet – how low should low carb be?

February 8, 2021February 9, 2021 Zoë 3 Comments low carb diet, low fat diet, low fat vs low carb, member, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary * A study was published in the BMJ in mid-January 2021. It was a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cholesterol Newsletter Public Health

Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?

January 18, 2021January 29, 2021 Zoë 13 Comments Cholesterol, member, statins

Executive summary * A study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2020. * It involved

Diabetes Newsletter

Eggs, diabetes and Chinese adults

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments bad science, eggs, member, processed food, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary * A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition was called “Higher egg consumption associated with increased

Heart Disease Newsletter Public Health

UK deaths in 2020

October 26, 2020January 28, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments COVID-19, dementia, heart disease, member

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction On October 19th, 2020, a document was published by the UK

Diabetes Newsletter

Low calorie vs low carbohydrate for T2D remission (DiRECT vs Virta)

September 21, 2020October 5, 2020 Zoë 9 Comments low calorie diet, low carb diet, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary * There are two dietary ways to put type 2 diabetes (T2D) into remission – transient very low

Diabetes Newsletter

Liquid diets & weight regain

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments member, type 2 diabetes, very low calorie diet, weight

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction One of my favourite academic papers was published in 2007, by

Diabetes Newsletter

Soups & Shakes for Type 2 Diabetes

September 7, 2020September 11, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments low carb diet, member, remission, type 2 diabetes, very low calorie diet

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction The big news in the UK last week was “Thousands to

Cholesterol Newsletter

Cholesterol & PCSK9s – the lower the better?

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Zoë 12 Comments LDL-cholesterol, member, meta-analysis, PCSK9 inhibitors

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction This week’s study was emailed to me by the senior author,

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Meat & disease – again!
Risk factors for women & heart disease
Do we need to pay people to lose weight?
The evidence behind five-a-day
How much fruit & veg is optimal?
DIETFITS – who did best?
Semaglutide & weight loss
NICE, Vitamin D & Covid-19
The ‘Fat but fit’ debate
Type 2 diabetes & diet – how low should low carb be?
Nuts & cognitive ability
Men & women & dieting
Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025
Review of 2020

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