Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
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Women’s Health

Low fat diet & breast cancer

May 27, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 2 Comments low fat diet, member, menopause, women's health

Introduction I had just arrived in south west Scotland, for an ethical farming conference, when a couple of emails arrived.

Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter Women's Health

Low carb diets and mortality

May 13, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments low carb diet, member, meta-analysis, mortality

Introduction This week we’re looking at a classic article, which was published in January 2013. It was called “Low-Carbohydrate Diets

Newsletter Women's Health

Expecting better

April 1, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 1 Comment member

March 31st was Mother’s Day in the UK (American moms need to wait until 12th May for their special day

Men's Health Newsletter Whole Grains Women's Health

Why do studies conclude that fiber is associated with better health?

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 Zoë 7 Comments epidemiology, fiber, fibre, food groups, member, whole grains

Introduction On January 10th 2019, The Lancet published yet another article raving about carbohydrates and fiber (Ref 1). The lead

Medications Newsletter Women's Health

HRT & blood clots

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments blood clots, HRT, member

Introduction Women in the UK woke up to scary headlines on January 10th 2019. The Daily Mail informed us that

Diabetes Newsletter Women's Health

Type 1 diabetes and gluten

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments gluten, grains, member, type 1 diabetes, whole grains

This week’s interesting paper was genuinely attention grabbing for the simple reason that it reported an association of double. We

Newsletter Women's Health

Fewer babies with high cholesterol?

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments Cholesterol, member, metabolic syndrome, PCOS, pregnancy

Q) Why does an egg contain a lot of cholesterol? A) Because you need a lot of cholesterol to make

Academic Research Newsletter Women's Health

Low carb diets & birth defects

February 1, 2018February 5, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments birth defects, low carb diet, neural tube defects, pregnancy

A study was published in the journal “Birth Defects Research” on 25th January 2018 (Ref 1). A press release accompanied

Men's Health Newsletter Other Foods Women's Health

Does coffee cut risk of disease?

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 Zoë 2 Comments antioxidants, cardiovascular disease, coffee, member, mortality, type 2 diabetes

I love coffee. I have a huge milky cappuccino, with a shot of caffeine, for breakfast and then I have

Newsletter Women's Health

Soy fertility and the menopause

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Zoë 7 Comments estrogen, fertility, member, menopause, oestrogen, soy, tofu

The headline that caught my eye last week was: “Eating more vegetable protein in the form of tofu, soya and

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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
The 500th Monday note!
The Eatwell Guide & The Environment
The Eatwell Guide & Mortality
Low calorie vs low carbohydrate for T2D remission (DiRECT vs Virta)
Liquid diets & weight regain
Soups & Shakes for Type 2 Diabetes
Cholesterol & PCSK9s – the lower the better?
Meat, plants & TMAO

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