Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
- Food Companies
- Nutrition
  - Macronutrients
  - Micronutrients
- Specific Foods
  - Dairy
  - Fruit
  - Red Meat
  - Sugar
  - Whole Grains
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Exercise

Exercise Newsletter

The ‘Fat but fit’ debate

February 15, 2021February 18, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments Diabetes, exercise, hypertension, member, Obesity

Executive summary * A study was published on January 22nd, 2021 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. * It

Exercise Newsletter Red Meat

Sarcopenia & diet

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Zoë 2 Comments epidemiology, member, protein, red meat, sarcopenia

Executive summary Please login to view this content By the way Before I get to the subject of this week’s

Calories Exercise Newsletter

Why we can’t outrun a bad diet

October 23, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, energy balance, exercise, member, thermodynamics

There’s been a recent twitter debate about diet vs. exercise in weight loss. One side has the view “You can’t

Exercise Newsletter

Sedentary behaviour

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Zoë 8 Comments exercise, member, Public Health England

Humans beings have survived thus far because we have managed to acquire at least as much energy as we have

Exercise Mental Health Newsletter

Running on fat (1700km in 26 days!)

May 29, 2017July 29, 2020 Zoë 3 Comments exercise, LCHF, member

It’s a personal one this week. My husband is called Andy. Andy’s brother is called James. James’ running mate is

Exercise Heart Disease Newsletter Obesity

Heart Disease: genes vs. lifestyle

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments epidemiology, exercise, healthy diet, heart disease, member, Obesity, smoking

Many thanks to Jerome Burne for alerting me to this one. Jerome sent me a paper to take a look

Academic Research Calories Exercise Newsletter Obesity

‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets

September 26, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments calories, dieting, exercise, member, weight watchers

A really interesting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 20th 2016. It was

Academic Research Cancer Diabetes Exercise Heart Disease

Exercise: Is a lot more a lot better?

August 22, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments breast cancer, carbohydrate, colon cancer, Diabetes, exercise, heart disease, strokes

Introduction A study was published in the BMJ on 9th August 2016. The study was called “Physical activity and risk of

Children's Health Exercise Newsletter Obesity Public Health

UK Childhood Obesity ‘Strategy’

August 22, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 1 Comment childhood obesity, children's food campaign, exercise, Obesity

On 18th August 2016 a long awaited childhood obesity strategy was published by the UK government. The report can be

Calories Exercise Newsletter Obesity Public Health

Burning off calories (& food labels)

January 18, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 14 Comments 3500 calories, calorie formula, carbohydrates, exercise, food labelling, food labels

On 15 January 2016, the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) called for the introduction of ‘activity equivalent’ calorie labelling

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The evidence behind five-a-day
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DIETFITS – who did best?
Semaglutide & weight loss
NICE, Vitamin D & Covid-19
The ‘Fat but fit’ debate
Type 2 diabetes & diet – how low should low carb be?
Nuts & cognitive ability
Men & women & dieting
Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025
Review of 2020

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