Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Newsletter Red Meat 

The definition of red meat

June 17, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 0 Comments epidemiology, member, processed meat, red meat

Introduction I try to mix up the topics for the Monday note – it’s good to do a conference round-up

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Cancer Newsletter Red Meat 

Red meat & Cancer

April 9, 2018November 7, 2018 Zoë 3 Comments bowel cancer, cancer, IARC, member, processed meat, red meat

It is estimated that 1 in 2 people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime (Ref 1). US

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Academic Research Cancer Newsletter Public Health Red Meat 

World Health Organisation, meat & cancer

October 26, 2015July 25, 2016 Zoë 167 Comments bacon, bowel cancer, cancer, Coca-Cola, eat real food, essential fats, fake food, meat, processed meat, red meat, sausages, WHO, world health organisation

Today, 26th October 2015, the World Health Organisation declared the consumption of red meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans, based

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Cancer Newsletter Obesity Red Meat 

Should red meat carry a health warning?

October 14, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments bowel cancer, longevity, member, mortality, processed meat, vegetarian

I popped up to London on Saturday and I checked Twitter on the train on the way up and a few kind

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Academic Research Cancer Heart Disease Red Meat 

Meat consumption and mortality

March 13, 2013July 31, 2016 Zoë 19 Comments cancer, cardiovascular disease, CVD, death rates, deaths, EPIC study, epidemiology, meat, meat consumption and mortality, processed meat, red meat

An article entitled “Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] and Nutrition” was

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Academic Research Cancer Heart Disease Red Meat 

Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science – Part 2

April 9, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 10 Comments frank hu, harvard school of public health, processed meat, red meat, red meat and cancer, red meat and dying, red meat and heart disease

I blogged on March 12 2012 about this press release about an article in the  Articles of Internal Medicine published

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Academic Research Cancer Heart Disease Red Meat 

Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science

March 13, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 160 Comments essential fats, fizzy drinks, mortality, processed meat, red meat, red meat and cancer, red meat and dying, red meat and heart disease

The media lit up on the evening of Monday March 12th as a press release was issued about an article

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Academic Research Diabetes Red Meat 

Red meat & diabetes?

August 12, 2011October 18, 2018 Zoë 9 Comments bacon, Diabetes, essential fats, hamburger, processed meat, red meat, statistics, unprocessed meat

There is an article widely reported in the media today (11 August 2011). The original research was published in the

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Cancer Macronutrients Micronutrients Public Health Red Meat 

Red meat & cancer & very bad journalism

February 25, 2011October 18, 2018 Zoë 14 Comments bowel cancer, cancer, Department of Health, essential fats, iron, processed meat, red and processed meat, red meat, SACN

I am struggling to think of a diet & health story, which has been reported worse than the one dominating

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