There's no keeping him out of the headlines! Prof Tim Noakes makes a large front-page splash in today's Cape Times with this report, advising in a talk he gave yesterday that instead of carbohydrates such as pap and bread, children should be fed animal organs,...
Low carbohydrate diets, as advocated by Prof Tim Noakes of UCT's Sports Science Institute, result in no more weight loss than "recommended balanced diets", a Stellenbosch University study, just released, has found. Noakes has dismissed the findings.
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Can poor people afford the latest high fat, low carb diet that's taken popular root among South Africa's middle classes? A community service doctor in Mpumalanga challenged herself to a two-week 'Bant' on the budget of a poor rural South African ie on only R150...
SA's leading sports scientist, Prof Tim Noakes, goes too far in suggesting that a switch to a high-fat, high-protein diet is advisable for everyone, say six top doctors and academics.
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