Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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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 Heart Disease Newsletter

Why cholesterol can’t cause heart disease

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Zoë 5 Comments cardiovascular disease, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

Introduction The more you examine the cholesterol-heart hypothesis, the more it doesn’t make sense. This week’s note has been inspired

Newsletter Public Health

Review of 2018

December 31, 2018December 30, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calorie theory, BMJ, Butter, cancer, carbohydrates, cereals, Cholesterol, CVD, dietary guidelines, eatwell guide, fiber, fibre, Gary Taubes, heme iron, HPCSA, LCHF, LDL, low carb diet, mortality, motivation, plant sterols, processed food, Professor Tim Noakes, protein, red meat, SACN, saturated fat, statins, type 2 diabetes, Vegan, vitamin D, weight gain, whole grains

A year ago, a review was published called “21st century science overload“. It reported that 2009 was the year when

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Statins

December 10, 2018April 28, 2021 Zoë 7 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

(The British newspaper, “i”, published a shorter version of this article on 11th December 2018.) The headlines on 8th

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 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

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Medications Special Reports

Worried about cholesterol and/or statins

March 24, 2015December 23, 2016 Zoë 137 Comments Cholesterol, cholesterol blood test, dietary fat, high cholesterol, LDL, normal cholesterol levels, side-effects, statin side-effects, statins, vitamin D

The vast majority of comments I get on my blogs are about cholesterol and/or statins. I find myself saying the

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