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

Heart Disease

Fiber, CVD & inflammation

April 18, 2022April 17, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments member

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a paper about fiber (total, cereal, vegetable and fruit fiber) and cardiovascular disease

Heart Disease Newsletter Other Foods

Avocados & heart disease

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments avocados, heart disease, member

Executive summary * This week’s academic paper generated global news coverage. The headlines were "An avocado a week can cut

Heart Disease Newsletter

The Clot Thickens

November 15, 2021November 29, 2021 Zoë 15 Comments heart disease, member, The Clot Thickens

Executive summary * This week’s note is about Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s new book called The Clot Thickens. * Malcolm has

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

Heart Disease Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & heart disease

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments heart disease, meat, member, poultry, red meat

Executive summary * Another attack on meat was published in July 2021. This one concluded that 50g/day more UNprocessed meat

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Cholesterol & mortality – world graphs

June 21, 2021December 19, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, heart disease, member, mortality

Executive summary * This post shares my presentation, which was part of the Low Carb All Stars conference on the

Heart Disease Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & disease – again!

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Zoë 2 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 16 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

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

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

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Why eat carbohydrate?
Weight gain during lockdown
A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD
Meat & Saturated fat
Fiber, CVD & inflammation
Avocados & heart disease
Meat & Life Expectancy
Low-carb diets, cortisol & testosterone
Legumes – optimal intake
Will cutting meat & dairy make you live longer?
Global Burden of Disease
Cochrane review of low-carb diets
JCVI conflicts of interest
An insulin index of food
Metabolism, dieting & reaching goal weight

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