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

3500 calories

Calories Conferences Obesity Videos

Calories, Energy Balance, Thermodynamics & Weight Loss

May 17, 2011August 21, 2016 Zoë 31 Comments 3500 calories, calorie controlled diets, calories, dieting, eat less do more, energy balance, personal training, premier fitness, The Obesity Epidemic, thermodynamics, weight loss

… “Things we’ve got wronger than a very wrong thing”! As the brilliant Dr Malcolm Kendrick would say – and

Calories Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Other Diets & Books

Weight Watchers works – according to a study funded by Weight Watchers

July 12, 2010August 21, 2016 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calories, calorie theory, GP's, Susan Jebb, weight watchers, Zoe Hellman

“One pound of fat contains 3,500 calories. To lose 1lb a week you would need to cut out 3,500 calories

The Calorie theory is everywhere, and wrong

December 2, 2009August 21, 2016 Zoë 1 Comment 3500 calories, calorie theory, calories, dieting, stop counting calories, weight watchers

I keep a pile of newspaper articles to blog when I get 5 minutes. I kept one from 28 September

Next →

More Articles

Can brisk walking make you live longer?
Rufus Greenbaum talks about Vitamin D
Does cannabis help pain management?
Modifiable risk factors
Ian Lake chats with Zoë about living with Type 1 Diabetes
Jason Fung talks about dietary solutions for T2D
World Diabetes Day 2023
What happened when keto women switched to ‘Eatwell’?
Who lives to 100?
Red meat & Type 2 Diabetes
Does salt cause metabolic syndrome?
Trans people & heart disease
LDL-C & heart disease – definitive proof?
The Rice Diet
Mediterranean diet, Biobank & dementia

Article Categories

Article Categories

Tags

BMI calories calorie theory cancer carbohydrates cardiovascular disease childhood obesity Cholesterol Coca-Cola conflict of interest COVID-19 CVD Diabetes dietary fat dietary guidelines dieting eatbadly plate eat real food epidemiology essential fats exercise fat five-a-day heart disease LDL low carb diet meat mortality NICE Obesity processed food protein randomised control trial red meat saturated fat statins sugar type 2 diabetes Vegan vitamin D weight loss whole grains

Terms | Disclaimer | Privacy | Contact | Podcast
Copyright © 2023 Zoë Harcombe. All rights reserved.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. If you continue to use our site, or click OK, we’ll assume that you’re happy. OK

Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.

Necessary

Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.