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The Banting Pocket Guide
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NOAKES FOUNDATION AND THE EAT BETTER SOUTH AFRICA! INITIATIVE, THE BESTSELLING THE BANTING SOLUTION IS NOW IN AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE FORMAT! Due to your requests for more basic recipes and a user-friendly format, The Banting Solution is now available in a size that fits every pocket. This little guide will provide all the tips and advice you need with which to start, successfully conclude and maintain your Banting lifestyle. The Banting Pocket Guide includes a chapter from Banting's most respected and passionate supporter, Prof. Tim Noakes; answers your most pressing questions; busts the myths that have cropped up around Banting; provides helpful meal plans, Banting-friendly food lists and recipes; teaches you how to Bant on a budget, making this lifestyle accessible to everyone; and much, much more. Most importantly, it teaches you how to get rid of those unwanted kilos and keep them off forever! Easy to pop into your handbag or pocket, The Banting Pocket Guide is set to kick-start your new Banting lifestyle!
186 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2017
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Tim Noakes
47 books116 followersTimothy David Noakes is a South African professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town. He has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and is the author of the running book Lore of Running.
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December 16, 2017
Probably better in paperback
Charts, meal plans, lists don't show up well on my Kindle . There is no color coding either . I had really hoped this diet would stick to the scientific . It starts out good , criticizing other dietary information as false and not evidence-based and then proceeds to drift into its own biases . Perhaps a lot of it has to do with coming from South Africa whereas I live in Canada . We depend on preservatives and processing in order to have food to eat throughout our eight-month non-growing season. Our livestock also depends on being fed to survive . There are many things that are listed or mentioned as being unhealthy or not what we want to put into our bodies yet the scientific evidence is not there to justify these bans and biases.
The main thrust of this diet, though, is to reduce carbohydrate intake and increase fat in the diet . I'd have been happier if they stuck to that premise.
Charts, meal plans, lists don't show up well on my Kindle . There is no color coding either . I had really hoped this diet would stick to the scientific . It starts out good , criticizing other dietary information as false and not evidence-based and then proceeds to drift into its own biases . Perhaps a lot of it has to do with coming from South Africa whereas I live in Canada . We depend on preservatives and processing in order to have food to eat throughout our eight-month non-growing season. Our livestock also depends on being fed to survive . There are many things that are listed or mentioned as being unhealthy or not what we want to put into our bodies yet the scientific evidence is not there to justify these bans and biases.
The main thrust of this diet, though, is to reduce carbohydrate intake and increase fat in the diet . I'd have been happier if they stuck to that premise.
July 26, 2017
Useful for exploring the LCHF diet/lifestyle. Be aware the meal plans are difficult to read on a Kindle! But it can be done.
Also be aware it was written by a South African for South Africans, and there are many food terms we Americans will not be familiar with, and brand names we can't get. Food terms can be searched on the internet, brands that don't ship to the US are a little tricky.
I bought it primarily for the meal plans in an attempt to discover how macros relate to portion size. Or vice versa. I don't regret it, the price was reasonable, but it wasn't a great deal of help. The unfamiliar brand names and foods were interesting, I always enjoy reading a cookbook.
Also be aware it was written by a South African for South Africans, and there are many food terms we Americans will not be familiar with, and brand names we can't get. Food terms can be searched on the internet, brands that don't ship to the US are a little tricky.
I bought it primarily for the meal plans in an attempt to discover how macros relate to portion size. Or vice versa. I don't regret it, the price was reasonable, but it wasn't a great deal of help. The unfamiliar brand names and foods were interesting, I always enjoy reading a cookbook.
November 26, 2018
A true life-changing eating programme.
The word “Banting” is slowly becoming the buzzword around the world when referring to the eating programme that recommends high fat, low carbs. That’s the simplistic definition. Eating fats, lots of green vegetables, nuts and seeds and cutting out all sugars and carbohydrates can help eliminate diabetes, especially type 2, which is becoming one of the most diagnosed diseases, costing not only billions in medical care but also how much damage it does to people’s lives.
The Banting programme dates to the obese William Banting born in 1796. It was by pure chance, that he met Dr William Harvey, who had recently returned from Paris with the idea that people could lose weight while eating high fat, low carbs, especially those containing starches and sugars. More importantly, the lectures he attended were on the discovery that Claude Bernard had made after studying the pancreas and liver and the dreaded disease, diabetes. Claude Bernard was sure that with the correct diet, the disease could be avoided. Banting followed the eating plan and lost 11 stone in twelve months.
In 1980 Prof Tim Noakes was tasked to start a sports science course at the University of Cape Town. Noakes went on to head the Medical Research Council-funded Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, which was later changed to the MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine.
Prof Tim Noakes became a household name for long-distance runners, especially after publishing his first book, The Lore of Running, in 1986. In this book, he suggested high carbs, lots of pasta, before running a marathon. However, in 2010 this all changed. After studying the Banting idea and having done intense research, his whole idea regarding what we eat changed. The Banting Diet or its other name, The Real Meal Revolution was born.
