Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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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,

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Academic Research Newsletter 

The hierarchy of evidence

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments epidemiology, member, meta-analysis, observational study, randomised controlled trial, systematic review

Introduction Many thanks to Mike for suggesting this note. Mike wanted to understand more about the types of studies that

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Cholesterol Newsletter 

Statins in the over 75s

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments Cholesterol, meta-analysis, observational study, statins

Executive Summary * Headlines in July 2020 reported that “A study of over-75s found that those taking statins were 25

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Low carb www.zoeharcombe.com
Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter Women's Health 

Low carb diets and mortality

May 13, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments low carb diet, member, meta-analysis, mortality

Introduction This week we’re looking at a classic article, which was published in January 2013. It was called “Low-Carbohydrate Diets

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Micronutrients Newsletter Public Health 

Vitamin D supplements

October 8, 2018October 9, 2018 Zoë 13 Comments bone health, calcium, fractures, member, meta-analysis, vitamin D

A study in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal made global headlines on Friday 5th October. The Huffington Post announced:”Vitamin

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Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health 

Low carb diets could shorten life (really?!)

August 23, 2018September 4, 2018 Zoë 39 Comments association, carbohydrates, causation, epidemiology, Harvard, meta-analysis, relative risk

The BBC headline was ”Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests” (Ref 1). In the US, CNN went with “Low

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Macronutrients Men's Health Mental Health Newsletter 

Can a low carb diet kill you?!

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Zoë 4 Comments CVD, low carb diet, member, meta-analysis, mortality

We’re going back a few years for this week’s note – to 2013 – when a review was published entitled:

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Academic Research Cancer Heart Disease Newsletter Whole Grains 

Will whole grains make you live longer?

June 20, 2016August 5, 2018 Zoë 19 Comments cancer, coronary heart disease, death rates, longevity, meta-analysis, mortality, whole grains

Three! journal articles were published on whole grains in the past couple of weeks; not sure how that happened. Zong et

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Academic Research Heart Disease Macronutrients Men's Health Newsletter Public Health 

US and UK dietary advice on fats “should not have been introduced”

February 9, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 45 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, heart attacks, meta-analysis, mortality, saturated fat, Senator McGovern, systematic review, total fat

Introduction Dietary guidelines were introduced in the US in 1977 (ref 1) and in the UK in 1983 (ref 2).

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