Part 154 - Zoe Harcombe PhD on the Upside Down World of Health Policy
Zoe Harcombe, PhD is a researcher, author, blogger and public speaker in the field of diet and health. Her areas of interest/expertise are public health dietary guidelines (especially dietary fat), nutrition and obesity. She regularly is interviewed on TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.
She has a BA and MA from Cambridge University (economics/maths) as well as a Ph.D. in public health nutrition. Her thesis title was “An examination of the randomised controlled trial and epidemiological evidence for the introduction of dietary fat recommendations in 1977 and 1983: A systematic review and meta-analysis.”
SHOW NOTES
- [1:30] - Zoe’s background and why she wrote her thesis on the lack of evidence for the introduction of food guidelines
- [4:30] - Cutting calories and why it doesn’t work to focus on it
- [10:40] - Brian asks Zoe how to properly lose fat
- [16:30] - Zoe’s take on low carb and what she thinks we should be eating
- [27:40] - Zoe’s take on animal vs plant foods in relation to nutrition and protein content
- [39:30] - Zoe’s take on the Food Pyramid and how we got into this awful situation
- [50:05] - Power dynamics in society and how it relates to our approach towards kids’ health in western societies
- [1:07:40] - Zoe’s thoughts on the World Health Organization and The Great Reset
- [1:20:50] - How this conversation ties into the ostracisation on red meat and the organizations behind it
