- Understanding Disease Causation: Why identifying true causes is crucial for preventing conditions like coronary heart disease (CHD).
- Rethinking Cholesterol and Statins: The limitations of the lipid hypothesis and why insulin resistance is a more critical factor in heart disease.
- Insulin Resistance and Diet: How reversing insulin resistance through dietary changes can combat chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes.
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Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes: Exploring the transition from high-carb to low-carb, high-fat diets for optimizing athletic performance.
Professor Tim Noakes
Prof Noakes studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT), obtaining an MBChB degree and an MD and DSc (Med) in Exercise Science. He is now an Adjunct Professor at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), following his retirement from the Research Unit of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. In 1995 he was a co-founder of the now prestigious Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA). He has been rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of SA (NRF) for a third 5-year term. In 2008 he received the Order of Mapungubwe, Silver, from the President of South Africa for his “excellent contribution in the field of sports and the science of physical exercise”.
Prof Noakes has published more than 750 scientific books and articles. He has been cited more than 21 000 times in scientific literature and has an H-index of 77. He has won numerous awards over the years and made himself available on many editorial boards.