Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Food & Nutrition Newsletter Obesity

The chocolate study that fooled the world

April 10, 2023April 29, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments chocolate, chocolate scam, member, weight, weight loss

Executive Summary * In 2015, three German reporters set about trying to do a study, which would get published in

Review of 2021

January 3, 2022January 1, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments anorexia, aspirin, bariatric surgery, cancer, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, chocolate, Cholesterol, Christmas weight gain, cognitive ability, COVID-19, dietary guidelines for americans, DIETFITS, efficacy, fat but fit, five-a-day, Food Compass, heart disease, inclisiran, keto diet, LCHF, LCHP, low carb diet, meat, men & women & dieting, mortality, national food strategy, NICE, NNT, nocebo effect, nuts, plant based diets, SACN, semaglutide, statins, supplements, Transmission of COVID-19, type 2 diabetes, vasectomies, vegetarian, vitamin D, weight loss, weight set point, Zoe app

These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Newsletter Women's Health

Chocolate for breakfast may help fat burning

July 5, 2021July 4, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments chocolate, fat burning, member, weight

Executive summary * A study was published, which was press-released with the claim "consuming milk chocolate may be a fat-burner

Newsletter Public Health

Review of 2015

December 31, 2015February 8, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments 3500 calorie theory, anorexia, breastfeeding, british nutrition foundation, Butter, cancer, Capetown LCHF conference, change4life, CHD, chocolate, Cholesterol, Coca-Cola, Cochrane, DAA, dementia, Diabetes, diet injections, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, dieting success, doctor in the house, exercise, food groups, georgia davis, healthy lifestyle, high protein diets, Horizon, HRT & CVD, jennifer elliott, katie hopkins, low fat vs low carb, meal frequency, menstruation, nuts, Obesity, orthorexia, pain, pleasure, polypharmacy, portion sizes, pregnancy, prozac, SACN carbohydrates report, saturated fat, south african dietary guidelines, statins, sugar in fruit, sugary drinks, takeaways & obesity, vitamin D

These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January Katie Hopkins: My Fat Story. Controversial British

Academic Research Heart Disease Newsletter Other Foods Sugar

Chocolate & cardiovascular disease

June 22, 2015October 18, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments cardiovascular disease, chocolate, chocolate scam, CVD, Obesity, weight loss

On Tuesday 16th June 2015 we woke up to the news: “Two chocolate bars a day ‘reduce risks of heart

Academic Research Obesity Other Foods Women's Health

Chocolate ‘may help keep people slim’ (not)!

March 28, 2012July 31, 2016 Zoë 6 Comments BMI, chocolate, cocoa

On Tuesday 27th March 2012 the headlines started “Chocolate ‘may help keep people slim‘” announced the BBC. The Independent headline

Food Companies Other Foods

Kellogg’s Special K Mini Breaks

February 22, 2010August 3, 2016 Zoë 4 Comments calories, chocolate, kellogg's, Mini Breaks, processed food, special k

I saw a full page advert in a Sunday supplement magazine yesterday for Special K Mini Breaks – Chocolate variety.

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

Media Watch Other Diets & Books

My Big Fat Diet Show

January 7, 2010August 4, 2016 Zoë 16 Comments chocolate, minnesota, my big fat diet show

I’ve just watched the first episode of this programme and never has my book title “Stop Counting Calories & Start

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