The Brain is not Separate from the Body
Metabolic health, nutrition and mental health 10 September was World Suicide Prevention Day. The World Health Organization estimates that 727,000 people died by suicide in 2021. Suicide was the third leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds, and 73% of deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries [1]. These deaths cannot be explained by […]
Not all Weight Loss Is Created Equal.
For years, we have been told that weight loss is mostly a numbers game: eat fewer calories, lose weight, and your health will improve. The particular route you take is often treated as a matter of personal preference, rather like choosing between Google Maps and Waze. A new randomised clinical trial suggests the route may […]
Welcoming Our Newest Ambassador: Meet Joomee Kyler
At The Noakes Foundation, we are delighted to welcome Joomee Kyler as our newest Foundation Ambassador. Joomee’s journey is one of resilience, curiosity, and hope. As a diagnostic cytologist with over 20 years of experience, she has dedicated her career to helping detect cancer and disease through laboratory science. Yet it was her own health […]
Nutrition Literacy Is the New Media Literacy
Most parents worry about what their children are seeing on social media. Far fewer spend the same amount of time thinking about what their children are seeing in supermarket aisles, convenience stores, school tuck shops, and online food advertising. Have you ever stopped to think that this kind of messaging may be just as influential? […]
A New Weekly Diabetes Injection: A Breakthrough in Diabetes Care or a Sign of a Bigger Challenge?
Every few years, a new diabetes drug arrives with results that seem almost too good to be true. Blood sugar falls. Weight drops. Headlines celebrate another breakthrough. Yet despite these advances, rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes continue to climb. So are we winning the battle against metabolic disease, or simply getting better at […]
World Kidney Day: Your Body’s Filters Under Pressure
Every day, your kidneys filter almost 180 litres of blood (the same amount of fluid that fills an average bathtub), quietly removing waste, balancing fluids and electrolytes, regulating blood pressure, and even helping produce red blood cells. Most of the time, you never notice them working. They simply do their job in the background. But […]
World Obesity Day: Real Food as a Response to a Global Crisis
Every year on 4 March, World Obesity Day brings together organisations, health professionals, and communities across the globe to raise awareness about obesity and its impact on health (1). Launched in 2015, the campaign is led by the World Obesity Federation, which works in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) (2). In 2026, […]
Your Tax Rands Are Building Something. The question is what they will build.
Every February, finance teams across South Africa finalise provisional tax payments with precision. Figures are reconciled. Compliance is confirmed. Funds move into systems designed to keep the country functioning. Taxation is necessary. It sustains essential services and infrastructure that hold society together. Yet within this routine administrative cycle lies a question that rarely reaches boardroom […]
When “Low Carb” Isn’t Really Low Carb: Looking Beyond the Latest Headlines
Every so often, a nutrition headline appears that seems to turn everything upside down. One week, coffee is harmful, the next it is protective. Eggs have taken this journey more than once. Recently, low-carbohydrate diets have been back in the spotlight following a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that examined dietary patterns […]
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Why feeling exhausted isn’t always a scheduling problem There is a quiet assumption built into modern life that if you are tired, overwhelmed, or struggling to keep up, the problem must be poor time management. Somewhere between productivity podcasts and colour-coded planners, many of us have absorbed the idea that better organisation is the answer […]