Modern reality is that parents will outlive their children because of the food choices they are making, Professor Tim Noakes testified at a hearing into his conduct on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf from the moment of conception the mother eats healthy, we can have a healthier generation,\u201d Noakes said.<\/p>\n
This was his finding in his book Raising Superheroes<\/em>, which focuses on child nutrition.<\/p>\n The science was clear that the foetus had to be fed properly, the professor of exercise science and sports medicine said. The public\u2019s failure to do this was having a harmful effect.<\/p>\n \u201cThe youngest diabetics are now three years old. We need to go back to the way we used to eat before industry started selling us processed foods.\u201d<\/p>\n Noakes – whose book The Real Meal Revolution<\/em> promotes a low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet – was called before the council after a complaint was lodged by the former president of the Association for Dietetics in SA, Claire Julsing-Strydom.<\/p>\n The complaint was prompted by a tweet Noakes sent to a Pippa Leenstra after she asked him for advice on feeding babies and on breastfeeding.<\/p>\n Her tweet read: “@ProfTimNoakes @SalCreed is LCHF eating ok for breastfeeding mums? Worried about all the dairy + cauliflower = wind for babies?? [sic]”<\/p>\n Noakes advised her to wean her child onto LCHF foods, which he described as “real” foods.<\/p>\n His tweet read: “Baby doesn’t eat the dairy and cauliflower. Just very healthy high fat breast milk. Key is to ween [sic] baby onto LCHF.”<\/p>\n He is accused of giving unconventional and unscientific advice, and of unprofessional conduct for dispensing the advice via social media.<\/p>\n But Noakes argued that his advice was anything but unconventional, quoting research from as far back as the 1800s before the boom in obesity rates.<\/p>\n Sugar needed to be removed from diets, he argued, as the body had no biological need for it.<\/p>\n Babies, Noakes testified, needed fat in breastmilk for brain development.<\/p>\n \u201cThe need for fat is so enormous and if we don\u2019t realise this, we will develop generations of children who may be brain compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n And, he said, too little fat in a child\u2019s diet caused obesity.<\/p>\n \u201cAs countries cut their fat rates, obesity rates have gone up. Protein is the driver of weight gain early on.\u201d<\/p>\n The hearing continues.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s easier to shoot the messenger\u2026and I have been shot\u2019: Tim Noakes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n No social media guidelines for SA doctors \u2013 Noakes lawyers<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Tim Noakes\u2019 dietary advice deemed \u2018irresponsible\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nNews24<\/a><\/h3>\n
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