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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Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?

January 18, 2021January 17, 2021 Zoë 13 Comments member

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, 2020October 26, 2020 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,

Cholesterol Newsletter

Statins in the over 75s

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments Cholesterol, meta-analysis, observational study, statins

Executive Summary * Headlines in July 2020 reported that “A study of over-75s found that those taking statins were 25

Dairy Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter

Dietary Fat & Mortality

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments dietary fat, heart disease, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We are getting back to home turf this week – diet

Cholesterol Newsletter

Coconut oil, olive oil, butter & LDL-cholesterol

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", Butter, coconut oil, LDL-cholesterol, member, olive oil

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction One of my favourite parts of one of my favourite books

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Men & women & dieting
Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025
Review of 2020
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 – The Lancet Papers
The impact of a 10% limit on saturated fat
The Case For Keto
Vegans & bone fractures
Eggs, diabetes and Chinese adults
Essay on The Obesity Epidemic
SAGE conflicts of interest
UK Deaths with Covid-19 & R
The Impact of Lockdowns
UK deaths in 2020
Calories, Thermodynamics & Weight

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