Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Review of 2022

January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments American diet, avocados, beyond burgers, cancer, carbohydrate, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, carnivore diet, Cholesterol, coffee, Conficts of interest, CVD, dairy, dementia, depression, diet tips, eggs, energy balance model of obesity, environment, exercise, fiber, global burden of disease, goal weight, HDL-cholesterol, heart disease, high intensity interval training, inflammation, insulin, intermittent fasting, JCVI, kellogg's, keto diet, LDL-cholesterol, lean mass hyper responders, legumes, life expectancy, lockdowns, low carb diets, meat, Mediterranean diet, metabolism, mortality, nudge, protein, sarcopenia, saturated fat, serotonin, statins, sweeteners, time restricted eating, type 2 diabetes, Vegan

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this

Macronutrients Newsletter

Why eat carbohydrate?

May 16, 2022May 15, 2022 Zoë 24 Comments carbohydrate, member

Executive summary * This note summarises what carbohydrates are, from fructose to fibre. * It briefly looks at the role

Academic Research Newsletter

An insulin index of food

February 14, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 13 Comments carbohydrate, fat, insulin, member, protein

Executive summary * The Holt et al classic paper, published in 1997, reviewed the insulin (and glucose) responses of 38

Newsletter Public Health

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025

January 11, 2021January 29, 2021 Zoë 1 Comment carbohydrate, dietary guidelines for americans, fat, member, saturated fat

Executive summary * The Scientific (background) Report for the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans was published in July 2020. The

Newsletter Public Health

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020

July 27, 2020August 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments carbohydrate, dietary guidelines for americans, fat, Obesity, saturated fat

Executive Summary * The Scientific Report for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has just been published. This is the

Diabetes Newsletter Public Health

SACN consultation on lowER carb diets & T2D

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments carbohydrate, Diabetes UK, low carb diet, member, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We’re returning to our normal world this week, which I hope

Diabetes Newsletter

World diabetes day

November 12, 2018November 15, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments carbohydrate, Diabetes, member, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, world diabetes day

World Diabetes Day is held on the 14th November each year. In last year’s newsletter I looked at the International

Macronutrients Public Health

Low, moderate or high carbohydrate?

August 19, 2018August 20, 2018 Zoë 16 Comments carbohydrate, epidemiology, low carb diet, small group issue

In 1977 the Senator McGovern committee issued some dietary goals for Americans (Ref 1). The first goal was “Increase carbohydrate

Diabetes Newsletter

World Diabetes Day

November 13, 2017November 14, 2019 Zoë 9 Comments carbohydrate, Diabetes, incidence of diabetes, top 10 countries for diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes

Tuesday November 14th is World Diabetes Day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines diabetes as follows: “Diabetes is a chronic

Newsletter Public Health

Belgian Dietary Guidelines

October 16, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 17 Comments Belgium, carbohydrate, dietary guidelines, fat, Flanders

On October 9th 2017, Professor Tim Noakes tweeted about a new food pyramid in Belgium asking “Wonder what anyone hopes

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