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Butter price and supply going rancid

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

Tightening his belt: Tim Noakes.

Controversial banting advocate Tim Noakes found not guilty

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

‘Neither of you turned out the way I hoped you would.’

The Snap, Crackle and Pop defence of Tim Noakes

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

Tightening his belt: Tim Noakes.

No ruling from Tim Noakes hearing, matter adjourned until April 2017

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

Semenya, who has dominated the 800m race over the last decade, has remained largely silent through the court battle, excluding statements from her legal team condemning the IAAF’s tactics and policies. (AFP)

Caster Semenya’s body is being claimed by self-important armchair pundits

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

SA is likely to introduce sugar tax this year. Is sugar bad for your health?

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

I was a Tim Noakes guinea pig

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

Lifestyle: Tim Noakes’s book recommends that carbs should be limited to between 25g and 50g a day.

[From our archives] Binge-beating Banting: Why Tim’s take is hard to stomach

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

Now you’re cooking: Beatrice Holst

The best of a raw deal

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

Barking up a lot of weird trees in 2015

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

Beyonce reacts as Jay-Z carries their daughter Blue Ivy onstage to present the Video Vanguard Award during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.

The soaps, celebs and scandals that kept us enthralled in 2014

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.

A Banting diet for politicians? If that’s the case we have to go way beyond carbs and sugar.

The Banting diet reimagined for politicians

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

Tightening his belt: Tim Noakes.

Hartley: SA politics needs Noakes diet

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.

Tightening his belt: Tim Noakes.

Noakes cult infests the Cape’s menus

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

Diets such as those of Tim Noakes don’t work better than traditional balanced diets according to a Stellenbosch University study.

Noakes-like diets don’t work the way they say they do – study

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