Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Heart Disease Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Mediterranean diet, women & heart disease

May 15, 2023May 14, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments heart disease, Mediterranean diet, member

Executive Summary * A widely reported study claimed that adherence to ‘the Mediterranean diet’ would reduce the risk of early

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

Diabetes Newsletter

Keto vs Mediterranean diet for T2D

August 1, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 2 Comments keto diet, Mediterranean diet, member, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at something rare in the field of nutrition – a randomised controlled trial

Diet & Weight Newsletter

Intermittent Fasting, Mediterranean & Paleo diets

March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 Zoë 3 Comments intermittent fasting, Mediterranean diet, member, Paleo diet, weight loss

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Many thanks to Peter for this week’s note (not Dr Brukner

Heart Disease Newsletter Public Health

PREDIMED – what really is a risk factor?

September 18, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments cardiovascular disease, Mediterranean diet, nuts, olive oil, PREDIMED, type 2 diabetes

We did such a bumper review of PREDIMED last week that this week will be a post script on some

Heart Disease Newsletter Public Health

PREDIMED & The Mediterranean Diet

September 11, 2017July 14, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments cardiovascular disease, Mediterranean diet, nuts, olive oil, PREDIMED, strokes

We’re doing a classic article this week – looking at the PREDIMED study. PREDIMED stands for Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea

Newsletter Public Health

Review of 2016

December 31, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments biggest loser, blood glucose, blood pressure, BMI, calories, childhood obesity, Children, dietary guidelines, dieting, eatwell guide, exercise, familial hypercholesterolemia, food labels, heart disease, HPCSA, HRT & Breast cancer, Mediterranean diet, New Year Resolutions, Obesity, painkillers, PCSK9s, Professor Tim Noakes, Public Health Collaboration, red meat, SPRINT, statins, sugar, types of fat, UK diet, Vegan, vitamin D, weight loss, whole grains, World Milk Day

These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January New Year Resolutions – how to be the

Academic Research Dairy Heart Disease Newsletter Public Health Red Meat

“Mediterranean Diet could prevent 20,000 deaths… “

October 3, 2016October 18, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments cardiovascular disease, dairy, EPIC, Mediterranean diet, mortality, red meat

These were the headlines that we woke up to on Thursday 29th September 2016. More specifically, it was claimed that

Academic Research Fruit Heart Disease Medications Red Meat

Mediterranean Diet better than statins?

August 29, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments heart attacks, heart disease, Mediterranean diet, oily fish, statins, strokes

My August Bank Holiday Monday (29/8/2016) kicked off with an interview on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the day’s headline:

Dairy Fruit Newsletter Other Diets & Books Red Meat

The Mediterranean Diet: What people really eat in the Med

August 31, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 2 Comments ancel keys, dairy, fish, meat, Mediterranean diet, member, processed food, sunshine, vitamin D

Back from holiday and it seems fitting to cover The Mediterranean Diet, as we’ve been indulging in it for the

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