Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
Food & Nutrition
- Food Companies
- Nutrition
  - Macronutrients
  - Micronutrients
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  - Dairy
  - Fruit
  - Red Meat
  - Sugar
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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

Newsletter Other Diets & Books Public Health

Bariatric surgery 10 years on

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments bariatric surgery, member, Obesity

Executive Summary * A study was published in March 2021, which explored, in depth, patients’ experiences of living with a

Newsletter Other Diets & Books Public Health

Do we have a weight set point?

May 17, 2021May 16, 2021 Zoë 9 Comments member

Executive Summary * This week’s note reviews a March 2021 report from a workshop, which set out to examine the

Newsletter Public Health

Bad diets, heart disease & deaths

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments cardiovascular disease, free sugars, member, mortality, saturated fat

Executive Summary * A study was published on April 22nd, 2021 which reviewed the association between diet and cardiovascular disease

Newsletter Public Health

Transmission of Covid-19 post vaccination

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Zoë 16 Comments COVID-19, public health

Executive Summary * A paper published in the BMJ in October 2020 reported that none of the Covid-19 vaccine trials

Fruit Newsletter Public Health

The evidence behind five-a-day

March 22, 2021March 21, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments five-a-day, member, the evidence for five a day

Executive Summary * Last week’s note looked at the latest epidemiological study claiming an association between intake of fruit and

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Does not having a COVID jab increase your risk of a traffic crash?
Review of 2022
Top tips for festive eating

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