Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Newsletter Red Meat

Meat & Saturated fat

April 25, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 11 Comments meat, member, monounsaturated fat, saturated fat

Executive summary * It is generally believed that meat is "full of saturated fat." * This note presents four facts

Macronutrients Newsletter Red Meat

Saturated fat – a reprieve?

January 17, 2022January 23, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments EPIC, epidemiology, member, saturated fat

Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a recent paper, which concluded that "instead of only paying attention to

Macronutrients Newsletter Women's Health

Australian women – carbs & fat

October 25, 2021November 8, 2021 Zoë 5 Comments carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, epidemiology, member, mortality, saturated fat

Executive summary * A study of approximately 10,000 middle-aged Australian women examined the association between carbohydrate and saturated fat intake

Newsletter Public Health

Towards better dietary guidelines

October 11, 2021October 31, 2021 Zoë 14 Comments member, salt, saturated fat, sodium

Executive summary * A special issue of Nutrients has just been published entitled "Towards Better Dietary Guidelines: New Approaches Based

Newsletter Public Health

Bad diets, heart disease & deaths

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments cardiovascular disease, free sugars, member, mortality, saturated fat

Executive Summary * A study was published on April 22nd, 2021 which reviewed the association between diet and cardiovascular disease

Newsletter Public Health

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025

January 11, 2021January 29, 2021 Zoë 1 Comment carbohydrate, dietary guidelines for americans, fat, member, saturated fat

Executive summary * The Scientific (background) Report for the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans was published in July 2020. The

Review of 2020

January 4, 2021August 21, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments anxiety, bone fractures, British Heart Foundation, calories, carnivore diet, Cochrane, coconut oil, conflicts of interest, COVID-19, dietary fat, dietary guidelines for americans, DiRECT, eatwell guide, familial hypercholesterolemia, fat shaming, HDL, high protein diets, inclisiran, intermittent fasting, keto diets, kidney disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, lockdowns, low carb, low fat, mortality, Obesity, PCSK9s, SACN, SAGE, saturated fat, social distancing, statins, time restricted eating, TMAO, type 2 diabetes, vegan diets, Veganuary, Virta, vitamin D

These are the topics that I covered in 2020: January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in

Newsletter Public Health

The impact of a 10% limit on saturated fat

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Zoë 7 Comments dietary guidelines for americans, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

Executive summary This is a short note with a big finding. Introduction I know someone who was diagnosed with pre-diabetes

Newsletter Public Health

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020

July 27, 2020August 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments carbohydrate, dietary guidelines for americans, fat, Obesity, saturated fat

Executive Summary * The Scientific Report for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has just been published. This is the

Newsletter Sugar

Is saturated fat worse than sugar?

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments glucose, IHTAG, insulin, member, saturated fat, sugar

Executive Summary * A paper was published in Diabetes Care in May 2020 called “Intrahepatic fat and postprandial glycemia increase

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