Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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The BHF: Cocoa & Margarine

February 8, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments Flora pro.activ, margarine, The BHF, vegetable oils

On 20th January 2017, the British Heart Foundation tweeted an attack on cocoa. I didn’t see it until someone brought

Dairy Macronutrients Research

Butter or margarine?

October 3, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 25 Comments Butter, dietary guidelines, eat real food, Harvard, heart disease, margarine, nurses health study, saturated fat, trans fats, unsaturated fat

Another paper has been produced by the Harvard team, which likes to analyse data for associations between food and health.

Cholesterol Newsletter Other Foods

What do cholesterol lowering products tell us about cholesterol lowering?

February 24, 2014July 31, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments Butter, Cholesterol, margarine, NICE, plant sterols

Plant sterols and cholesterol This week’s story follows on from last week’s. I noticed in the full NICE guidelines document

Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter

The Australian Heart Foundation & more fat ignorance

September 26, 2013October 18, 2018 Zoë 28 Comments Australian Heart Foundation, British Heart Foundation, Butter, dietary fat, Jessie Reimers, LDL, margarine, saturated fat

A super woman called Jessie has been taking on the Australian Heart Foundation just as I have taken on the

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Other Foods Women's Health

The British Heart Foundation & Flora pro.activ – an unhealthy relationship

January 14, 2013July 1, 2016 Zoë 94 Comments British Heart Foundation, Butter, conflict of interest, Flora pro.activ, Heart UK, margarine, plant sterols, Unilever

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) describes itself as “a charity that aims to prevent people dying from heart diseases”. Until

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