My Medical Epiphany
As I gulp my twice daily dose of metformin and obsessively monitor my blood glucose concentration, sometimes continuously 24 hours a day, I often wonder why did this happen. Why did I develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)? Where did I, or perhaps my education, or even my educators go wrong? Or was it all […]
Jonno’s Words: Why I flipping love The Noakes Foundation
I was born in Cape Town in 1984, the same year Prof published The Lore of Running. The son of a passionate GP and a nurse, I spent my younger years at the dinner table listening to how my parents spent their working hours helping people improve their health and in some cases, saving their […]
What Caused the Obesity Epidemic
In February this year Cape Town was fortunate to host the Old Mutual Health Summit in the Cape Town Convention Centre. Organized by Karen Thomson it was a monumental success, perhaps one of the best such conferences on the low carbohydrate diet ever staged. Each moment of the Summit, addressed by 12 acknowledged world-leaders in […]
The “Banting for Babies” Hearing
Many in South Africa with an interest in their personal nutrition probably know that I have been called before a hearing of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to face the charge that I acted unprofessionally because I gave “unconventional advice” on social media (Twitter). Originally it was argued that the “advice” I […]
Our Educational Nutrition Program Needs Your Support
Honoring our commitment to correct the dietary errors of the past fifty years and to determine the optimal diet for individuals in our diverse South African landscape, The Noakes Foundation is about to kick-start an exciting community educational program involving working with women’s diets in impoverished communities around Cape Town. This is a pilot community […]
My Path to Banting
At 21 I was told by my gynae I had PCOS and that I was ‘probably insulin resistant’. I had no idea what that meant and in those days few people really did – I was lucky to have had such a progressive person advising me I guess! I immediately went onto a Low GI […]
Why The Noakes Foundation?
Simple. In the first place to honour my parents. In 1946, Reginald and Wendy Noakes emigrated from the UK with my recently born sister, Amanda (Mandy), shortly after the end of the Second World War, to start a new life in Harare, Zimbabwe. My father’s business acumen allowed us to move to Cape Town in […]
International Day of Action for Women’s Health
International Day of Action for Women’s Health draws our attention to the most concerning issues encountered by many women and girls, namely discrimination and violence, coercion and the disregard for autonomy. The aforementioned problems should act as reason enough to propel our government and local communities to take action to counteract the inadequacies of our […]
NUTRITION NETWORK TO LAUNCH LOW CARB PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AT BREAKFAST WITH PROF NOAKES
The Nutrition Network is an education and learning platform, designed to present the most up-to-date and evidenced-based science and research available, in the field of low-carbohydrate, healthy high fat nutrition (LCHF). Having hosted the world’s first LCHF/Banting/Keto Professional’s training conference in February, with great success, the Nutrition Network is taking another bold step by […]
Why you should support our affiliate programme
The Eat Better SA affiliate program was designed to ensure that consumers have peace of mind in knowing that products bearing our stamp fully support your low carbohydrate lifestyle. The Noakes foundation solely depends on public donations and funding. To helps support Eat Better South Africa our affiliates donate a portion of the affiliate products […]