Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Heart Disease Micronutrients Newsletter 

10 Interesting things about vitamin D

July 25, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments Family Food Survey, fat soluble vitamins, member, RDA's, SACN, sunshine, vitamin D, world health organisation

Vitamin D was big news in the UK last week. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) produced a report

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Academic Research Cancer Newsletter Public Health Red Meat 

World Health Organisation, meat & cancer

October 26, 2015July 25, 2016 Zoë 167 Comments bacon, bowel cancer, cancer, Coca-Cola, eat real food, essential fats, fake food, meat, processed meat, red meat, sausages, WHO, world health organisation

Today, 26th October 2015, the World Health Organisation declared the consumption of red meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans, based

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Academic Research Macronutrients Micronutrients Obesity Public Health Sugar Whole Grains 

We cannot eat less sugar & more carbohydrate

March 19, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 19 Comments carbohydrates, dietary advice, dietary guidelines, dietary reference values, DRVs, fructose, GDAs, glucose, guideline daily amounts, reduce sugar intake, sucrose, sugar, sugar guidelines, WHO, world health organisation

Introduction The World Health Organisation announced that “sugars should be less than 10% of total energy intake per day.” It

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  • DIETFITS – who did best?

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