Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Cholesterol Newsletter 

Coconut oil, olive oil, butter & LDL-cholesterol

April 27, 2020May 25, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", Butter, coconut oil, LDL-cholesterol, member, olive oil

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a classic paper from 2018 in an attempt to see if saturated

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Macronutrients Red Meat 

Saturated fat

January 21, 2018January 27, 2018 Zoë 26 Comments dietary fat, dietary guidelines, monounsaturated fat, olive oil, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

Here’s a slide that I present during some presentations e.g. here 10 mins in. It makes a few points: 1)

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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

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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

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Academic Research Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Obesity Other Foods 

The Mediterranean Diet and heart disease

February 28, 2013February 18, 2017 Zoë 10 Comments cardiovascular disease, conflict of interest, heart disease, Mediterranean diet, New England Journal of Medicine, nuts, olive oil, PREDIMED, strokes

The last week in February (2013) saw headlines all over the world: “Mediterranean diet shown to ward off heart attack

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Academic Research Macronutrients Other Foods Women's Health 

Avocado diet ‘triples chance of success’ for couples undergoing IVF

July 6, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments avocados, dietary fat, eat real food, harvard school of public health, IVF, monounsaturated fat, olive oil, polyunsaturated fat, Professor Jorge Chavarro, saturated fat

So announced the media headline on 4th July. The study was presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and

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Dairy Macronutrients Other Foods Public Health Red Meat 

Denmark Fat Tax

October 6, 2011August 21, 2016 Zoë 22 Comments Butter, Denmark, dietary fat, eat real food, essential fats, fat tax, Obesity, olive oil, public health dietary advice, saturated fat, unsaturated fat

In March 2003, Denmark became the first country in the world to introduce laws to severely restrict consumption of trans

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Macronutrients Other Foods 

Olive Oil can Tap Dance!

April 21, 2010October 18, 2018 Zoë 19 Comments fat, Mediterranean diet, monounsaturated fat, olive oil, pork, saturated fat

Time to set the record straight on olive oil, or it won’t be long before we see the title of

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Mental Health Other Diets & Books 

Mediterranean diet cuts the risk of depression by 30%

October 6, 2009October 18, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments depression, Mediterranean diet, olive oil

This article is so useful – because hopefully most people read this and saw it for the stupid madness that

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