Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Mental Health Micronutrients Newsletter 

Vitamins, cocoa & cognitive function

October 24, 2022October 23, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments cocoa, member, minerals, vitamins

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at something rare in the field of nutrition – a randomised controlled trial

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Newsletter Public Health 

Review of 2017

December 31, 2017January 16, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calories, 5-a-day, carbohydrates, cocoa, coffee, Crohn's, dairy, Diabetes, epidemiology, fasting, heart disease, Keys, milk, Obesity, PREDIMED, Professor Tim Noakes, red meat, sedentary behaviour, seven countries study, soy, sugar

These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January The Case Against Sugar.  A review of

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Academic Research Mental Health Micronutrients Newsletter Red Meat 

Red meat, iron and Alzheimer’s

August 31, 2013October 18, 2018 Zoë 9 Comments Alzheimer's, cocoa, iron, mineral deficiency, red meat, spinach

On 23 August 2013 news headlines were “Red meat could raise Alzheimer’s risk.” “Iron in red meat could raise the

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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

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