The hormonal effect of the LCHF diet on female runners
On today’s episode of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast we take a look at what effect the LCHF diet has on women from a hormonal point of view. Prof. Tim Noakes tells us about the advantages to women following the LCHF diet and how it helps to balance the hormones. Transcription: We have been receiving quite […]
Eat Better SA: Affiliate programme & stamp
It was recently brought under our attention that several social media pages, profiles, and websites have been advertising products and linking this to Prof Tim Noakes’ name falsely and illegally by directly implying that he has endorsed these products. Prof Tim Noakes & The Noakes Foundation distantiate themselves from any affiliation or claims to support […]
Ancel Keys' Cholesterol Con. Part 1. How an insecure and unproven hypothesis became a global unchallenged dogma. The ultimate victory of commerce over science – Introduction.
“THE METHOD OF SCIENCE IS THE METHOD OF BOLD CONJECTURES AND INGENIOUS AND SEVERE ATTEMPTS TO REFUTE THEM,’ SAID KARL POPPER, THE DEAN OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. POPPER ALSO NOTED THAT AN INFINITE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE WRONG CONJECTURES EXIST FOR EVERY ONE THAT HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT. THIS IS WHY THE PRACTICE OF SCIENCE […]
The Cholesterol Myth
My blood (LDL or total) cholesterol has gone up on the diet. Does this mean that I am at increased risk of developing a heart attack and so need to take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug? The evidence is that the average response of the blood (LDL or total) cholesterol concentration to an increased fat intake […]
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Ancel Keys’ Cholesterol Con. Part 8. 1970-1974
1970. Report of the Inter-Society Commission for Heart Disease Resources relating to the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and the Primary Prevention of the atherosclerotic process. At the same time that the NHLBI Task Force on Atherosclerosis was meeting under the chairmanship of Fredrickson, Keys’ principal acolyte Jeremiah Stamler was convening another Commission to […]