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

Cholesterol

Finland, diet, cholesterol & heart disease

June 5, 2023June 4, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments member

Executive Summary * This is the second part of the review of the North Karelia study, which claimed that reducing

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

The Lipid Energy Model

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 6 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, lean mass hyper responders, lipid energy model, member

Executive summary * This week’s note builds on last week’s note about lean mass hyper-responders. This was the term developed

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Lean Mass Hyper-Responders

September 5, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, lean mass hyper responders, member

Executive summary * The term “Lean Mass Hyper-Responder” was developed by Dave Feldman in reference to those with the combination

Cholesterol Newsletter

Eggs, cholesterol & mortality

July 25, 2022July 24, 2022 Zoë 9 Comments Cholesterol, eggs, member

Executive Summary * The paper being reviewed this week claimed that dietary cholesterol and egg intake are associated with higher

Cholesterol Newsletter

Is HDL-cholesterol bad?

June 27, 2022July 18, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, heart disease, member

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a paper, which found that very high HDL-cholesterol levels are associated with higher

Cholesterol Newsletter

Cholesterol & Coffee

May 30, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments Cholesterol, coffee, member

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at the association between coffee consumption and total cholesterol. * Coffee contains two

Cholesterol Newsletter

A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD

May 2, 2022May 4, 2022 Zoë 9 Comments Cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, statins

Executive summary * Most papers presenting the benefits of statins have been done by the Oxford Cholesterol Treatment Trialists (CTT)

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Inclisiran

September 13, 2021September 20, 2021 Zoë 5 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, member

Executive summary * The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (guideline setting organisation) has approved a PCSK9 inhibitor

Cholesterol Newsletter Surgery & Meds

Stopping statins

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Zoë 9 Comments member

Executive summary * A study was published in JAMA Open Network, which generated the headline ‘stopping statins linked to death

Cholesterol Newsletter Public Health

Rebutting the cholesterol hypothesis

June 28, 2021November 8, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, member

Executive summary * This note suggests a rapid rebuttal to the cholesterol hypothesis. * To get there, it goes through

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Finland, diet, cholesterol & heart disease
Did Finland prove that reducing (saturated) fat reduces heart disease?
Heart healthy diets
Mediterranean diet, women & heart disease
The best rebuttals for nutritional myths
Weight change & dying in older adults
Low-carb diets & insulin resistance
Pre-diabetes diet advice
The chocolate study that fooled the world
LCHF vs HCLF for athletic performance
Carbs & cardiovascular disease
Diets, health & carbon footprint
Does Erythritol sweetener cause cardiac incidents?
DIAMOND diet trial for type 2 diabetes
DASH vs American diet

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