Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
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Cholesterol

Inclisiran – new ‘cholesterol-busting jab’

January 27, 2020August 26, 2020 Zoë 7 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

Academic Research Cholesterol

Keys, cholesterol and rabbits

April 4, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments ancel keys, chicken, dietary cholesterol, rabbit

The following quotation, attributed to Ancel Keys, has been repeated quite often, but with the source for it not always

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Cholesterol, statins, the CTSU & the Mail on Sunday

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Zoë 78 Comments

Before I did what I do now I worked as the HR Director at management team level for a number

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Why cholesterol can’t cause heart disease

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments cardiovascular disease, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

Introduction The more you examine the cholesterol-heart hypothesis, the more it doesn’t make sense. This week’s note has been inspired

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Statins

December 10, 2018April 28, 2021 Zoë 7 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

(The British newspaper, “i”, published a shorter version of this article on 11th December 2018.) The headlines on 8th

Cholesterol Newsletter

Lowering LDL

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Zoë 13 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, lipoproteins, member, statins, VLDL

On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open

Cholesterol Newsletter Whole Grains

Fiber: a plausible mechanism?

October 29, 2018January 21, 2019 Zoë 12 Comments dietary guidelines, fiber, fibre, member

Last week we looked at: what fiber is (indigestible carbohydrate); our requirement for fiber (none); the recommendations for fiber intake

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Australian women – carbs & fat
Weight loss vs fitness for health risks
Towards better dietary guidelines
The Zoe app, Covid-19 & supplements
Energy compensation & adiposity
The Carbohydrate Insulin Model of Obesity
Inclisiran
Aspirin & cancer survival
‘Fast’ & ‘slow’ carbs
Keto diet under attack
Meat & heart disease
Vasectomies: testing & clearance
What should we eat?
The National Food Strategy: The Plan
Plant-based ‘meat’ vs grass-fed meat

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