Professor Dr Tim Noakes : The Idiot’s Guide to LCHF

Well worth a read ...

Professor  Dr Tim Noakes : The Idiot’s Guide to LCHF

By Marika Sboros

"Some doctors and dietitians still say a low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) diet is dangerours. That’s despite compelling evidence to show both safety and efficacy of LCHF for weight loss, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and even dementia. Some specialists call dementia type 3 diabetes because of its links with diet.

LCHF is a global phenomenon. In South Africa there are three million “Banters”, as fans of LCHF regimens are known in that country. Banting pioneer is UCT emeritus professor Dr Tim Noakes, a world-renowned scientist rated A1 by the National Research Foundation for expertise in both sports science and nutrition. He documented his theories in the best selling The Real Meal Revolution, co-authored with chef Jonno Proudfoot and nutrition therapist Sally Ann Creed that is known as the “Tim Noakes Diet”. Here, in a Q&A, Noakes gives the basics and an Idiot’s Guide to getting started on the LCHF path. First question:

Is LCHF a diet?

No, it’s a lifestyle.

Do you say your diet’s right for everyone – a one-size-fits-all?

There’s no such thing. No diet is right for everyone. LCHF is best for people who have insulin resistance (the inability to tolerate carbohydrate).

Is it correct to call it “Banting”?

It’s probably more correct to call it Ebstein – after German physician Dr Wilhelm Ebstein who first made it high-fat. That was the diet Sir William Osler promoted in his monumental textbook: The Principles and Practices of Medicine published in the US in 1892.

Is LCHF a fad?

Anyone who claims Banting or Ebstein diets are fads knows nothing about medical nutrition history. Nutrition did not begin in 1977 as our students seem to be taught."

See more on FoodMed.Net here
http://foodmed.net/2016/04/18/noakes-the-idiots-guide-to-lchf-and-banting/

All the best Jan

Thanks for that link Chris. Certainly good to read.

I've copied a very small part of the article ...

"By Tim Noakes

Finally two years after my now notorious seven-word Tweet hit the Tweetosphere, I had my day in court. In fact, five and a half days in which I presented more than 30 hours of testimony with some 900 slides.

It was certainly the most complete single presentation on the high fat low carbohydrate (LCHF – Banting) diet yet heard in South Africa and perhaps in the world.  During this marathon session I addressed 12 relevant topics:

Evolution of the Human Diet.
Evolution of the Diet Heart Hypothesis and the Origins of the Obesity/Diabetes Epidemic.
The Role of Insulin Resistance in Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.
Sugar and the Obesogenic Environment.
Introduction to Infant Feeding.
Complimentary Feeding for Infants.
Current Dietary Guidelines for Infant Feeding.
Ketosis in Infants and Adults.
Dental Health.
The Science of Causation.
Challenging (and disproving) 7 Conventional Beliefs.
Personal consequences of my stand on Nutrition."

Readers do please go and read more here
http://foodmed.net/2016/04/13/noakes-low-fat-causes-heart-disease-lchf-banting/

All the best Jan

Yes an excellent blog, and not (yet) too long.

Another Catalyst programme also containing Tim Noakes.