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On this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast we have a great question in from someone who wants to know, without putting yourself at further lethal risk, how much salt can we, or should we, be eating? Brad Brown chats to Prof Noakes about the amount of salt consumption in our daily lives. Read More

Today on The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast we get some answers on should we be exercising while trying to lose weight. Brad Brown has a question in about exercise from a listener who would like to know if it is vital to exercise if you want to lose weight? Can we just exercise and eat what we want? Will we lose weight? What's the role of exercise in a healthy balanced diet if you want to lose weight. Read More

Welcome onto this episode of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Our question today is about water and fluids. Brad Brown asks Prof Noakes what the ideal is when it comes to drinking water and fluids. People are saying you should drink 8 glasses a day. Others are saying the more you drink the better. What's the ideal? How much fluid and water should we be drinking on a daily basis? Listen to this episode and find out why Prof Noakes says we should be drinking to thirst. Read More

Welcome to this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Brad Brown has a question for Prof Noakes relating to weight loss. This listener wants to know if you must be in ketosis to lose weight or fat, or is low carb enough? Whether your carb count is 30g or 90g a day, is low carb sufficient. What’s the best way to go? Is ketosis the way to go or is low carb sufficient? Find out from Prof Noakes how to eat foods that reduce your hunger but allow you to eat fewer calories and still be satiated. Read More

Welcome onto this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Brad Brown has a good question regarding birthday cakes for kids. He finds out from Prof Noakes what his view is on kinder gardens and junior schools allowing parents to bring cakes for every child's birthday. Could this be part of a bigger problem? Are we raising children in a sugar filled or carbo eccentric environment? Listen to this podcast to get Prof Noakes view on this subject. Read More

Welcome to this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Today, Brad Brown discusses a question with Prof Noakes, something that affects us all at some stage, regarding sleep and stress. Everything works together when staying healthy. Nothing works in isolation. A listener wants to know what effect does sleep quality have on insulin metabolism and appetite? Does the same apply for stress? Read More

Welcome to today’s edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. We've spoken about sugar and sugary drinks a lot on the podcast. Also, we’ve chatted about diet sugar-free drinks, the fizzy drinks. Brad Brown finds out from Prof Noakes if there is an insulin response when drinking sugar free fizzy drinks? Read More

Welcome onto this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Today Brad Brown discusses with Prof. Noakes, the question of being in ketosis and being fully fat adapted. Is there a difference or is it the same thing? Prof. Noakes sheds some light on this interesting question. Listen to this podcast to find out how you can benefit. Read More

Welcome onto this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Brad Brown has a fabulous question for Prof Noakes today. Les wants to know why are the banting products on sale so expensive. She's a pensioner and can't afford the Banting products that they sell. There is knowledge that the Noakes Foundation is working on a program showing people how to eat a low carb high fat diet for next to nothing everyday. Prof Noakes shares with us that the Foundation has helped to develop a book called The Banting Pocket Guide which shows you how to eat for R30 a day. This guide will gives you an idea of the cheaper foods which will allow you to bant on a reduced budget. The Banting foods are expensive because they replace cheap foods like wheat and maize, with almonds and coconut flakes or coconut oil. Be creative and look for other options. Read More

On today's episode of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast, Alex wants to know what ketosis is. Can Prof Noakes please explain in simple terms what ketosis is. She says how will I know when I'm in ketosis and how do you use this state to lose weight during the day? Listen to this podcast for a very interesting and informative response to this question. Read More

On today's edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast, Brad Brown chats to Prof Noakes about athletics and hydration. Alex wants to know how to find the correct hydration strategy on his long runs. He's left feeling drained, with no energy and cramping often on his long runs. He also finds that he perspires profusely. Are there any hydration products that can be recommended for trial on long runs in the build up to this year's Comrades marathon. Listen to this podcast and find out what advice Prof Noakes gives Alex. Read More

Welcome to this edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Today, Brad Brown raises the question of whether stress could be a factor in preventing weight loss. Debbie has been on the LCHF diet for 2 years and has lost 23kg. However, over the last 12 weeks, she hasn't lost a kg or cm. Debbie has been under a great deal of stress since this time. Could stress be the cause of her not losing weight? Find out what advice Prof Noakes gives her, apart from restricting calorie intake. Read More

