Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Cholesterol Newsletter

Is HDL-cholesterol bad?

June 27, 2022July 18, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, heart disease, member

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a paper, which found that very high HDL-cholesterol levels are associated with higher

Review of 2020

January 4, 2021August 21, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments anxiety, bone fractures, British Heart Foundation, calories, carnivore diet, Cochrane, coconut oil, conflicts of interest, COVID-19, dietary fat, dietary guidelines for americans, DiRECT, eatwell guide, familial hypercholesterolemia, fat shaming, HDL, high protein diets, inclisiran, intermittent fasting, keto diets, kidney disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, lockdowns, low carb, low fat, mortality, Obesity, PCSK9s, SACN, SAGE, saturated fat, social distancing, statins, time restricted eating, TMAO, type 2 diabetes, vegan diets, Veganuary, Virta, vitamin D

These are the topics that I covered in 2020: January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in

Newsletter Public Health

The risk of CVD over the next 10 years

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Zoë 8 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, HDL, member, risk factors

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction While the world continues to focus on one disease, it is

Cholesterol Newsletter

Lowering LDL

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, lipoproteins, member, statins, VLDL

On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open

Blood Pressure Cholesterol Macronutrients Newsletter Red Meat

A red meat meta-analysis

December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 Zoë 3 Comments blood pressure, Cholesterol, epidemiology, HDL, LDL, member, randomised control trial, red meat

On 28th November 2016, this article, “In Defence of Red Meat”, suggested that you should: “Ask for a meta-analysis of

Academic Research Cholesterol Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

November 7, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 89 Comments Cholesterol, familial hypercholesterolemia, FH, genetics, HDL, LDL, VLDL

While I was in South Africa, at the Professor Tim Noakes hearing, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) came up both home and

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

PCSK9 Inhibitors & Statins

April 11, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 34 Comments Cholesterol, cholesterol lowering, HDL, PCSK9, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha, side-effects, statins

Statin side effects pave the way for son of statins… Introduction In May 2014, two doctors were maliciously attacked

Academic Research Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Of mice and men

February 29, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments calorie theory, HDL, LCHF, member, mice, Paleo

The twitter hashtag has been #mousegate! The story has been quite astonishing in terms of huge claims made on a

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Newsletter Public Health

National cholesterol month

October 5, 2015July 25, 2016 Zoë 88 Comments Cholesterol, conflict of interest, dietary guidelines, HDL, heart disease, Heart UK, LDL, national cholesterol month, statins, vitamin D

I was at a dinner party recently when the subject of cholesterol came up. Every (lay) person around the table

Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books

The low-carb vs low-fat study

September 8, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 66 Comments atkins, calorie theory, carbohydrates, Cholesterol, CVD, fat, HDL, heart disease, LDL, low carb diet, low fat diet, randomised control trial, triglyceride

On September 2nd 2014 a story broke in the field of diet and nutrition, but it barely made it across

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