Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Cholesterol Newsletter Public Health

Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?

January 18, 2021January 29, 2021 Zoë 13 Comments Cholesterol, member, statins

Executive summary * A study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2020. * It involved

Review of 2020

January 4, 2021January 4, 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

January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in 2014. The number one reason given by people for

The 500th Monday note!

October 12, 2020October 11, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments animal protein, calorie theory, cancer, Cholesterol, COVID-19, five-a-day, red meat, statins

Introduction This is the 500th Monday note! They started in January 2011 in our online club www.theharcombedietclub.com and then became

Cholesterol Newsletter

Statins in the over 75s

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments Cholesterol, meta-analysis, observational study, statins

Executive Summary * Headlines in July 2020 reported that “A study of over-75s found that those taking statins were 25

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

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