Banting or ranting?
Truth or hoax – Tim Noakes has convinced thousands of people to follow his low-carb, high-fat diet, but do the central pillars of his diet stand up to scientific scrutiny?
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Dieticians warn against Banting for baby
Parents raising children on the low carbohydrate, high fat Banting diet may be exposing kids to health risks, including nutritional deficiencies, gall bladder problems, kidney stones and even heart problems.
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Prof Tim Noakes’ shifting eating advice
Renowned sport scientist and co-author of The Real Meal Revolution book, Professor Tim Noakes has given nutritional advice for decades. Health-e News takes a look back at Noakes’s changing nutritional stance.
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More medical experts are lining up to condemn Professor Tim Noakes’ controversial “low carbohydrates, high fat” (LCHF) diet, which they warn could have grave health consequences.
Read More » Noakes diet particularly dangerous for Afrikaans populationNew research could debunk banting diet
Celebrity Professor Tim Noakes popular low-carbohydrate “banting” diet is neither healthier nor better for dropping kilos than a balanced weight-loss diet, according to a Stellenbosch University (SU) study released yesterday.
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To bant or not to bant?
Our rural doctor completes her two-week budget banting challenge. See what she gained and what she lost on the diet - besides 1.7 kgs.
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Morbidity, mortality and a whole new meaning of M&Ms
Charting death and disease in rural South Africa gives our doctor-turned-blogger flashbacks as she enters her second week on Tim Noakes' banting diet on a budget.
Read More » Morbidity, mortality and a whole new meaning of M&MsBLOG: Rural respite: Coming home
Our rural community service doctor rounds out week one of her "banting challenge" as she heads to Johannesburg for some rest and relaxation.
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BLOG: Am I excreting butter?
Our rural community service doctor is well into her first week on Tim Noakes' Banting diet as she deals with life and death in the maternity ward.
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BLOG: With enough butter, anything is good
Health-e's resident rural health blogger checks in as she starts her Banting Challenge: Can she do the latest high fat, low carb diet on a rural family's average food budget?
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BLOG: Banting on a Budget
Can rural households afford the latest high fat, low carb fad diet? One community service doctor challenges herself to bant on a budget.
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