Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Heart Disease Newsletter

The only diet to have reversed heart disease?

November 28, 2022November 27, 2022 Zoë 8 Comments heart disease, member, vegan diets

Executive summary * A debate was held on live television between a proponent of a meat-based diet and one for

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

The Lipid Energy Model

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 6 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, lean mass hyper responders, lipid energy model, member

Executive summary * This week’s note builds on last week’s note about lean mass hyper-responders. This was the term developed

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Lean Mass Hyper-Responders

September 5, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, lean mass hyper responders, member

Executive summary * The term “Lean Mass Hyper-Responder” was developed by Dave Feldman in reference to those with the combination

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

Heart Disease Newsletter Other Foods

Avocados & heart disease

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Zoë 4 Comments avocados, heart disease, member

Executive summary * This week’s academic paper generated global news coverage. The headlines were "An avocado a week can cut

Review of 2021

January 3, 2022January 1, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments anorexia, aspirin, bariatric surgery, cancer, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, chocolate, Cholesterol, Christmas weight gain, cognitive ability, COVID-19, dietary guidelines for americans, DIETFITS, efficacy, fat but fit, five-a-day, Food Compass, heart disease, inclisiran, keto diet, LCHF, LCHP, low carb diet, meat, men & women & dieting, mortality, national food strategy, NICE, NNT, nocebo effect, nuts, plant based diets, SACN, semaglutide, statins, supplements, Transmission of COVID-19, type 2 diabetes, vasectomies, vegetarian, vitamin D, weight loss, weight set point, Zoe app

These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Newsletter Red Meat

Global meat trade & health

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Zoë 4 Comments cancer, epidemiology, heart disease, mortality, red meat, type 2 diabetes

Executive summary * A study recently claimed that 5,000 people die each year because of trade of red and processed

Heart Disease Newsletter

The Clot Thickens

November 15, 2021November 29, 2021 Zoë 15 Comments heart disease, member, The Clot Thickens

Executive summary * This week’s note is about Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s new book called The Clot Thickens. * Malcolm has

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Inclisiran

September 13, 2021September 20, 2021 Zoë 5 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, member

Executive summary * The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (guideline setting organisation) has approved a PCSK9 inhibitor

Heart Disease Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & heart disease

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments heart disease, meat, member, poultry, red meat

Executive summary * Another attack on meat was published in July 2021. This one concluded that 50g/day more UNprocessed meat

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Plant based diets & mortality
Fibre – ask why, not how
Protein in meat vs Beyond Burger
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The Lipid Energy Model
Lean Mass Hyper-Responders
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Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model – Part 2

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