Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Academic Research Newsletter Women's Health 

Low carb diets & birth defects

February 1, 2018February 5, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments birth defects, low carb diet, neural tube defects, pregnancy

A study was published in the journal “Birth Defects Research” on 25th January 2018 (Ref 1). A press release accompanied

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Academic Research Heart Disease Newsletter 

The Seven Countries Study – Part 2

August 14, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 28 Comments ancel keys, john yudkin, saturated fat, seven countries study, the true health initiative, Vegan, vegetarian

Response to The True Health Initiative White Paper On 1st August 2017, a white paper was published called “Ancel Keys

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Academic Research Heart Disease Newsletter 

The Seven Countries Study – Part 1

August 6, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 29 Comments ancel keys, john yudkin, saturated fat, seven countries study, the true health initiative, Vegan, vegetarian

Response to The True Health Initiative White Paper On 1st August 2017, a ‘white paper’ was published called “Ancel Keys

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Academic Research Public Health 

Designed by the food industry for wealth, not health: the ‘Eatwell Guide’

July 19, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments eatwell guide, eatwell plate, Public Health England

After a year, I am allowed to publish BJSM articles on my site, so here is my editorial on the

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Academic Research Calories Newsletter 

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

June 12, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments ancel keys, calorie controlled diets, member

We’re doing a classic article this week – the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. I always think I should put ‘starvation’ in

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Academic Research Heart Disease Newsletter 

Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat

June 5, 2017June 12, 2017 Zoë 3 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

On 19th May 2017, another paper challenging current dietary fat guidelines was published. This one emanated from Deakin University, Australia,

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