Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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fruit and veg

Newsletter Obesity Public Health 

A global diet in an obese and starving world

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments epidemiology, fruit and veg, member, morbid obesity, poverty, red meat, sugary drinks, whole grains

Introduction In my last year of corporate life (2008), as HR Director across a group of companies I introduced ‘Lunch

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Blood Pressure Cancer Diabetes Heart Disease Newsletter Public Health 

Diet and deaths

April 8, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 6 Comments epidemiology, fruit and veg, member, red meat, sugary drinks, whole grains

Introduction The Lancet is pumping out diet articles at quite a rate. The most recent study was published on 3rd

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Fruit 

Fruit & veg is a marker, not maker, of health

April 13, 2017June 21, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments epidemiology, five-a-day, fruit and veg

I’ve said in a number of posts (here and here, for example) that fruit and veg intake is a marker

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Diabetes Heart Disease Newsletter 

10 foods account for half of heart & diabetes deaths?

March 13, 2017March 12, 2017 Zoë 4 Comments CHD, CVD, Diabetes, fruit and veg, heart disease, member, red meat, whole grains

It seems that the number 10 is the new nice round number. Not 5-a-day, but 10-a-day last week. This week

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Fruit Newsletter Public Health 

Now 10-a-day?!

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 Zoë 7 Comments five-a-day, fruit and veg, heart disease, member, mortality

It was 23rd February 2017 and I was over in Breckenridge when friends started to send me links to media

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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

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Cancer Fruit Heart Disease Micronutrients Public Health 

Seven a day fruit and veg?!

April 1, 2014October 18, 2018 Zoë 20 Comments 5-a-day, 7-a-day, cancer, deaths, five-a-day, fruit, fruit and veg, healthy eating, heart disease, portions of fruit and veg, seven-a-day

On Tuesday 1st April I thought I’d spotted the April Fool joke for the day when I woke up to

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