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

Weight gain during lockdown

May 9, 2022May 7, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments member

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, 2022March 7, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments

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 &

Diabetes Newsletter Public Health

SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D

June 7, 2021June 21, 2021 Zoë 7 Comments Obesity, overweight, SACN, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary * In March 2020, SACN, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition, invited submissions for a consultation about

Food & Nutrition Newsletter Public Health

A healthy vegetarian diet

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments dietary guidelines, member, vegetarian

Executive Summary * This note was inspired by a query from someone with type 1 diabetes who works with other

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Why eat carbohydrate?
Weight gain during lockdown
A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD
Meat & Saturated fat
Fiber, CVD & inflammation
Avocados & heart disease
Meat & Life Expectancy
Low-carb diets, cortisol & testosterone
Legumes – optimal intake
Will cutting meat & dairy make you live longer?
Global Burden of Disease
Cochrane review of low-carb diets
JCVI conflicts of interest
An insulin index of food
Metabolism, dieting & reaching goal weight

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