26 Feb 2015 Cape Town’s ground-breaking LCHF Summit – reportback

The first Low Carb High Fat LCHF summit at Cape Town’s CTICC has come and gone. It drew 16 high-profile low carb experts, scientists, doctors, and researchers from around the world who share the belief that it is time to share the knowledge that “a diet based on food we did not eat for 99% of our time on earth is a fad”.

The convention took place over four days – the first three operating as a professional event, with healthcare practitioners earning continuing professional development (CPD) points for attending, and the last day defined as a public event.

Attendance numbered around 400 every day, and attracted many fans and proponents, lay and professional alike, and no doubt there were many skeptical dieticians and GPs in the audience. Here’s round-up of articles about the summit – that represent both the pro and anti views. It’s a fascinating topic of great relevance to all who make and market – and eat – food and drinks.

Diet science presents many questions

Roundup – 2015 LCHF Summit – Jacques Rousseau

Future of cancer therapy – is it already here? Dr Gary Fettke says yes!

Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke says low-carb, high-fat, ‘ketogenic’ diets could be the future of cancer treatment. It’s a controversial idea, but not as off the wall as some specialists believe.

 

Official diet advice is terminally ill, say global low-carb, high-fat experts

Global medical and scientific experts attending the low-carb, high-fat summit in Cape Town have issued a consensus statement on why official dietary advice is fatally flawed.

 

OMG! Denver’s Diet Doctor on cholesterol and statins insanity

Back home in the US Dr Jeffrey Gerber, Denver’s Diet Doctor, focuses on the heart health of his patients. He has firm views on why lowering cholesterol is not always smart.

 

Tim Noakes: into the fat future with Banting and Real Meal Revolution

Cape Town sports scientist Prof Tim Noakes says the tipping point in favour of Banting – low-carb, high-fat eating – has come, and the Real Meal Revolution is about to spread across the world.

 

Zoë Harcombe on the obesity paradox: why fat people can’t lose weight

Real food is the answer to the obesity crisis sweeping the planet, says British researcher and author Zoe Harcombe.

 

Dr Aseem Malhotra: Mediterranean diet is heart healthy – if it’s high-fat

The Mediterranean diet is good for hearts – as long as it is high in fat, says Dr Aseem Malhotra, a British interventional cardiologist.

 

Christine Cronau: high-carb, low-fat made me fat, sick, Banting cured me

A leit motif running through Christine Cronau’s writing is the power of Banting – low-carb high-fat diets – and the devastating effects on body and mind of long-term low-fat, high-carb eating.

 

Gary Taubes on Banting and advice doctors dish out based on bad science

US author Gary Taubes says the cherished belief of doctors that food won’t make you fat if it doesn’t have fat in it, is ‘bad science’. Here’s why.

 

Is Banting all it’s cracked up to be? Here’s a doctor who believes it isn’t

When a diet such as Banting almost entirely eliminates a food group, questions need to be asked, says Vitality Institute chief Derek Yach.

 

Tim Noakes on hummingbirds and high-fat tipping points

Prof Tim Noakes on why the hummingbird is the mascot for his low-carb, high-fat summit in Cape Town, and what he hopes to achieve.

‘Original sin’ of obesity research: idea that fat people are greedy and lazy

The low-carb, high-fat summit in Cape Town has been looking at the real reason for skyrocketing global rates of obesity, and it isn’t because people are eating too much and moving too little.

 

How Banting began – Tim Noakes on history, hope and high-fat

Prof Tim Noakes gives the history behind the global low-carb, high-fat movement, his own journey and the LCHF Health Summit in Cape Town from February 19 to 22.