Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Food & Nutrition Newsletter Obesity

The chocolate study that fooled the world

April 10, 2023April 29, 2023 Zoë 4 Comments chocolate, chocolate scam, member, weight, weight loss

Executive Summary * In 2015, three German reporters set about trying to do a study, which would get published in

Newsletter Surgery & Meds

A story about weight loss

February 6, 2023March 8, 2023 Zoë 12 Comments ozempic, semaglutide, weight loss

There have been stories in the media recently about well known people who have been taking a diabetes drug for

Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Time restricted eating & weight loss

June 13, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 6 Comments intermittent fasting, member, time restricted eating, weight loss

Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a randomised controlled trial, which assessed whether calorie restriction with time-restricted eating was

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

Newsletter Nutrition

What should we eat?

August 2, 2021June 18, 2022 Zoë 10 Comments macro nutrients, micro nutrients, Obesity, weight loss

“This magical, marvellous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey.

Diet & Weight Newsletter

Men & women & dieting

January 25, 2021January 29, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments low carb diet, low fat diet, member, Obesity, weight loss

Executive summary * An article was published from the US DIETFITS study. This study randomised 609 men and women to

Diet & Weight Newsletter

Intermittent Fasting, Mediterranean & Paleo diets

March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 Zoë 3 Comments intermittent fasting, Mediterranean diet, member, Paleo diet, weight loss

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Many thanks to Peter for this week’s note (not Dr Brukner

Heart Disease Newsletter Obesity Surgery & Meds

A new miracle diet pill?

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments heart disease, lorcaserin, medication, member, weight loss

We were still digesting ‘that (not) low-carb study’ when stories started to emerge from the European Society of Cardiology conference,

Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Low carb vs low fat

February 26, 2018April 7, 2018 Zoë 8 Comments 3500 calorie theory, 3500 formula, calories, low carb diet, low fat diet, low fat vs low carb, member, weight loss

I received so many emails about one study over the past few days that there can only be one topic

Conferences Newsletter Obesity

Fasting for weightloss

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Zoë 11 Comments calories, eat less do more, fasting, member, weight loss

I’ve just got back from speaking at the second Public Health Collaboration Conference. This one was held at the Manchester

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