Tim Noakes

“Harcombe explained in detail why CICO is an inadequate model, not least because it contradicts one of the laws of thermodynamics. Tongue-in-cheek,…

— Tim Noakes

“Carbohydrates, however, are not essential nutrients but powerful endorphin-activating drugs that are not controlled by the genetic hunger-satiety feedback system.”

— Tim Noakes

“Johnson’s theory is that the fructose in sugar increases uric acid production, which switches susceptible humans into hibernation mode, producing hyperphagia (overeating…

— Tim Noakes

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— Tim Noakes

“The absence of cancer in mummies from Egypt and South America86 led one study to propose: ‘In industrialised societies, cancer is second…

— Tim Noakes

“Ignorance’ is probably the best word to describe public opinion on dietary fat, Harcombe said.”

— Tim Noakes

“Insulin creates insulin resistance. But insulin resistance also causes high insulin – a classic vicious, or self-reinforcing, cycle. Insulin drives up insulin…

— Tim Noakes

“The US dietary guidelines were the first ever to inform the general public about what should not be eaten. Specifically, we were…

— Tim Noakes

“There is good evidence that Aborigines are genetically insulin resistant,94 so that some of their metabolic traits ‘are associated with being Aboriginal…

— Tim Noakes

“the introduction of cereal and grains into the human diet was associated with a dramatic reduction in human height and the first…

— Tim Noakes

“If current trends continue, over 700 million adults across the planet will be living with diabetes by 2025.13”

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“At its very core, T2DM can be understood as too much glucose and too much insulin. The solution becomes immediately obvious. We…

— Tim Noakes

“In the US, the total cost of treatment has been put at two hundred and forty-five billion dollars every year. Equivalent to…

— Tim Noakes

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.’ – Upton Sinclair,…

— Tim Noakes

“Obesity is associated with, but does not cause T2DM. Both diseases are the consequence of prolonged over-consumption of the same drug –…

— Tim Noakes

“Human health depends above all on sound nutrition; sound nutrition means growing food and using it in accordance with nature’s laws; of…

— Tim Noakes

“It is now clear that the dangerous atherogenic dyslipidaemia that produces arterial disease is caused by a high-carbohydrate diet that produces NAFLD.…

— Tim Noakes

“We are failing our populations if we do not look at the association between obesity and diabetes and the introduction of those…

— Tim Noakes

“As a society, we are spending billions of dollars on medications that ineffectively clear sugar from the bloodstream when the simplest, most…

— Tim Noakes

“The writers in this book share the common belief that diabetes does not need to be chronic and progressive. We also share…

— Tim Noakes

“The consequences for public health have been nothing short of tragic, Teicholz said. It’s quite likely, she argued, that by shifting towards…

— Tim Noakes

“Accordingly, the authors concluded: ‘Irrespective of the possible limitations of the ecological study design, the undisputed finding of our paper is the…

— Tim Noakes

“Fasting is the simplest and surest method to force your body to burn sugar. Blood glucose is the most easily accessible source…

— Tim Noakes

“Most certainly carbohydrates are not necessary for human survival because blood glucose levels are very effectively maintained by gluconeogenesis and glucagon. Carbohydrates…

— Tim Noakes

“In the course of his career as a naval surgeon travelling the world, Captain T.L. Cleave,97 together with South African physician G.D.…

— Tim Noakes