Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

It seems this book was re-released in 2019 as “Real Food On Trial: How the diet dictators tried to destroy a top scientist.”The new title better reflects the content of the book.I purchased the “Lore of Nutrition” expecting an analysis of the evidence supporting a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet. To a large degree that’s what I got. However I felt there was too much detail regarding Dr. Noakes’ trial/hearing with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Hence I feel the title of the re-released book better reflects the content.I read the first two chapters of the “Lore of Nutrition” then skipped to Part III: The Science. On page 308 Dr. Noakes states “we soon realized that if we were to include ALL the scientific evidence supporting the … LCHF diet, the book would simply be too overwhelming. Instead, we agreed that to supplement the science in the preceding chapters [that cover the trial], I would write a couple of chapters at the end outlining the key themes underpinning the evidence…” Those two chapters are worth the price of this book.Dr. Noakes went on to state the intention “to save the more complex details for a second book… for doctors, dietitians and others interested in the complete evidence that supports our promotion of the LCHF eating plan.” I’m a physician and I want that book — though as far as I can tell it is not yet published.

Having read Tim Noakes "Lore of Running" and "Waterlogged," I just had to read "Lore of Nutrition!" I read the Kindle edition over the holidays along with Robert Lustig's "The Hacking of the American Mind." I must tell you that as a practicing physician for over 30 years suffering from cognitive dissonance over the standard of care for "civilization diseases" this book (Lore of Nutrition) should be standard reading not just for laypeople but for ALL physician, nutrition counselors, dieticians etc. Upon returning to practice 2 weeks ago I have now instituted the LCHF nutrition to ALL my patients and should begin receiving patient data beginning in April! Reading Tim's book (Lore of Nutrition) has re-invigorated my practice of medicine! I was of the old-school "calories in/calories out" mentality; all that HAS CHANGED!!! There is a paradigm shift occurring in the field of nutrition! And I am proud to be a part of it!! Thank you, Tim Noakes & Marika Sboros for having the courage to put the book together. To all my physician colleagues and doctor wanna bees: this is a MUST READ!! The 'Lore of Nutrition" is nothing short of a mutation of consciousness and enlightenment. Do yourselves a favor and get this book!!

Great read detailing the absurd measure establishment university, government agencies, large food companies and registered dietitians that issue dietary guidelines to the public will go to too discredit anyone, in this case Tim Noakes, who dares challenge the incorrect dietary advice the establishment has pushed for fifty plus years - all based on poorly done research. Tim Noakes dared to recommend a diet based on better research and diets that have provided better health that have been used for over 100 years. While this book appears it might be mostly a tale of lawyers & court proceedings it also provides the evidence for what are more healthful foods to eat, and evidence of the lengths diet advisory groups will go to destroy anyone who dares challenge their long held incorrect advice or profits from high sugar, highly refined carbohydrate, foods.

This book is intense and fascinating! A lot of the reading is technical, so I keep my highlighter close by and use as many reading strategies as possible-I don't want to miss anything! Fortunately I am old and cynical so am not traumatized by the extent of the megacorps slyness, irresponsible, and downright mean behaviors. They seem to have no boundaries when it comes to protecting their profits. In spite of what Tim Noakes has to go through to "get the word out", he just states the facts and doesn't waste pages on bashing those who fight hard to discredit his good name. We need more brave, noble people like Mr. Noakes to stand up for what he knows to be true.

One comes across books like this maybe a handful of times in ones life, seldom are events covered by such a talented author around such an eminent scientist’s refusal to be muzzled by such a conflicted group of people, protecting such an entrenched position which ultimately puts so happiness, so many lives and so much money at risk.The science is beyond reproach, and my personal and families experience with LCHF has been literally life changing. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who like me who needs to be convinced of the LCHF benefits before going cold turkey on the traditional high carb diet.Thank you Tim and Marika for a truly excellent book, and for sharing the story and science with us.

A well structured and well paced read where latest thinking and information on nutrition is shared and presented against the backdrop of a concerted legal and emotional attack on Tim Noakes and his thinking on nutrition by co-opted professionals and academics. It is difficult not to draw the conclusion that big pharma and big food are pulling the strings in the background as the world gradually comes to grips with the double play of poor eating habits patch fixed by suspect medicine.

Great book, great man, a true international hero!Admitting you were wrong about something is not always easy. Admitting it to the entire world when you've built a reputation on what you've been advising is especially not easy but Prof Noakes values truth above all else so has publicly said "Ooops!" more than once in his career.This book tells the story of his fight to be right and to be heard despite attempts to silence him in what can only be called a contrived witch hunt.

