Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

About
Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
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- Nutrition
  - Macronutrients
  - Micronutrients
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  - Fruit
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Research

Women’s Health

Australian women – carbs & fat

October 25, 2021November 8, 2021 Zoë 5 Comments carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, epidemiology, member, mortality, saturated fat

Executive summary * A study of approximately 10,000 middle-aged Australian women examined the association between carbohydrate and saturated fat intake

Newsletter Women's Health

Chocolate for breakfast may help fat burning

July 5, 2021July 4, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments chocolate, fat burning, member, weight

Executive summary * A study was published, which was press-released with the claim "consuming milk chocolate may be a fat-burner

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

Newsletter 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 9 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

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Mediterranean diet, Biobank & dementia
Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s Disease
Ultra-processed food & health
Alcohol & mortality
MIND diet & cognitive decline
Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver
Breakfast timing & risk of T2D
Keto-like diet & heart disease
The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
The Basics of Nutrition – Minerals
The Basics of Nutrition – Vitamins
The Basics of Nutrition – Macronutrients
Saturated fat & Parkinson’s Disease
DASH vs very low carb – an RCT
My chat with Ben Rubin about the UK NHS health system

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