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
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Research

Public Health Research

UK Deaths with Covid-19 & R

November 2, 2020November 6, 2020 Zoë 8 Comments COVID-19, mortality

On Saturday 31st October, the UK truly had a Halloween fright when it was announced that England would be put

Academic Research Newsletter

The hierarchy of evidence

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments epidemiology, member, meta-analysis, observational study, randomised controlled trial, systematic review

Introduction Many thanks to Mike for suggesting this note. Mike wanted to understand more about the types of studies that

Media Watch Red Meat

Trust Me I’m a Doctor – Don’t!

February 20, 2020October 14, 2020 Zoë 23 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", EAT Lancet diet, red meat. planet

BBC2 Trust Me I’m a Doctor Series 9 episode 6 Date 20th February 2020 Dear ‘Trust Me’ I am writing

Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Newsletter

US dietitians & their monopoly on dietary advice

August 5, 2019August 6, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments American Dietetic Association, CDR, conflicts of interest, member, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction When you receive this, I will be on the plane on

Conferences Newsletter

Public Health Collaboration Conference 2019

May 20, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 2 Comments conference, Diabetes, Obesity, Public Health Collaboration

The fourth Public Health Collaboration Conference was held over the weekend of the 11th-12th May 2019. The first was a

Academic Research Cholesterol

Keys, cholesterol and rabbits

April 4, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments ancel keys, chicken, dietary cholesterol, rabbit

The following quotation, attributed to Ancel Keys, has been repeated quite often, but with the source for it not always

Conferences Newsletter

Low Carb Denver 2019

March 18, 2019April 9, 2019 Zoë 9 Comments conference, Diabetes, low carb denver, nutrition, weight

Low Carb Denver started as Low Carb Vail in 2016. It was then Low Carb Breckenridge in 2017 and 2018

Academic Research Public Health

Letter to the Lancet re. EAT

March 7, 2019October 27, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments

On 17th January 2019, the EAT diet report was published in The Lancet (Ref 1). A couple of hours after

Academic Research Conferences Newsletter Public Health

Swiss Re & BMJ Nutrition Conference

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Zoë 10 Comments cancer, cardiovascular disease, member, nutrition, Swiss Re

Food for Thought: The Science and politics of nutrition “There is no miracle diet, but there is a miracle meeting

Conflicts of Interest Macronutrients

Scientific Advisory Committee Nutrition (SACN) Declarations of Interest

June 14, 2018August 12, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments

At the BMJ/Swiss Re event today (14th June 2018), I was a panel member on one debate. We were asked

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Meat & disease – again!
Risk factors for women & heart disease
Do we need to pay people to lose weight?
The evidence behind five-a-day
How much fruit & veg is optimal?
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

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