You're reading this review and wondering why five stars? Is this book really that good? Why?Where do I begin? I started researching the idea of eliminating processed foods, limiting carbohydrates, and upping fats back in January 2016 when an online friend was doing really well with it. I was baffled to be honest and thought she was crazy. I mean, eating fat to lose fat is ridiculous, isn't it? And carbs! I love my carbs and can't imagine living without my sweet treats and my bread treats. Anyway, my research took me to the vast "online" where I found many, many people like me (obese, aching, miserable, desperate to lose weight but failing for decades) who had found an answer that worked for them. So, come March 2016 I committed to trying LCHF for one month. Also known as banting in some countries, after the man (William Banting) who wrote a book in the 19 century about cutting down on carbs to lose weight and improve health.I am still eating LCHF today, some 20 months later. Why? Because it works. Today I am a "normal" weight, wearing "normal sized" clothes which I buy in normal shops (not the outsize ones). I have no aches anywhere, take no medication whatsoever and have no depression either. All I did was cut out processed foods, sugary things, bread and starch. I still eat protein (offal, meat, fish, cheese etc) and veg (grown above ground, green mostly) and natural unprocessed fats; olive oil, lard, cream, coconut oil, butter, plus the odd glass of red wine. I only need to eat twice or sometimes once a day because I am never hungry and haven't had the need for a snack between these meals since I began. Wow!So, while I was researching I read about many professional people; doctors, scientists and dietitians, who had been targeted and prosecuted for publicising the idea of limiting carbohydrates, particularly to reduce the horrific impact of type 2 diabetes on their patients. Tim was one of these people being persecuted and, knowing what I had learned about the benefits of limiting carbs, I was shocked baffled about WHO was behind this persecution and WHY?I watched every single youtube video of the "trial" and I urge you to do the same too. Yes, it is a lot of time to spend doing this but I guarantee that you will feel compelled (as I did) to watch the drama and the science unfold. I was delighted when I heard that Tim and Marika were writing an account of his persecution and the trial and knew I would be buying the book for my collection.I am happy to say that I have the book and reading it has been a real pleasure. Beautifully written and fair, it explores the organisations and individuals who want to keep the status quo of low fat high carb dietary advice to the world's population. The authors talk in detail about the history of dietary advice and exactly how we came to eat low fat, processed and carbohydrate rich foods as the norm. It explains clearly how today whole populations face devastating health issues like heart disease, diabetes and obesity, conditions that rarely existed in the past, but have become epidemics today due to dietary advice that includes "eat low fat foods" "fill up on carbs", when the opposite is the case. Breaks my heart to see colleagues at work eating fat free/low fat carbohydrate rich diet foods all day, feeling hungry all the time and eating snacks to get by. That used to be me. Not any more, thank heavens.So, I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in their health, their family's health,their country's health; to anyone with an interest in learning about the history to dietary advice and food and how it became hijacked by the food and pharma industry; to anyone who wants to understand what happens when someone sticks their head over the parapet in order to try and shine a light on dogma that is making whole populations sick.

I suppose I have been a medical dogma sceptic for many years. It all started off with Malcolm Kendrick and Cholesterol. I have been following what I used to call The Atkins Diet, and I now call ‘Banting for Health’ for some 5 years. During that time I have brought my blood sugar strictly under control, reduced my blood pressure from its highest of 220/140 to low / normal, lost 25kg in weight, eliminated GERD and am now medication free, except for an anticoagulant. So I suppose I am another ‘anecdote’ which the sceptics who will say is no evidence that the LCHF diet is effective or advisable for people.Prof Noakes is my hero! Even after seeing what going against mainstream advice has done to the careers and credibility of others, he felt that he had no alternative to share the truth that he had discovered with the wider public, to try to contribute to halting the Public Health disaster that is a world wide issue.I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, it is written in an entertaining style, but reveals the great hurt and distress that the Prof endured. Marika Sboros, who did a great service to the LCHF community and also to the cause of justice and transparency, in reporting the shady goings on of the witch-hunt trial against Prof Noakes, makes an excellent contribution to the book, reflecting on the twists and turns in the prosecution case and putting all the evidence in perspective.Prof Noakes and Marika Sboros are to be applauded for this book, it is a good read, insightful and informative. I finished it in 2 evenings and thoroughly enjoyed it. For anybody suffering from a huge variety of inflammatory conditions, type 2 diabetes of course, but many others, this book will help you to understand the influence that big food, but also big pharmaceuticals have, in keeping us ill. Their motivation is to make profit, not to help us to get well. Highly recommended!

I had been meaning to read this for a long time but delayed due to late publication in the UK. The best books are always based on actual events and as Tim Noakes is a runner like myself I could empathise with this. I had a similar revelation on LCHF in 2010 when I lost 44lbs in three months and have successfully kept the weight off since with a commensurate improvement in running.I didn't realise till well into the trial that Tim Noakes had a much larger battle than I had ever faced. The food and pharma industry (with some government and charities onboard) have been dishing up outdated and unproven dietary information for decades and the tide is now turning against this advice. As you might expect against such a behemoth, they are not about to see their huge profits threatened and won't go without a fight. But if they thought Tim Noakes was just going to back down and let them carry on. They were wrong...Dead wrong!Whilst I recognise the stresses the inquiry case brought to Tim Noakes and family, it is a compelling read right from the acknowledgements, preface and introduction and you would think it was fiction based on what went on. Well done to co-author Marika Sboros for recording the case. Thoroughly recommend this and I will probably read it again.

This is an account of the action taken against TN by a medical body in South Africa because of his promotion of the Banting diet, and although it was necessarily one-sided I appreciated the description of the proceedings and evidence of both sides. Better than the average diet book!

Great read, anyone interested in their health needs to read this