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
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Health
Research

Cholesterol

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

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

Cholesterol Newsletter

Coconut oil, olive oil, butter & LDL-cholesterol

April 27, 2020May 25, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", Butter, coconut oil, LDL-cholesterol, member, olive oil

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a classic paper from 2018 in an attempt to see if saturated

Cholesterol Heart Disease

Dear British Heart Foundation

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments British Heart Foundation, familial hypercholesterolemia

Dr David Diamond gave a presentation in California in February 2020. David quoted a statement made by the British Heart

Cholesterol Newsletter

The British Heart Foundation and Familial Hypercholesterolemia

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments British Heart Foundation, familial hypercholesterolemia, member

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Dr David Diamond present three

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Inclisiran – new ‘cholesterol-busting jab’

January 27, 2020August 26, 2020 Zoë 5 Comments Cholesterol, Evolocumab, inclisiran, member, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction This is the third note in a row about cholesterol, but

Cholesterol Newsletter

LDL-Cholesterol targets following ischemic stroke

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments Cholesterol, clinical trials, LDL-cholesterol, member, stroke

Executive summary * A study was published in the NEMJ in January 2020. It reported on a clinical trial where

Cholesterol Newsletter

Higher LDL-cholesterol & lower mortality

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Zoë 19 Comments Cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, member, mortality

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Many thanks to Dr Malcolm Kendrick for this week’s topic. Malcolm

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

The relationships between heart disease, cholesterol & dietary fat in Europe

May 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 6 Comments cardiovascular disease, dietary fat, heart disease, member, saturated fat

In this post we are looking at some interesting findings from the latest European Cardiovascular Disease Statistics (2017). Let’s start

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Plant-based diets & COVID-19
SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D
A healthy vegetarian diet
Bariatric surgery 10 years on
Do we have a weight set point?
Bad diets, heart disease & deaths
Transmission of Covid-19 post vaccination
Should Low Carb be High Fat or High Protein?
Anorexia – in memory of Nikki Grahame
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?

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