Rethinking Cancer: A Metabolic Approach to Breast Cancer
As we observe October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are reminded of the ongoing battle against cancer, a complex adversary that continues to challenge researchers and medical professionals. Traditionally viewed as a genetic disease, cancer is increasingly being viewed through a metabolic lens—a perspective that offers transformative insights into its nature and potential treatment […]
The Swim Challenge: A Test of Endurance Without Carbs
On September 19th, 2024, two remarkable athletes, Neil and David, completed a grueling 22-mile (36km) swim in just 11 hours and 55 minutes. This feat of endurance is impressive on its own, but what makes it even more noteworthy is how Neil achieved it – without consuming a single calorie throughout the swim. This experiment […]
Rethinking Alzheimer’s: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been perceived as a natural consequence of aging or linked predominantly to genetic predisposition. We’ve accepted that age, family history, and lifestyle factors like poor sleep, lack of exercise, or even high cholesterol play their roles. But are we looking deeply enough into the real causes? Could there be a […]
Transformation Through LCHF (Banting): A Story of Health and Liberation
We were relatively skinny as kids. I did boxing as a sport, gym, squash, etc. Petro was also active and doing athletics, Netball, etc. At age 17 I went to the army weighing in at 68kg. After my time in the army, I was still exercising, going to the gym, and enjoying squash. After we […]
World Epilepsy Day: Keto diet offers recipe for seizure control
Peter Olivier was seven years old when he experienced his first seizure and was diagnosed with refractory epilepsy, a severe form of the condition, which does not respond to most prescribed treatments. At 19, Peter switched to a Ketogenic diet which helped him stay seizure-free for four years. His mother, Adrienne, believes all epilepsy patients […]
Fasted Fat Fuelled Freedom Run 23rd-27th April, 2021
The Fasted Fat Fuelled Freedom Run is a project undertaken by a group of runners to show the human body is adequately fuelled by fat and does not require carbohydrates as a fuel source. In order to prove this, a handful of runners undertake to complete a 160 km run over the course of five […]
IT’S THE INSULIN RESISTANCE, STUPID: PART 11 By Prof. Timothy Noakes
This article was first published on the CrossFit website. THE FINAL ACT Scientists usually achieve fame for being right. It matters not how they achieve their correctness, only that in the end their ideas prove to be correct. Ancel Keys’ problem was that he was wrong. But his poor science was not the reason why he […]
IT’S THE INSULIN RESISTANCE, STUPID: PART 10 By Prof. Timothy Noakes
This article was first published on the CrossFit website. The wonder of Ancel Keys is how, in the absence of definitive proof and despite a mountain of disproof (2), he was able to “sell” unproven hypotheses, now known to be false, to the U.S. medical and scientific communities and then the rest of the world. These […]
Weight Loss – is it all about calories in and calories out?
Welcome to this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Brad Brown has a question for Prof Noakes relating to weight loss. This listener wants to know if you must be in ketosis to lose weight or fat, or is low carb enough? Whether your carb count is 30g or 90g a day, is low […]
In Ketosis vs fat adapted – What’s the difference?
Welcome onto this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Today Brad Brown discusses with Prof. Noakes, the question of being in ketosis and being fully fat adapted. Is there a difference or is it the same thing? Prof. Noakes sheds some light on this interesting question. Listen to this podcast to find out how you […]