:Â Episode 888 – Dr Tim Noakes joins Vinnie to talk about his trial, his upcoming book Nutrition on Trial, the truth about the effectiveness of statins, and more.
DR TIM NOAKES
- Check out his website here!
- Believes in the good of LCHF
- South African doctor
- A writer of some really incredible books
- Â Check them out here
- One of Vinnie’s favorite is Waterlogged
- There is no set amount of water that one person should drink
- Different for every person
- You can actually drink too much water!
- Noakes had to go through a really difficult trial because he advised a low carb high fat diet to a patient
- He was, of course, found innocent of doing anything wrong
- His new book is about the trial, called Nutrition on Trial
- About all of the smear-attempts, and the trial itself
- Marika helps him out in this
- Also talks about how low carb is real good for the insulin resistant
- Hopes it will help young doctors change the ‘typical’ ways
- Came across low carb because he changed his lifestyle, began running a lot
- He felt awful when he ran
- Saw some evidence on the Atkins diet, changed to a low carb diet
- Has had no sweets and incredibly limited carbs over the last number of years
- Now, his health in general is SO much better
- Has had no sweets and incredibly limited carbs over the last number of years
- Has done a lot of good research, as well
- Prosecutors went against the constitution just to get Dr. Noakes to trial
- It was such a pointed and nasty prosecution
- They just didn’t want any ideas that contradicted with their own financial gain gaining traction just like Noakes’ ideas were
- It was such a pointed and nasty prosecution
- The whole trial seemed like a joke because it was so fabricated and ridiculous
- Sugar kills
- Frightens Dr. Noakes to see how people are hurting themselves on the inside, even though for about 20% of the population nothing changes on the outside
STATINS
- Does not believe in the hype around statins
- Cholesterol is not as simple or as bad as the industry tries to make it
- Statins really are not beneficial
- The side effects truly make it not worth it
- Not reported because the industry controls the results
