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Review of 2019

December 30, 2019December 28, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments bowel cancer, carb loading, Children, Cholesterol, continuous glucose monitors, dairy, Diabetes, EAT Lancet, eggs, evidence, fiber, heart disease, HRT, intermittent fasting, low carb & mortality, low carb denver, national food strategy, non-HDL cholesterol, PHC conference, plant based diets, prebiotcs, probiotics, red meat, saturated fat, statins, US dietitians, vegan diets, white meat, world diabetes day

The following review of the year captures the 52 articles/topics that I have researched and written about during 2019: January

Statins don’t work well for half those who take them www.zoeharcombe.com

Heart Disease Surgery & Meds

Statins don’t work well for half those who take them

April 17, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 2 Comments Alcohol, member, patients, smoking, statins

For those lovely people who support what I do, this will be my Monday note (22nd April). I’m sharing the

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Why cholesterol can’t cause heart disease

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Zoë 3 Comments cardiovascular disease, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

Introduction The more you examine the cholesterol-heart hypothesis, the more it doesn’t make sense. This week’s note has been inspired

Newsletter Public Health Surgery & Meds

Statins in the over 75s

February 4, 2019July 14, 2020 Zoë 13 Comments CTSU, serious adverse effects, statins, type 2 diabetes

A rapid response was published in the BMJ here. Executive Summary – A study was published in The Lancet, which

Newsletter Public Health

Review of 2018

December 31, 2018December 30, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calorie theory, BMJ, Butter, cancer, carbohydrates, cereals, Cholesterol, CVD, dietary guidelines, eatwell guide, fiber, fibre, Gary Taubes, heme iron, HPCSA, LCHF, LDL, low carb diet, mortality, motivation, plant sterols, processed food, Professor Tim Noakes, protein, red meat, SACN, saturated fat, statins, type 2 diabetes, Vegan, vitamin D, weight gain, whole grains

A year ago, a review was published called “21st century science overload“. It reported that 2009 was the year when

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Statins

December 10, 2018December 13, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

(The British newspaper, “i”, published a shorter version of this article on 11th December 2018.) The headlines on 8th December

Cholesterol Newsletter

Lowering LDL

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Zoë 13 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, lipoproteins, member, statins, VLDL

On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open

Children's Health Cholesterol Newsletter

Statins for children

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, familial hypercholesterolemia, heart disease, member, mortality, statins

I was particularly horrified by headlines last week e.g. “Up to 56,000 children may get statins, say scientists” (Ref 1).

Medications Newsletter

Statins: at what age?

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Zoë 7 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, CVD, member, NICE, statin guidelines, statins

1st August 2017 would have been a confusing day for anyone reading all the UK papers. The Telegraph front page

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