Tim Noakes Diet Case Study
The Tim Noakes diet presents a health risk.
The Tim Noakes diet, which is known as the “low carbohydrates, high fat” (LCHF) diet is slowly becoming a huge health risk for the ones following this diet. Prof Tim Noakes from the University of Cape town promotes that this diet reverses all known risk factors for heart disease. But according to cardiologist Dr Anthony Dalby (Stassen. 2014) Noakes’ advice to change cholesterol-lowering drugs for his diet is “criminal”.
Opponents argue that numbers of people who follow this diet have lost a lot of weight and are healthier than ever. Cherise Brady (The Hello Doctor Team. 2014) have been on the Noakes diet for four weeks, she has lost 5kg and she can run 10km at a good time where as in the past she …show more content…
High protein diets can be extremely harmful if you already suffer from kidney or liver damage (Anon. 2014.). Over a long period of time, following this diet can lead to kidney failure. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, Dr Vash Munghal-Singh, years of research have revealed that well balanced diets are healthy and safe to follow over a long period of time. This balanced diets leads to a healthy existence, which is associated with lower risk of heart sicknesses, diabetes, strokes and some types of cancers. There is however no proof that a low-carbohydrate diet is safe and healthy to follow over a long period of time. Some studies already indicate an enlarged risk of heart sickness and even death with diets which is low in carbohydrates (Stassen. 2014). Another study done by the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health shows that if the quantity of energy consumed by people following a balanced diet and people following a low-carbohydrate diet was the same, the weight loss also showed no difference (Stassen. 2014). So why follow a diet that can lead to great health risks if you can just follow a diet that is healthy and proven to be safe to follow over the long …show more content…
Accessed 8 May 2016.
Tips on banting. n.d. Online available at: http://www.custom-essays.org/essay_types/Argumentative_Essay.html. Accessed 9 May 2016.
Tim Noakes' Fat Diet: Truth or Fiction.2014. Available online at: http://www.financialmail.co.za/life/health/2014/09/11/banting-diets-heartfelt-warning. Accessed 8 May 2016
Wilma Stassen, Article in Health-E News, 2014. Noakes diet particularly dangerous for Afrikaans population. https://www.health-e.org.za/2014/07/10/new-research-debunk-banting-diet/ http://feelgoodhealth.co.za/articles-tim-noakes-fat-diet-truth-or-fiction.php. Accessed 8 May 2016.
.New research could debunk banting diet
By Wilma Stassen on July 10, 2014 in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Nutrition, Science; Research & Innovations. https://www.health-e.org.za/2014/07/10/new-research-debunk-banting-diet/ Accessed 9 May
The Tim Noakes diet, which is known as the “low carbohydrates, high fat” (LCHF) diet is slowly becoming a huge health risk for the ones following this diet. Prof Tim Noakes from the University of Cape town promotes that this diet reverses all known risk factors for heart disease. But according to cardiologist Dr Anthony Dalby (Stassen. 2014) Noakes’ advice to change cholesterol-lowering drugs for his diet is “criminal”.
Opponents argue that numbers of people who follow this diet have lost a lot of weight and are healthier than ever. Cherise Brady (The Hello Doctor Team. 2014) have been on the Noakes diet for four weeks, she has lost 5kg and she can run 10km at a good time where as in the past she …show more content…
High protein diets can be extremely harmful if you already suffer from kidney or liver damage (Anon. 2014.). Over a long period of time, following this diet can lead to kidney failure. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, Dr Vash Munghal-Singh, years of research have revealed that well balanced diets are healthy and safe to follow over a long period of time. This balanced diets leads to a healthy existence, which is associated with lower risk of heart sicknesses, diabetes, strokes and some types of cancers. There is however no proof that a low-carbohydrate diet is safe and healthy to follow over a long period of time. Some studies already indicate an enlarged risk of heart sickness and even death with diets which is low in carbohydrates (Stassen. 2014). Another study done by the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health shows that if the quantity of energy consumed by people following a balanced diet and people following a low-carbohydrate diet was the same, the weight loss also showed no difference (Stassen. 2014). So why follow a diet that can lead to great health risks if you can just follow a diet that is healthy and proven to be safe to follow over the long …show more content…
Accessed 8 May 2016.
Tips on banting. n.d. Online available at: http://www.custom-essays.org/essay_types/Argumentative_Essay.html. Accessed 9 May 2016.
Tim Noakes' Fat Diet: Truth or Fiction.2014. Available online at: http://www.financialmail.co.za/life/health/2014/09/11/banting-diets-heartfelt-warning. Accessed 8 May 2016
Wilma Stassen, Article in Health-E News, 2014. Noakes diet particularly dangerous for Afrikaans population. https://www.health-e.org.za/2014/07/10/new-research-debunk-banting-diet/ http://feelgoodhealth.co.za/articles-tim-noakes-fat-diet-truth-or-fiction.php. Accessed 8 May 2016.
.New research could debunk banting diet
By Wilma Stassen on July 10, 2014 in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Nutrition, Science; Research & Innovations. https://www.health-e.org.za/2014/07/10/new-research-debunk-banting-diet/ Accessed 9 May