Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Review of 2022

January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 Zoë 2 Comments American diet, avocados, beyond burgers, cancer, carbohydrate, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, carnivore diet, Cholesterol, coffee, Conficts of interest, CVD, dairy, dementia, depression, diet tips, eggs, energy balance model of obesity, environment, exercise, fiber, global burden of disease, goal weight, HDL-cholesterol, heart disease, high intensity interval training, inflammation, insulin, intermittent fasting, JCVI, kellogg's, keto diet, LDL-cholesterol, lean mass hyper responders, legumes, life expectancy, lockdowns, low carb diets, meat, Mediterranean diet, metabolism, mortality, nudge, protein, sarcopenia, saturated fat, serotonin, statins, sweeteners, time restricted eating, type 2 diabetes, Vegan

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this

Cholesterol Newsletter

A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD

May 2, 2022May 4, 2022 Zoë 9 Comments Cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, statins

Executive summary * Most papers presenting the benefits of statins have been done by the Oxford Cholesterol Treatment Trialists (CTT)

Review of 2021

January 3, 2022January 1, 2022 Zoë 0 Comments anorexia, aspirin, bariatric surgery, cancer, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, chocolate, Cholesterol, Christmas weight gain, cognitive ability, COVID-19, dietary guidelines for americans, DIETFITS, efficacy, fat but fit, five-a-day, Food Compass, heart disease, inclisiran, keto diet, LCHF, LCHP, low carb diet, meat, men & women & dieting, mortality, national food strategy, NICE, NNT, nocebo effect, nuts, plant based diets, SACN, semaglutide, statins, supplements, Transmission of COVID-19, type 2 diabetes, vasectomies, vegetarian, vitamin D, weight loss, weight set point, Zoe app

These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

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, 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

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 5 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

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