Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
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Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Exercise Heart Disease Public Health

How statin drugs really lower cholesterol & kill you one cell at a time

October 25, 2013July 25, 2016 Zoë 266 Comments Cholesterol, conflict of interest, CoQ10, familial hypercholesterolemia, HDL, LDL, mevalonate pathway, National Cholesterol Education Programme, NCEP, statins

Introduction (Jump to the Executive Summary at the end if you don’t want the full monty). This is a review

Cholesterol – what does the blood cholesterol test actually measure?

August 6, 2012July 25, 2016 Zoë 124 Comments bad cholesterol, blood cholesterol test, Cholesterol, cholesterol conversion, chylomicrons, good cholesterol, HDL, IDL, LDL, lipoproteins, mg/dl, mmol/l, triglyceride, VLDL

This post is dedicated to Mat Cooke who asked a great question! Cholesterol targets for USA, Australia and UK The

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease

We die instantly without cholesterol so why do we try to stop the body making it?

May 8, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 24 Comments bad cholesterol, good cholesterol, HDL, LDL, lipoproteins

On May 8th 2012, we woke up to the headline:”Shot in the arm for fight against heart attacks: The fortnightly

Academic Research Cholesterol Heart Disease Special Reports

Cholesterol & heart disease – there is a relationship, but it’s not what you think

November 23, 2010April 28, 2021 Zoë 223 Comments bad cholesterol, Cholesterol, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, epidemiology, good cholesterol, HDL, heart disease, LDL, The Obesity Epidemic, thincs.org

This post is dedicated to Anne who asked me a great question about cholesterol. It made me do what I

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