Welcome to today's edition of The Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Brad Brown has an interesting question today from Diane. She has been banting for about 4 years but hadn't lost any weight on the diet. Her blood sugars and cholesterol levels however, did normalise. Was dairy preventing her weight loss? A month ago she put herself on a challenge to drop all dairy products and sweeteners and lost 4kg in the first 2 weeks and another 2.5 in the following 2 weeks. Diane never dreamt she could live without those foods. Her arthritic thumbs are no longer painful and no longer suffers with fibromyalgia. Her energy levels have also increased. Due to no longer having dairy, does Diane need to supplement with calcium and vitamin D? Read More

On this edition of the Ask Prof Noakes Podcast, Brad Brown has a question from Driekie. She wants to know how to stop weight loss. Being active and cycling 4 days a week, she's feeling concerned about losing much more weight. She really gets hungry and has been eating more carbs to prevent that. However, there is some concern that extra carbs will affect her energy levels. Prof Noakes comments on what she can do and what she should eat to prevent further weight loss and avoid the hunger. Find out on this podcast what the most addictive fat is that will sort out Driekie's problem. Read More

On this edition of the Ask Prof Noakes Podcast, Brad Brown chats to Prof Noakes about a question submitted by Jerome. He wants to know whether there is a way one can be on the lookout for signs of calcium buildup in your arteries. Jerome recently completed 10km in 58 minutes thanks to LCHF. He also listened to a talk on minimal training given by Prof Noakes,which he found very informative. Jerome eats himself fit and his diet consists of 3 eggs during the day. 2 for breakfast with a tomato and coffee. Lunch will be the previous night's supper which is protein and veggies. He rounds it off at about 3pm with some double cream yoghurt and a banana, but sometimes he changes that up. He wants to know if there is a way to look out for signs if you have calcium buildup in your arteries or do you need to have tests done? Should you be worried about the calcium buildup if you are on LCHF. Read More

Welcome onto another edition of the Ask Prof Noakes Podcast. Today Brad Brown has an interesting question for Prof Noakes. We find out if breakfast is the most important meal of the day. How necessary is breakfast really? What are the pros and cons of eating or not eating breakfast? Read More

Welcome to yet another edition of the Ask Prof Noakes Podcast, another great question in today. Brad Brown chats to Prof Noakes about today's question which has got to do with government dietary guidelines. A few days ago Prof Noakes was talking about the hearing that he's been involved in, and today someone is asking if it is possible to predict the way government dietary guidelines is going to go? With the power and pervasiveness of the internet, will dietary guidelines become irrelevant in the future? You need to hear this. Read More

On this edition of the Prof Noakes Podcast, Brad Brown chats to Prof Noakes regarding an interesting question. Dorothy says she's been banting for just over a year now and loves the lifestyle. However, she's experienced hair loss and wondering if a dietary change could affect the thyroid? She was following the blood group diet but finds that the foods she increased for the banting diet, like cauliflower, avo more eggs than before and pork, are listed as being possibly bad for the type O-group people because they induce hypothyroidism. Is that fact, and what can she do to replace these foods? She also wants to know what can be done for her hair loss? Go to the Banting Facebook page to find out if other banters have experienced the same problem https://www.facebook.com/groups/Banting7DayMealPlans/ . Read More

On this edition of The Prof Noakes Podcast, Brad Brown gets the low down from Prof. Noakes on the real deal with protein. There is some controversy over whether 1.5g per kg lbm is sufficient or whether o.6g per kg is the correct quantity. We find out if a low protein status affects the immune function and does protein status affect bone health? Prof. Tim Noakes goes into detail of why a low protein diet could be a problem. Read More

On this edition of The Prof Noakes Podcast, we have a question in from a cyclist wanting to know if it is too late to change your diet to LCHF. Brad Brown finds out from Prof Noakes what the ideal time period is to make changes in your diet before embarking on the Cape Town Cycle Tour. We also chat about what can be done to stop the misinformation worldwide around dietary advice and information which is not scientifically based, but put out to the public. Read More