Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Heart Disease Micronutrients Newsletter 

Heme iron

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Zoë 3 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, heme iron, iron, member

The big event in the real food world last week was a debate on the Joe Rogan experience between Chris

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Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health 

Saturated Fat Consultation (SACN) – My Response

July 2, 2018August 6, 2018 Zoë 9 Comments cardiovascular disease, conflict of interest, coronary heart disease, polyunsaturated fat, SACN, saturated fat

At the recent Swiss Re/The BMJ Food for Thought conference, the closing speakers tried to find some agreement on dietary

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Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health 

SACN report on saturated fat

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

Saturated fat is under the spotlight at the moment. Between February 28th and March 30th 2018, the US dietary guidelines

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Newsletter Public Health 

The natural sponsor for the real food movement

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, dietary fat, insurance, member

There are few companies with which the real food movement can partner. Meat and dairy organisations are obvious bed fellows,

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Food Companies Heart Disease Newsletter 

Soybean heart healthy claim

October 2, 2017December 23, 2017 Zoë 1 Comment Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, soybean

Many thanks to Sally Fallon Morell for this week’s topic. Sally sent me notification of a recent FDA (U.S. Food

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Academic Research Heart Disease Newsletter 

Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat

June 5, 2017June 12, 2017 Zoë 3 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

On 19th May 2017, another paper challenging current dietary fat guidelines was published. This one emanated from Deakin University, Australia,

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Academic Research Cancer Heart Disease Newsletter Whole Grains 

Will whole grains make you live longer?

June 20, 2016August 5, 2018 Zoë 19 Comments cancer, coronary heart disease, death rates, longevity, meta-analysis, mortality, whole grains

Three! journal articles were published on whole grains in the past couple of weeks; not sure how that happened. Zong et

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients 

Saturated fat & CHD in Europe

March 1, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 47 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, death rates, dietary guidelines, Europe, European heart disease statistics, saturated fat, vitamin D

This post shows that, for all 192 countries in the world, for men and women, for CVD deaths and all-cause

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter Public Health 

US and UK dietary advice on fats “should not have been introduced”

February 9, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 45 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, heart attacks, meta-analysis, mortality, saturated fat, Senator McGovern, systematic review, total fat

Introduction Dietary guidelines were introduced in the US in 1977 (ref 1) and in the UK in 1983 (ref 2).

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Heart Disease Men's Health Women's Health 

Heart disease – the facts

May 8, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 15 Comments cardiovascular disease, CHD, coronary heart disease, CVD, death rates, French paradox, genetics, heart disease, mortality, smoking

In all my life, I have personally known one person who has died from heart disease (a hereditary heart condition).

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