Incorrect Dietary Management and Diabetes – Noakes
DOES OUR INCORRECT DIETARY MANAGEMENT CAUSE DIABETES TO BE A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE? Professor Timothy Noakes OMS, MBChB, MD, DSc, PhD (hc), FACSM, (hon) FFSEM (UK), (hon) FFSEM (Ire). My interest in the dietary management of diabetes stems from watching my father’s rapid downward physical decent in the years after he was diagnosed with […]
What’s hiding in your lunchbox?
Slowly but surely more and more people are becoming aware of the dangers of excessive sugar and carbohydrate consumption; no longer is it only a concern for older, overweight people. More recently, The Noakes Foundation has been delighted to find that younger generations are taking responsibility for their health, and are recognizing the benefits of […]
Banting and Red Meat?
Professor Noakes provides some clarity on a commonly raised Banting issue. Prof Noakes is commonly asked the question of whether the consumption of red and processed meats is harmful to one’s health, and can it cause colorectal cancer? He took the time to provided some much-needed clarity on the subject: [Scientists] prove […]
Research Fellowship for The Noakes Foundation
The Noakes Foundation is looking for top quality MSc or PhD students with a passion for changing the world! Over the years of Banting and the Real Meal Revolution, Prof Noakes and The Noakes Foundation has received thousands of living testimonials from people all over the world, generously sharing their data for the purpose of science. Much of […]
Noakes: Risk Factors and Insulin Resistance. Part 2
Risk factors and insulin resistance – the most prevalent medical condition across the globe. Perhaps the most abused term in medicine is “risk factors”. For the reason that few truly understand what the term really means. For when the doctor tells the patient that: “High blood cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease”, […]
Noakes: Low Fat Causes Heart Disease! Part 1
The low fat diet does not prevent arterial disease – it causes it. By Professor Tim Noakes Finally 2 years after my now notorious 7-word Tweet hit the Tweetosphere, I had my day in court. In fact 5 and a half days in which I presented more than 30 hours of testimony with some 900 […]
Banting Blood Tests – making it easy to track your progress
The Noakes Foundation has created a comprehensive set of blood tests that you can do to pinpoint the various factors which affect your health, both before or while Banting. Take this list to your preferred Blood Test Centre and choose from either The Minimum, The Ideal or The All Inclusive to identify health factors that […]
The Lists Keep Changing, But Do They? – Jonno Proudfoot
“That’s not Banting.” “Is that Banting?” These phrases are littered all over the place. Facebook and Twitter are alive with low-carb vigilantes fighting the good fight, debating the Bantingness of products and ingredients. Phonies are regularly crucified by the Banting community for not being as pure as purists should be. Much like a religion, the Banting community is […]
Are you our next Community Change Agent?
Be a health revolution Eat Better Ambassador! Ten amazing South Africans will get the opportunity to change their lives, and change the lives of hundreds, by becoming Community Change Agents. We are looking for 10 health conscious go-getters to take part in the Real Meal Revolution’s newest Banting Elite programme on Noakes Foundation bursaries. Banting Elite is an online course that provides […]
Programme Manager Wanted!
Eat Better South Africa Programme Manager Wanted! The Noakes Foundation is looking for a robust programme manager with five or more years experience in an NGO and community development programme management and planning to work on the roll out of its Eat Better South Africa programmes into communities across South Africa. Needed for the role: Visionary, big […]