Heartburn, Reflux, GERD – a LCHF approach?
Heartburn, Reflux, GERD – a LCHF approach? by Veronique Murphy When you eat food, it travels down the oesophagus, through the lower oesophageal sphincter, and into the stomach. The lower oesophageal sphincter is a circular muscle that opens and closes to allow food into the stomach, and, hopefully, prevent it from coming back […]
Banting Letter on Corpulence – In Today’s English
OPEN LETTER ON BEING OVERWEIGHT (FOURTH EDITION, 1869) by WILLIAM BANTING in TODAY’S ENGLISH Modernised by Jay Pillay, 2017 Introduction to the 2017 Edition William Banting was a retired funeral undertaker living in London, UK. He was born in about 1796. He published the fourth edition of his “Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public” […]
Celebrating Atlantis – Our 10th Community Health Intervention
CELEBRATING ATLANTIS – Our 10th Community Health Intervention By Masoodha Kajee, Eat Better & Affiliate Exec On 15th July 2017, a blistering cold and wet Saturday afternoon, I watched with pride and awe as The Rebecca van Amsterdam Saal in Atlantis transformed from an otherwise cold, echoing gym hall into a space lit up […]
Celebrating Youth Day – The Importance of Proper Nutrition in Children
Nutrition and The Youth by Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén What’s the Youth’s Day? Youth Day in South Africa commemorates the Soweto Uprising in the country, a series of protests led by black school children that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets in […]
How do our Affiliates Support Eat Better South Africa?
“Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they become the power of the storm” – John Trudell Each of The Noakes Foundation affiliates pledges to support Eat Better South Africa! our community education initiative. How do affiliates support our community program? By donating […]
An Update on the LCHF Study
Late last year, The Noakes Foundation was awarded a grant of R5.6 million in order to carry out research into the reversal of Type 2 Diabetes. The research is being directed by Professor Noakes and the team consists of an exceptionally talented group of Doctors, Dieticians and Researchers, namely Dr. James Smith, Chris Webster, Tamzyn […]
Why Join our Affiliate Program?
Why become an affiliate? The Noakes Foundation is an internationally recognized Public Benefit Organization (PBO) founded by Prof Tim Noakes, an A1 rated scientist, doctor and researcher. The Foundation is supported by a distinguishable team of health experts, Doctors, Scientists, Dieticians, Nutritionists and Researchers and has an extensive national and international network of game […]
All About Hypertension
17th of May is World Hypertension Day By Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén What is high blood pressure? Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated in the arteries. This means the heart has to work too hard to pump the blood through the system. Blood […]
Salt – How much is too much?
On this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast we have a great question in from someone who wants to know, without putting yourself at further lethal risk, how much salt can we, or should we, be eating? Brad Brown chats to Prof Noakes about the amount of salt consumption in our daily lives. If you […]
THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE HAS FOUND PROF NOAKES INNOCENT OF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
21 April 2017 The Professional Conduct Committee has found Prof Tim Noakes innocent of unprofessional conduct. As we trusted, Prof Tim Noakes, founder of The Noakes Foundation, has welcomed the fact that the Professional Conduct Committee of the Health Professions Counsel of South Africa (HPCSA) has found him innocent of unprofessional conduct. The […]