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Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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What is a healthy food?

July 6, 2020July 8, 2020 Zoë 7 Comments BMJ, essential fats, essential nutrients, member, Swiss Re, vitamins and minerals

Executive Summary * This week’s note was inspired by the second Swiss Re/BMJ “Food for thought” conference and by an

Other Diets & Books Public Health

Food to help you live longer

January 27, 2018January 6, 2020 Zoë 21 Comments essential fats, heme iron, nutrients, Vegan, vitamin B12, Vitamin D Deficiency, vitamins and minerals

On 27th January 2018, the Daily Mail started a series of articles to promote a book by Dr Michael Greger.

Academic Research Cancer Newsletter Public Health Red Meat

World Health Organisation, meat & cancer

October 26, 2015July 25, 2016 Zoë 167 Comments bacon, bowel cancer, cancer, Coca-Cola, eat real food, essential fats, fake food, meat, processed meat, red meat, sausages, WHO, world health organisation

Today, 26th October 2015, the World Health Organisation declared the consumption of red meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans, based

Macronutrients Media Watch Micronutrients Newsletter

Trust me I’m a doctor – not on nutrition

October 20, 2014June 18, 2020 Zoë 30 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", bbc, carbohydrates, essential fats, fat, michael mosley, resistant starch, saturated fat

Michael Mosley was back on our screens last week (15 October 2014). I do like MM. I like his bedside

Conferences Macronutrients Micronutrients Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) is an outcome, not a choice

October 13, 2014January 29, 2023 Zoë 0 Comments banting, dietary fat, essential fats, fat soluble vitamins, LCHF, member, south africa, whole grains

My favourite story of the week appeared in the Sunday Times yesterday, but there wasn’t a big diet/health story to

Cancer Fruit Micronutrients Public Health

The perfect five-a-day?

April 2, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 41 Comments 5-a-day, 7-a-day, cancer, complete protein, dark green leafy veg, eggs, EPIC study, essential fats, five-a-day, fruit, fruit and veg, kale, liver, optimal diet, sardines, seven-a-day, sunflower seeds, vegetables, vitamin C, vitamins and minerals

This is a follow-up to this post. A study came out on 1st April 2014 (no joke) suggesting that we

Academic Research Cancer Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter Red Meat

Animal protein as bad as smoking?!

March 5, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 99 Comments animal protein, cancer, cheese, CVD, eat real food, essential fats, heart deaths, meat, mortality, protein, recommended protein intake

On March 4th 2014, articles started to appear on line. “Animal protein-rich diets could be as harmful to health as

Newsletter Other Diets & Books Sugar

The Honey Diet

December 9, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 16 Comments dieting, essential fats, fructose, glucose, honey, sucrose, the honey diet

There are a number of new diet books out this New Year, as would be expected. The Honey Diet has

Cancer Men's Health Newsletter Other Foods

Omega-3 pills and prostate cancer

July 15, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments essential fats, member, oily fish, omega 3, prostate cancer

One of last week’s stories came as a bit of a surprise. From CBS News to the UK media, it

Academic Research Macronutrients Obesity

Just cut fat to cut fat?!

December 13, 2012July 1, 2016 Zoë 3 Comments BMJ, cut fat, dietary guidelines, dieting, eat real food, essential fats, low fat diet, The Harcombe Diet, weight loss

An article was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Thursday 6th December 2012. It led to a few

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