Noakes diet and health implications: An open letter to the Cape Times, from UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences. health.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/116/diet-debate/Noakes-diet-Open-Letter-from-UCT-Faculty-of-Health-Sciences.pdf Excerpt: The apparent endorsement by Members of Parliament of South Africa of the latest fashionable diet, ‘Banting’ (‘SA’s Ticking Time-bomb’, Cape Times, 19 August 2014), and the message it sends out to the public about healthy eating, is cause for deep concern - not only regarding Parliament’s support for it as an evidenced-based ‘diet revolution’, but sadly, the long-term impact this may have on the health of the very people they have been elected to serve. It is therefore a serious concern that Professor Timothy Noakes, a colleague respected for his research in Sports Science, is aggressively promoting this diet as a ‘revolution’, making outrageous unproven claims about disease prevention, and maligning the integrity and credibility of peers who criticise his diet for being evidence-deficient and not conforming to the tenets of good and responsible science. This goes against the University of Cape Town’s commitment to academic freedom as the prerequisite to fostering responsible and respectful intellectual debate and free enquiry. UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences, a leading research institution in Africa, has a reputation for research excellence to uphold. Above all, our research must be socially responsible. We have therefore taken the unusual step of distancing ourselves from the proponents of this diet. (Thanks, Muriel Argent, for the link.)
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:37:39 +0000
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