Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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A short story about a library book

February 6, 2023February 23, 2023 Zoë 1 Comment keto diet, ketogenic, member, Vegan

I was approached by a fellow real foodie, Robert M, who was shocked to find the following disclaimer stuck in

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Keto diet under attack

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Zoë 7 Comments keto diets, ketogenic

Executive summary * A paper was published in July 2021 entitled “Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against

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The Case For Keto

December 7, 2020January 18, 2021 Zoë 9 Comments Gary Taubes, ketogenic, low carb diet, member

Introduction This week’s note is about a book. It’s the latest book from Gary Taubes – due to be published

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Diabetes Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Keto diet, mice & diabetes

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Zoë 5 Comments Diabetes, ketogenic, ketones, member, mice

This is my favourite part of Dr Jason Fung’s fabulous book The Obesity Code. It’s called “The Parable of the

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Macronutrients Media Watch Obesity Other Diets & Books Sugar 

Horizon: Sugar vs. Fat – Follow-up

May 6, 2014July 25, 2016 Zoë 5 Comments bodpod, Cholesterol, Diabetes, fat, fat composition, glucose tolerance, Horizon, Horizon sugar vs fat programme, ketogenic, muscle mass, sugar, weight loss

This is a follow-up to this post. There were a number of issues with this programme, but one that particularly

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Macronutrients Media Watch Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books Sugar 

Horizon: Sugar vs. Fat

February 3, 2014July 21, 2016 Zoë 47 Comments bodpod, Cholesterol, Diabetes, eat real food, fat, fat composition, fructose, glucose tolerance, Horizon, Horizon sugar vs fat programme, ketogenic, muscle mass, sugar, weight loss

The big news story last week was an experiment done with identical twins on the BBC Horizon programme. A friend

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More Articles

  • Mediterranean diet, Biobank & dementia
  • Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Ultra-processed food & health
  • Alcohol & mortality
  • MIND diet & cognitive decline
  • Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver
  • Breakfast timing & risk of T2D
  • Keto-like diet & heart disease
  • The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
  • The Basics of Nutrition – Minerals
  • The Basics of Nutrition – Vitamins
  • The Basics of Nutrition – Macronutrients
  • Saturated fat & Parkinson’s Disease
  • DASH vs very low carb – an RCT
  • My chat with Ben Rubin about the UK NHS health system

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