Tim Noakes - The Real Meal Revolution: The Radical, Sustainable Approach to Healthy Eating

THE REAL MEAL REVOLUTION

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WERE NOT EATING WHAT
WERE SUPPOSED TO EAT

AND THAT IS WHY
WERE GETTING FAT

ROBINSON

First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Robinson

Copyright Sally-Ann Creed,

Professor Tim Noakes,

Jonno Proudfoot, 2015

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ISBN: 978-1-47213-569-8 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-47213-570-4 (ebook)

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THERE IS A WIDESPREAD MISCONCEPTION THAT EATING FAT IS BAD FOR YOU... THAT IT IS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE AND OBESITY.

REAL MEAL REVOLUTION IS FOCUSED ON DEBUNKING THIS BIG FAT LIE AND RETURNING US TO A TIME WHEN THE HUMAN RACE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL FAT IN OUR DIETS.

For a long time, human beings have been consumed by what we consume. Our diets have been observed, studied and scrutinized while we attempt to balance our enjoyment of food with how to optimize our health.

We are clearly getting it wrong.

Obesity and diabetes are rapidly on the rise and those of us who are not obviously afflicted are becoming far too comfortable with our own slowly deteriorating health.

We tell ourselves that gaining weight, becoming slower and feeling weaker are a part of getting older and we resign ourselves to the way it is. On occasion some of us might experiment with extreme, quick-fix diets. But these are short-term solutions. We binge, we purge, but inevitably we return to our normal lives and our deteriorating physical states.

The Real Meal Revolution is for those of us who refuse to be satisfied with this status quo. It is both a startling revelation, and as old as humanity itself. It is not another diet that you cant sustain or a fad waiting to be forgotten, but a return to the way human beings are supposed to eat. It is informed by how our ancestors used to eat.

The work of a scientist, a nutritionist and a phenomenal chef, it turns their extensive research and experience into the definitive eating guide. This book combines undeniable scientific evidence, historical fact and mouth-watering recipes in one grand ambition:

To change the world, one meal at a time.

Tim is a highly respected South African Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. He has run more than seventy marathons and ultra-marathons and is the author of the books The Lore of Running, Challenging Beliefs and Waterlogged.

After publishing his latest book, Tim entered the dietary sphere, challenging the science behind obesity, coronary heart disease and heart attacks.

Subsequently he has dedicated his life to opening peoples eyes to the myth of low-fat eating and the nutritional and environmental crisis it has now left us in. In this book, Tim unleashes the science behind the research and studies he has been conducting since the inception of this bee in his bonnet.

Sally-Ann spent most of her life sick with chronic asthma, sinusitis and panic disorder, undergoing many operations on her sinuses, and spending thirteen long years as a victim of panic disorder and agoraphobia.

Through an adjustment in her diet, she has regained her health and qualified as a Nutritional Therapist (Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition, Australia). Her goal is to help others experience the same results.

Having found that food and supplements could dramatically change her life, giving her the quality of life shed always dreamed about, Sally-Ann decided to study so that she could help others. Her story is relayed in her best-selling book Let Food Be Your Medicine an easy-to-understand guide to healthy living.

After training and working in a five-times rated Top 10 restaurant in his early career, Jonno moved through a variety of food and wine establishments before finding his passion in Paleo and LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) cookery.

Since the birth of his interest in performance food and nutrition he has co-hosted 52 episodes of the award-winning South African childrens cooking show Whats Your Flava. He also starred in the reality cooking series Ultimate Braai Master in 2013.

On 23 March 2014, Jonno and his friend Thane Williams became the first two humans in history to swim from Mozambique to Madagascar. They swam 460 km in 24 days and set a world record for the longest open ocean unassisted stage swim of all time.

In March 2012, multi-award winning scientist Professor Tim Noakes discussed his own low-carbohydrate diet in an essay for an online news site. Noakes had managed to revive his health and his running career with an eating plan he claimed was also responsible for saving his life.

There was widespread public interest, not least because he had previously been a vocal advocate of the low-fat, high-carb diet. As one of the worlds pre-eminent exercise science experts, this about-turn immediately caught the attention of the media. It also caught the attention of Kate Proudfoot, a Cape Town-based chef who followed Noakes plan and proceeded to lose 20 kilograms (44 lbs) in less than six months.