Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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LDL-cholesterol

Review of 2022

January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments American diet, avocados, beyond burgers, cancer, carbohydrate, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, carnivore diet, Cholesterol, coffee, Conficts of interest, CVD, dairy, dementia, depression, diet tips, eggs, energy balance model of obesity, environment, exercise, fiber, global burden of disease, goal weight, HDL-cholesterol, heart disease, high intensity interval training, inflammation, insulin, intermittent fasting, JCVI, kellogg's, keto diet, LDL-cholesterol, lean mass hyper responders, legumes, life expectancy, lockdowns, low carb diets, meat, Mediterranean diet, metabolism, mortality, nudge, protein, sarcopenia, saturated fat, serotonin, statins, sweeteners, time restricted eating, type 2 diabetes, Vegan

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this

Cholesterol Newsletter

A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD

May 2, 2022May 4, 2022 Zoë 9 Comments Cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, statins

Executive summary * Most papers presenting the benefits of statins have been done by the Oxford Cholesterol Treatment Trialists (CTT)

Cholesterol Newsletter Public Health

Rebutting the cholesterol hypothesis

June 28, 2021November 8, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, member

Executive summary * This note suggests a rapid rebuttal to the cholesterol hypothesis. * To get there, it goes through

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

Cholesterol Newsletter

Cholesterol & PCSK9s – the lower the better?

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Zoë 12 Comments LDL-cholesterol, member, meta-analysis, PCSK9 inhibitors

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction This week’s study was emailed to me by the senior author,

Newsletter Red Meat

Meat, plants & TMAO

August 24, 2020August 5, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments LDL-cholesterol, meat, plant based diets, TMAO

Executive Summary * A study has just been published with findings from a crossover trial where 36 participants consumed plant-based

Cholesterol Newsletter

Coconut oil, olive oil, butter & LDL-cholesterol

April 27, 2020May 25, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", Butter, coconut oil, LDL-cholesterol, member, olive oil

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a classic paper from 2018 in an attempt to see if saturated

Cholesterol Newsletter

LDL-Cholesterol targets following ischemic stroke

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments Cholesterol, clinical trials, LDL-cholesterol, member, stroke

Executive summary * A study was published in the NEMJ in January 2020. It reported on a clinical trial where

Cholesterol Newsletter

Higher LDL-cholesterol & lower mortality

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Zoë 19 Comments Cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, member, mortality

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Many thanks to Dr Malcolm Kendrick for this week’s topic. Malcolm

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