“Accordingly, the authors concluded: ‘Irrespective of the possible limitations of the ecological study design, the undisputed finding of our paper is the fact that the highest CVD [cardiovascular disease] prevalence can be found in countries with the highest carbohydrate consumption… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“Diabetes is a global health epidemic. In a 2014 study, one of the biggest studies of its kind, scientists from Imperial College London reported that 422 million people worldwide were living with diabetes.1 That’s four times as many as in… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“Harcombe explained in detail why CICO is an inadequate model, not least because it contradicts one of the laws of thermodynamics. Tongue-in-cheek, she quoted… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“Carbohydrates, however, are not essential nutrients but powerful endorphin-activating drugs that are not controlled by the genetic hunger-satiety feedback system.” — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“Johnson’s theory is that the fructose in sugar increases uric acid production, which switches susceptible humans into hibernation mode, producing hyperphagia (overeating due to… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“The absence of cancer in mummies from Egypt and South America86 led one study to propose: ‘In industrialised societies, cancer is second only to… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“Ignorance’ is probably the best word to describe public opinion on dietary fat, Harcombe said.” — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“Insulin creates insulin resistance. But insulin resistance also causes high insulin – a classic vicious, or self-reinforcing, cycle. Insulin drives up insulin resistance. This,… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“The US dietary guidelines were the first ever to inform the general public about what should not be eaten. Specifically, we were told to… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“There is good evidence that Aborigines are genetically insulin resistant,94 so that some of their metabolic traits ‘are associated with being Aboriginal (mild impairment… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“the introduction of cereal and grains into the human diet was associated with a dramatic reduction in human height and the first appearance of… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“If current trends continue, over 700 million adults across the planet will be living with diabetes by 2025.13” — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
“At its very core, T2DM can be understood as too much glucose and too much insulin. The solution becomes immediately obvious. We must lower… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image