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.” The full document is available to site members here.   Zoe has also offered 50% a year membership to her amazing website where you get all of her articles. My listeners can use this code PH2204 https://www.zoeharcombe.com/register/membership-annual   GET THE MEAT http://NosetoTail.org FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE http://sapien.org   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   GET THE MEAT http://NosetoTail.org FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE http://sapien.org   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg