Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Calories Newsletter Obesity 

Weight gain over Christmas

December 17, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments christmas, member, randomised control trial, weight gain

This will be the last note before Christmas, so it seems appropriate to look at a festive study that has

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Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health 

SACN report on saturated fat

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

Saturated fat is under the spotlight at the moment. Between February 28th and March 30th 2018, the US dietary guidelines

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Heart Disease Newsletter 

The diet heart hypothesis & plant sterols

April 23, 2018April 20, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments ancel keys, Cholesterol, heart disease, member, plant sterols, randomised control trial

The first paper published from my PhD was an examination of the relevant randomised controlled trials (RCTs) available at the

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Newsletter Public Health 

The US Dietary Guidelines

March 12, 2018August 17, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments dietary guidelines, dietary guidelines for americans, epidemiology, fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

On March 6th, a blog was posted on the Nutrition Coalition web site. The post was about an announcement on

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Diabetes Newsletter 

Reversing diabetes (type 2)

December 11, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 19 Comments low carb diet, randomised control trial, type 2 diabetes, very low calorie diet

On 5th December 2017, we woke up to the headlines: “A cure for diabetes: Crash diet can REVERSE Type 2

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books 

Dieting? Take a break

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Zoë 4 Comments calorie controlled diets, member, Obesity, randomised control trial

An interesting Australian study was published on September 19th 2017. The full article can be seen here. The research was

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Academic Research Heart Disease Newsletter 

Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat

June 5, 2017June 12, 2017 Zoë 3 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

On 19th May 2017, another paper challenging current dietary fat guidelines was published. This one emanated from Deakin University, Australia,

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Newsletter Whole Grains 

Is brown bread better than white?

February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 Zoë 2 Comments member, randomised control trial, whole grains

I remember my mum going on a new diet in the 80s. It was called “The F-Plan Diet” by Audrey

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Academic Research Newsletter 

Palm Oil is not Saturated Fat

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 Zoë 3 Comments member, palm oil, palmitic acid, randomised control trial, saturated fat, unsaturated fat

An attack on saturated fat was probably overdue. They come quite regularly – just when you think a bit of

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Blood Pressure Cholesterol Macronutrients Newsletter Red Meat 

A red meat meta-analysis

December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 Zoë 3 Comments blood pressure, Cholesterol, epidemiology, HDL, LDL, member, randomised control trial, red meat

On 28th November 2016, this article, “In Defence of Red Meat”, suggested that you should: “Ask for a meta-analysis of

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