Enjoy Pasta, the “Skinny Pasta” way!
Oh yes we have!! Pasta is a bugbear for so many when adopting a lower carbohydrate eating plan and we consistently have people dropping off the bant wagon because they just can’t give it up! After years of our own personal story with this, we have found a really satisfying and delicious pasta substitute that […]
Chasing Canguro caught up with record setting Canguro
In 2017, The Noakes Foundation (TNF) partnered up with Alex Luther, who is challenging endurance sports nutrition norms by eating a low carbohydrate, healthy fat (LCHF) diet in his attempt to retrace the water-skiing world record set by his late Grandfather, Harry Luther (the Canguro). In this spirit, Alex dubbed his voyage Chasing Canguro. After […]
Update: The Foundation partners with endurance water skier attempting to break world record
In 2017, the Noakes Foundation partnered up with Alex Luther, who is challenging endurance sports nutrition norms by eating a low carbohydrate, high fat diet in his attempt to retrace the water-skiing world record set by his late Grandfather, Harry Luther. It is now only a couple of days before Alex will undertake his journey […]
The Ketogenic Diet and Depression
It is well known that a ketogenic diet is one of the oldest forms of medical treatment to control seizures in people with epilepsy. It has been comprehensively researched since the 1920s and has since also been used for other purposes, like weight loss and the treatment of diabetes type 2. Over the recent years, […]
Not Guilty: Appeal Committee Finds in Favour of Prof Noakes
NOT GUILTY “We fought the battle for the health of all South Africans” said Noakes, “Now you know the truth; that you have been misinformed for 50 years. We all have been and the consequences on our health have been dire.” On Friday, the 8th of June, just over a year after Prof Noakes was […]
The Noakes Foundation Responds to the World Health Organisation’s Draft Recommendation on Saturated Fat Consumption
The Noakes Foundation is a Non-Profit Corporation, founded for public benefit, which aims to advance medical science’s understanding of the benefits of a low-carbohydrate, healthy high-fat (LCHF) diet by providing evidence-based information on optimum nutrition. The Foundation is committed to addressing major societal challenges facing not only South Africa, but also the world. Our […]
Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 Diabetes?
A few months back when Livewell Villages – a specialized residential center in Alzheimer’s and dementia care – invited us to talk at their annual conference on the currently topical question of whether or not Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is Type 3 Diabetes (T3DM), I struggled to get any of the doctors in our network to […]
#I’mWithTim
I stayed up last night imagining how Prof Tim Noakes was feeling. Wondering if it still stresses him or affects him and his family as much after these excruciating years of being dredged under the public spotlight in the way that he has. I hoped they have at least found good ways to deal […]
Nutrition Network Online Course
The Nutrition Network has officially launched the Professional Training in LCHF/Ketogenic Nutrition & Treatment Online Course! The online training is the first of its kind and is presented by national and international medical and allied healthcare experts in their field, on a range of topics related to LCHF nutrition and its implementation into clinical practice. Speaker line […]
Paleo vs a Ketogenic Lifestyle
Differences between a Paleo and a Ketogenic lifestyle Since both Paleo and the Ketogenic diet are based on eating a low amount of carbs and burning fat more efficiently, you may question what the exact difference is amongst these two types of diet. Although there are quite a few similarities and overlapping reported health […]