National Candy Month: Revealing the Sweet Deception
National Candy Month has been celebrated in the United States every June since its establishment by the National Confectioners Association (NCA) in 1974. The NCA is a trade organization that has contributed to over $42 billion in retail sales by distributing candies, chocolates, and confectionery products. As a result, the United States boasts the largest […]
LCHF Diet on Diabetes and Athletes
LCHF Diet on Diabetes and Athletes Last week on the 8th of June we commemorated Noakes Day, a day to recognize The Noakes Foundation’s founder and scientist, Prof Tim Noakes. Prof Noakes is well known for his influences on the scientific community and for his groundbreaking research in South Africa and all around the world. […]
Get To Know Our Ambassador – Brian Andrew
The Noakes Foundation is thrilled to welcome our newest ambassador, Brian Andrew, to our team! Brian shares our mindset to promote a healthy lifestyle for all, free of chronic disease. As a passionate advocate for the low carb high fat (LCHF) lifestyle, Brian’s values align perfectly with our commitment to supporting scientific research, promoting low-carbohydrate, […]
World Health Day 2023 – The Affordability & Accessibility of Healthcare in South Africa
Access to affordable healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet for many individuals and communities, it remains a luxury that is out of reach. Cost is often not the only roadblock experienced by those in poverty stricken areas when wanting to access primary healthcare services. Some may find the distance, stigma and time constraints key […]
Eat Better South Africa 279-220NPO Board of Directors Recruitment
Advocacy, Community Activation and Nutrition Educational Programme to Prevent Chronic Diseases and Support Good Health. Eat Better South Africa is a community-based non-profit organization working to improve the nutritional education of local community members in South Africa, through advocacy, activism, and the implementation of nutrition education programmes that empowers community members to improve their health […]
Eat Better South Africa: Call For Community Coaches
About Eat Better South Africa: Eat Better South Africa is a community-based non-profit organization working to improve the nutritional education of local community members in South Africa, through advocacy, activism, and the implementation of nutrition education programmes that empowers community members to improve their health by making the best dietary choices available to them. Our […]
Generation Equality: Women’s Empowerment And Nutrition Rights
In honour of the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on August 9, 1956, in opposition to the extension of the Pass Laws to women, South Africa observes Women’s Month in August. “Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights for an Equal Future” is the topic of this year’s Women Month. Generation […]
Ancel Keys Cholesterol Con. Part 14. 1994-2017
1994. The findings of the Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA) study are reported. The MONICA study was initiated in 1974 with the goal of measuring trends in cardiovascular mortality and coronary heart disease and stroke morbidity in 21 countries and to assess the extent to which these trends could be […]
What You Achieve With Healthy Living
One of the challenges we regularly face is what to eat on a daily basis. A visit to the grocery store is no longer a simple task as we’re presented with thousands of food products, all aimed at getting us, the consumers, to carry them home to our kitchens. This makes choosing healthy foods quite […]
Ancel Keys Cholesterol Con. Part 13. 1993-2005
1993. Harvard University’s Professor Walter Willett MD invents the Mediterranean Diet. When Ancel Keys began to promote his low fat diet to prevent CHD, he advocated replacing saturated fat with industrially-produced “vegetable” oils “rich in polyunsaturated fats”. Although he was aware that polyunsaturated fats had certain limitations – limitations fully exposed in the Joint Statement […]