Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Motivation Newsletter 

What motivates people?

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments addiction, dietary guidelines, member, motivation, type 2 diabetes, very low calorie diet

I still exchange Christmas cards with the best boss I ever had and he always includes a chatty letter with

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Children's Health Food Companies Newsletter Other Foods 

Children ordering takeaways to school

June 27, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, Children, food labelling, member, takeaways

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, some newspapers reported that “one in four children have ordered a takeaway to be delivered

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Academic Research Sugar 

Sugar the evidence

January 19, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 25 Comments addiction, cardiovascular disease, Cochrane, conflict of interest, fizzy drinks, Obesity, sugar, sugar sweetened, sugar the evidence, sweetener, tooth decay

Just as this page documents recent academic articles questioning current dietary advice, so this page documents recent academic articles about

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Eating Disorders Newsletter Obesity Women's Health 

Britain’s fattest man & anorexia

June 29, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, anorexia, member, Obesity

Carl Thompson died on Sunday 21st June 2015. He had the unfortunate distinction of being known as “Britain’s fattest man”.

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Children's Health Eating Disorders Newsletter Obesity 

Georgia Davis May 2015 update

May 4, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, calorie deficit, childhood obesity, georgia davis, member, overeating

I was wondering recently how Georgia Davis was doing, as she hadn’t popped up in The Sun for a while

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Calories Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

How did The Harcombe Diet® come about?

May 7, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, candida, eat real food, food intolerance, hypoglycaemia, member, The Harcombe Diet, weight loss

We have a book launch with Hodder & Stoughton this Thursday 9th May (2013). The Harcombe Diet 3-Step Plan is

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Children's Health Newsletter Obesity 

Britain’s fattest teenager fights for her life

April 8, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, calorie deficit, eatbadly plate, georgia davis, member, Wales

One of the weekly notes from May 2012 was called “Britain’s fattest teenager & worst mother?” It was about the

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Eating Disorders Sugar 

Sugar – how quickly can we get hooked?

January 16, 2010July 1, 2016 Zoë 7 Comments addiction, chocolate, john yudkin, sugar

I had an interesting experience over the festive season: I helped someone with an employment law case (I used to

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Exercise 

Exercise can be as addictive as heroin

August 19, 2009July 25, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, anorexia, bulimia, exercise

This was a very brief article about a report from neuroscientists at Boston University. The researchers found that exercise ‘junkies’

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  • Review of 2022
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  • The only diet to have reversed heart disease?
  • Saturated fat – an end to the myth?
  • Diabetes Unpacked
  • TRE, HIIT and HbA1c
  • Does meat cause CVD & T2D?

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