Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

About
Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
- Food Companies
- Nutrition
  - Macronutrients
  - Micronutrients
- Specific Foods
  - Dairy
  - Fruit
  - Red Meat
  - Sugar
  - Whole Grains
  - Other Foods
Health
Research

Public Health

Fibre – ask why, not how

October 3, 2022October 10, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments fiber, fibre, member

Executive summary * This week’s note is about fibre. A recently published paper assumed that there is an optimal fibre

Newsletter Obesity Public Health

What do Americans eat?

July 4, 2022July 18, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments dietary guidelines for americans, Obesity

Executive summary * On Independence Day, we’re looking at what Americans eat. * An official (United States Department of Agriculture)

Newsletter Public Health

Weight gain during lockdown

May 9, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments COVID-19, lockdowns, member, weight gain

Executive summary * This note undertook a systematic search of the literature on the subject of weight gain during lockdown.

Newsletter Nutrition Public Health Red Meat

Global Burden of Disease

March 7, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments disease, epidemiology, meat

Executive summary * One of the most important challenges in the field of nutrition has been published in The Lancet.

Medications Newsletter Public Health

Efficacy, NNT & Safety

December 13, 2021December 16, 2021 Zoë 9 Comments efficacy, member, number needed to treat

Executive summary * Some people don’t feel comfortable with numbers, but numbers are vital for making informed health decisions.

Newsletter Public Health

Towards better dietary guidelines

October 11, 2021October 31, 2021 Zoë 14 Comments member, salt, saturated fat, sodium

Executive summary * A special issue of Nutrients has just been published entitled "Towards Better Dietary Guidelines: New Approaches Based

Newsletter Public Health

The Zoe app, Covid-19 & supplements

October 4, 2021October 31, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments COVID-19, member, omega 3, vitamin D, vitamins, zinc

Executive summary * The Zoe app, as it has become known, was developed by Professor Tim Spector (Kings College London)

Newsletter Public Health

The National Food Strategy: The Plan

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Zoë 14 Comments member, national food strategy, Obesity, planet

Executive summary * The National Food Strategy – a complete review of England’s food system from farm to fork –

Cholesterol Newsletter Public Health

Rebutting the cholesterol hypothesis

June 28, 2021November 8, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, member

Executive summary * This note suggests a rapid rebuttal to the cholesterol hypothesis. * To get there, it goes through

Newsletter Public Health Red Meat

Plant-based diets & COVID-19

June 14, 2021September 3, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments COVID-19, epidemiology, high protein diet, low carb diet, plant based diets

Executive Summary (I had a rapid response published on this). * A paper was published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention &

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The only diet to have reversed heart disease?
Saturated fat – an end to the myth?
Diabetes Unpacked
TRE, HIIT and HbA1c
Does meat cause CVD & T2D?
Vitamins, cocoa & cognitive function
Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 ‘foods’
Plant based diets & mortality
Fibre – ask why, not how
Protein in meat vs Beyond Burger
Is depression related to serotonin?
The Lipid Energy Model
Lean Mass Hyper-Responders
How much exercise is enough?
Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model – Part 2

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