Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Academic Research Exercise Newsletter

You cannot outrun a bad diet

April 27, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments cardiovascular disease, Coca-Cola, eat less do more, exercise, fake food, member, NICE, Obesity

Three of the people, with whom I was honoured to share a platform at the February 2015 South African conference,

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Exercise Heart Disease Public Health

How statin drugs really lower cholesterol & kill you one cell at a time

October 25, 2013July 25, 2016 Zoë 263 Comments Cholesterol, conflict of interest, CoQ10, familial hypercholesterolemia, HDL, LDL, mevalonate pathway, National Cholesterol Education Programme, NCEP, statins

Introduction (Jump to the Executive Summary at the end if you don’t want the full monty). This is a review

Exercise Newsletter Obesity Surgery & Meds

Is exercise effective for weight loss?

August 19, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments calorie burning, eat real food, exercise, Jacques Peretti, member, weight loss

The Men who made us thin – Episode 2 – 15 August 2013 Apparently I am controversial. I have always

Exercise Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books

Malta – the unhealthy Mediterranean island

April 29, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments BMI, Europe, exercise, malta, member, Obesity

This media update is coming from sunny Malta. Andy and I are over here sneaking a week’s holiday before the

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Coca-Cola, Obesity and Conflict

January 22, 2013August 21, 2016 Zoë 20 Comments BNF, british nutrition foundation, Coca-Cola, conflict of interest, Obesity

Coca-Cola launched an advert about obesity. You can see the advert here as part of a short clip on ABC

Academic Research Conflicts of Interest Exercise Obesity

People can be fat yet fit, however…

September 5, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments Coca-Cola, exercise, fat but fit, metabolic syndrome

“People can be fat yet fit, research suggests” was the BBC headline. “People can be fat AND fit as study

Conflicts of Interest Exercise Food Companies Sugar

10 facts about The Olympics & Junk Food Sponsors

July 25, 2012July 1, 2016 Zoë Cadbury, Coca-Cola, food available at the Olympics, junk food, Lord Coe, mcdonalds, Michael Phelps, Olympic factoids, Olympic funding, Olympic sponsors, Olympics, Omega, Rebecca Adlington, Sport England, The Olympic Partner programme

The London Olympics start today (Wednesday 25th July 2012) with the women’s football kicking off in Cardiff. There has been

Academic Research Cancer Diabetes Exercise Heart Disease

Inactivity killing as many as smoking (really?!)

July 23, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë 7 Comments breast cancer, colon cancer, coronary heart disease, exercise, Harvard, inactivity, type 2 diabetes

We woke up on July 18th 2012 to the news “Inactivity ‘killing as many as smoking‘”. The headlines were from

Calories Exercise Obesity

Why trying to ‘burn off’ food is a waste of time

December 31, 2011July 31, 2016 Zoë 16 Comments calories burned, exercise, walking

On 30 Dec I tweeted: “All these people ‘walking off’ indulgence make me laugh – I’d have to walk to

Calories Exercise

Exercise – personal experience – part 2

May 30, 2011July 31, 2016 Zoë 13 Comments burning fat, calories, exercise, gym, lose weight

This blog has attracted a few comments – any suggestion that exercise is not going to make a person slim

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