Zoë Harcombe

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Review of 2020

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments anxiety, bone fractures, British Heart Foundation, calories, carnivore diet, Cochrane, coconut oil, conflicts of interest, COVID-19, dietary fat, dietary guidelines for americans, DiRECT, eatwell guide, familial hypercholesterolemia, fat shaming, HDL, high protein diets, inclisiran, intermittent fasting, keto diets, kidney disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, lockdowns, low carb, low fat, mortality, Obesity, PCSK9s, SACN, SAGE, saturated fat, social distancing, statins, time restricted eating, TMAO, type 2 diabetes, vegan diets, Veganuary, Virta, vitamin D

January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in 2014. The number one reason given by people for

Calories Newsletter

Where do calories go?

November 26, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calories, member, thermodynamics

Last Monday’s newsletter was the 400th! I started the Monday note in January 2011 and so I’ve just reached this

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Diet for weight maintenance

November 19, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments calorie formula, calories, high carb diet, low carb diet, member

On 16th November 2018, NY Times reporter Anahad O’Connor tweeted that the number one most emailed story on the NY

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Low carb vs low fat

February 26, 2018April 7, 2018 Zoë 8 Comments 3500 calorie theory, 3500 formula, calories, low carb diet, low fat diet, low fat vs low carb, member, weight loss

I received so many emails about one study over the past few days that there can only be one topic

Calories Exercise Newsletter

Why we can’t outrun a bad diet

October 23, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, energy balance, exercise, member, thermodynamics

There’s been a recent twitter debate about diet vs. exercise in weight loss. One side has the view “You can’t

Calories Newsletter

Why 100,000 extra calories don’t equal 2 stone heavier

October 9, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments 3500 calories, 3500 formula, calories, member

A Dutch rice cake company has provided the story for this week. Kallo is a well known brand name –

Conferences Newsletter Obesity

Fasting for weightloss

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Zoë 11 Comments calories, eat less do more, fasting, member, weight loss

I’ve just got back from speaking at the second Public Health Collaboration Conference. This one was held at the Manchester

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Kekwick & Pawan: is a calorie a calorie?

May 22, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, kekwick, member, Obesity, pawan, the lancet

I was hoping that this week’s note would report breakthroughs from the European Congress on Obesity, which was held in

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Review of 2016

December 31, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments biggest loser, blood glucose, blood pressure, BMI, calories, childhood obesity, Children, dietary guidelines, dieting, eatwell guide, exercise, familial hypercholesterolemia, food labels, heart disease, HPCSA, HRT & Breast cancer, Mediterranean diet, New Year Resolutions, Obesity, painkillers, PCSK9s, Professor Tim Noakes, Public Health Collaboration, red meat, SPRINT, statins, sugar, types of fat, UK diet, Vegan, vitamin D, weight loss, whole grains, World Milk Day

These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January New Year Resolutions – how to be the

Academic Research Calories Exercise Newsletter Obesity

‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets

September 26, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments calories, dieting, exercise, member, weight watchers

A really interesting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 20th 2016. It was

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