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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Health
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Medications

Semaglutide & weight loss

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Zoë 2 Comments drug companies, member, Obesity, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction An obesity drug remains one of the biggest opportunities for pharmaceutical

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

Medications Mental Health

Antidepressants and weight gain

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Zoë 3 Comments anti-depressant, diabetes medication, member, weight gain, weight gain with medication

On 23rd May 2018, an article was published in the BMJ entitled “Antidepressant utilisation and incidence of weight gain during

Medications Newsletter

Statins: at what age?

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Zoë 7 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, CVD, member, NICE, statin guidelines, statins

1st August 2017 would have been a confusing day for anyone reading all the UK papers. The Telegraph front page

Cholesterol Medications

Evolocumab – NICE guidelines – a reply

June 26, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments Cholesterol, Evolocumab, heart disease, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha

On 17th May 2017, I received a reply to the letter set out in this post. “Dear Zoe Thank you

Cholesterol Medications Newsletter

Evolocumab – NICE guidelines

April 10, 2017August 26, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments Cholesterol, Evolocumab, heart disease, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha

The Telegraph covered my findings here. This is a copy of an email, which I have just sent to the

Academic Research Cholesterol Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

November 7, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 73 Comments Cholesterol, familial hypercholesterolemia, FH, genetics, HDL, LDL, VLDL

While I was in South Africa, at the Professor Tim Noakes hearing, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) came up both home and

Cholesterol Heart Disease Medications Public Health

CEBM – Centre for Evidentially Biased Medicine

November 6, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 5 Comments CEBM, Cholesterol, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, rory collins, saturated fat

A friend pointed this post out to me, which I would not have seen otherwise, as this would not be a

Academic Research Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

The Lancet Statin Study

September 12, 2016September 19, 2016 Zoë 2 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, conflict of interest, CTSU, member, statins

On Friday 9th September 2016, an article was published in The Lancet with a quite extraordinary editorial. The full article

Academic Research Fruit Heart Disease Medications Red Meat

Mediterranean Diet better than statins?

August 29, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments heart attacks, heart disease, Mediterranean diet, oily fish, statins, strokes

My August Bank Holiday Monday (29/8/2016) kicked off with an interview on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the day’s headline:

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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
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 – The Lancet Papers
The impact of a 10% limit on saturated fat
The Case For Keto
Vegans & bone fractures
Eggs, diabetes and Chinese adults

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