Tim Noakes digests the weekly news

Professor Tim Noakes paid his long-awaited visit to the city last week. Nelspruit Post caught up with him (after a healthy Banting lunch, of course) to inform him about the happenings in Mpumalanga’s capital.

Noakes has been making headlines in international sport and health journals about his take on a healthy diet. He says humans are too reliant on grains and cereals as a source of nutrition. He further says people should increase their intake of healthy animal fats and cut down on carbohydrates.

“Many people are severely insulin resistant and do not receive any proper treatment, while continuing to eat unhealthily. It is this insulin resistance, not cholesterol, which makes us fat and ultimately kills is.”