Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Newsletter Women's Health 

Low fat diet & breast cancer

May 27, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 2 Comments low fat diet, member, menopause, women's health

Introduction I had just arrived in south west Scotland, for an ethical farming conference, when a couple of emails arrived.

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Newsletter Obesity 

Gary Taubes in London

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments calorie formula, calorie theory, low carb diet, low fat diet, member, Obesity

Gary Taubes (GT) has been in London, over the weekend of 17-18 March 2018, doing a marathon six hour presentation

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Low carb vs low fat

February 26, 2018April 7, 2018 Zoë 8 Comments 3500 calorie theory, 3500 formula, calories, low carb diet, low fat diet, low fat vs low carb, member, weight loss

I received so many emails about one study over the past few days that there can only be one topic

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Academic Research Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Low fat diets – better than nothing?

November 2, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments low fat diet, member, randomised control trial, weight loss

The World Health Organisation (WHO), meat and cancer was today’s note, issued early because it was so topical. I’m delighted

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Academic Research Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

A very low fat diet vs. a not low carb diet

August 17, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 1 Comment low carb diet, low fat diet, member, randomised control trial, weight loss

Last week’s big news story, in the real food/managed carb world in which I live, was captured by this BBC

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Academic Research Macronutrients Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books 

Did a low fat diet beat a low carb diet for fat loss?

March 9, 2015July 31, 2016 Zoë 34 Comments diet intervention, dietary fat, fat burning, fat loss, low carb, low carb diet, low fat, low fat diet, Obesity, randomised control trial, weight, weight loss

A story emerged on March 5th 2015 from the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Diego. It was

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books 

The low-carb vs low-fat study

September 8, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 66 Comments atkins, calorie theory, carbohydrates, Cholesterol, CVD, fat, HDL, heart disease, LDL, low carb diet, low fat diet, randomised control trial, triglyceride

On September 2nd 2014 a story broke in the field of diet and nutrition, but it barely made it across

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Academic Research Macronutrients Obesity 

Just cut fat to cut fat?!

December 13, 2012July 1, 2016 Zoë 3 Comments BMJ, cut fat, dietary guidelines, dieting, eat real food, essential fats, low fat diet, The Harcombe Diet, weight loss

An article was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Thursday 6th December 2012. It led to a few

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Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Media Watch Obesity 

The men who made us fat – Episode 3

July 13, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë 20 Comments Andrew Lansley, Coca-Cola, conflict of interest, food labeling, food labelling, GDAs, healthy food, Jacques Peretti, low fat diet, mcdonalds, Obesity, Sunny Delight, traffic light system

The final episode (aired 12th July 2012)  looked at so called ‘healthy food’ and how this is marketed to people

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More Articles

  • Non-HDL cholesterol & cardiovascular disease
  • Carb loading before surgery
  • Sarcopenia & diet
  • Eating late & cardiac risk
  • The power of Continuous Glucose Monitors
  • Progress since the last World Diabetes Day
  • National Food Strategy – call for evidence
  • How to assess evidence in nutrition
  • Can vitamin C help Type 2 Diabetes?
  • Meat guidelines – the evidence
  • Dairy & disease – revisiting the evidence
  • Is being vegetarian protected in employment law?
  • Is lack of sleep making us fat?
  • Teen goes blind on junk food diet
  • Plant based diet propaganda – Part 2

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