Tim Noakes

Drought, global shortages and over-enthusiastic banting mean the commodity is in short supply

Professor Tim Noakes was charged with giving unconventional medical advice via Twitter.

Big Cereal is obviously concerned about their profits, so it’s little wonder they find the Banting diet unpalatable

The former president of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa, Claire Julsing-Strydom, had lodged a complaint against Noakes.

‘Her body, seen as an anomaly, is no longer hers. It “belongs” to sports bodies, media houses and quick-on-the-draw armchair pundits … ‘

Some experts say sugar should be treated like drugs or alcohol. What does the science say?

The sports scientist’s research team doesn’t shy away from pushing the body to its limits.

Can the banting diet cure binge-eating disorder? Mia Malan follows one person’s journey.

In this overprocessed world with industrial ­agriculture doing violence to the planet, it makes sense that some have turned to a raw food diet.

We caught up with some local celebrities and politicians to find out what they hope to achieve in the Year of the Goat.

From body politics to black bodies in chains, from Beyoncé to Banting, these are the stories that sent the internet into overdrive this past year.

Tim Noakes thinks Julius Malema is carbohydrate intolerant. Verashni Pillay can think of a number of other intolerances among our political elite.

Times Media editor and author Ray Hartley said SA politics needed more protein or meat, in the form of tough and substantial policy decision-making.

"The Noakes narrative has all the elements needed for a quasi-religious story," writes Brent Meersman.

Low carb, high fat diets don’t work better than traditional balanced diets, according to a Stellenbosch University study.