Word spread and thousands of people have changed their lives through this plan. Me included. I was chatting to a friend in South Africa who mentioned that her brother had lost 45 kgs and her sister, 25 kgs. Her sister had to treat her diabetes by administering an injection, sometimes several times a day. Thanks to the diet, she had all but got this under control and no longer needed injections - only pills. I have been overweight for years. It has caused problems with my health, fibromyalgia, diverticular disease and allergies being the most common among my problems.
Having nothing to lose, I bought both the Real Meal Revolution and this book. Soon, the Green, Orange, Grey, Red and Very Red list of foods became my best friends. Five months later I’ve lost 10 kilos. My cholesterol level has dropped, there is no sign of any diabetes in my system (both these had been flagged in my annual medical in previous years). However, it’s the other benefits I’ve had. My allergies have all but disappeared. Diverticular disease has not turned into diverticulitis since I started. My fibro is now manageable and the high dose of tablets I was on to keep it more-or-less manageable, is no longer necessary AND I have more energy.
If you, too, want to change your life for whatever reason, then this is the easy way to do it. Going out for a meal is not a hassle, menus can be easily adapted so that you not only never cheat, but also never feel hungry.
Prof Tim Noakes, thank you for being prepared to go where others feared to tread.
Imbali
Breakaway Reviewers bought the book to review.
The word “Banting” is slowly becoming the buzzword around the world when referring to the eating programme that recommends high fat, low carbs. That’s the simplistic definition. Eating fats, lots of green vegetables, nuts and seeds and cutting out all sugars and carbohydrates can help eliminate diabetes, especially type 2, which is becoming one of the most diagnosed diseases, costing not only billions in medical care but also how much damage it does to people’s lives.
The Banting programme dates to the obese William Banting born in 1796. It was by pure chance, that he met Dr William Harvey, who had recently returned from Paris with the idea that people could lose weight while eating high fat, low carbs, especially those containing starches and sugars. More importantly, the lectures he attended were on the discovery that Claude Bernard had made after studying the pancreas and liver and the dreaded disease, diabetes. Claude Bernard was sure that with the correct diet, the disease could be avoided. Banting followed the eating plan and lost 11 stone in twelve months.
In 1980 Prof Tim Noakes was tasked to start a sports science course at the University of Cape Town. Noakes went on to head the Medical Research Council-funded Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, which was later changed to the MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine.
Prof Tim Noakes became a household name for long-distance runners, especially after publishing his first book, The Lore of Running, in 1986. In this book, he suggested high carbs, lots of pasta, before running a marathon. However, in 2010 this all changed. After studying the Banting idea and having done intense research, his whole idea regarding what we eat changed. The Banting Diet or its other name, The Real Meal Revolution was born.
Word spread and thousands of people have changed their lives through this plan. Me included. I was chatting to a friend in South Africa who mentioned that her brother had lost 45 kgs and her sister, 25 kgs. Her sister had to treat her diabetes by administering an injection, sometimes several times a day. Thanks to the diet, she had all but got this under control and no longer needed injections - only pills. I have been overweight for years. It has caused problems with my health, fibromyalgia, diverticular disease and allergies being the most common among my problems.
Having nothing to lose, I bought both the Real Meal Revolution and this book. Soon, the Green, Orange, Grey, Red and Very Red list of foods became my best friends. Five months later I’ve lost 10 kilos. My cholesterol level has dropped, there is no sign of any diabetes in my system (both these had been flagged in my annual medical in previous years). However, it’s the other benefits I’ve had. My allergies have all but disappeared. Diverticular disease has not turned into diverticulitis since I started. My fibro is now manageable and the high dose of tablets I was on to keep it more-or-less manageable, is no longer necessary AND I have more energy.
If you, too, want to change your life for whatever reason, then this is the easy way to do it. Going out for a meal is not a hassle, menus can be easily adapted so that you not only never cheat, but also never feel hungry.
Prof Tim Noakes, thank you for being prepared to go where others feared to tread.
Imbali
Breakaway Reviewers bought the book to review.
November 17, 2019
Nuwe wêreld het vir my oopgegaan
Ek is oorgewig en het al alles probeer. Ñ vriendin het my vertel hiervan en ek het dadelik begin lees. Als maak nou sin en ek kan nie wag om gesonder te lewe nie.
Ek is oorgewig en het al alles probeer. Ñ vriendin het my vertel hiervan en ek het dadelik begin lees. Als maak nou sin en ek kan nie wag om gesonder te lewe nie.
August 15, 2021
East read, easy to follow lifestyle nutritional plan.
Easy to follow, directions and easy to read and look back at. Great lifestyle plan to regain health. I would suggest this to anyone looking to become healthy.
Easy to follow, directions and easy to read and look back at. Great lifestyle plan to regain health. I would suggest this to anyone looking to become healthy.
October 29, 2017
Very informative
Good lot of information for the price. Simple and well laid out. Easy to understand lists. Good value for money
Good lot of information for the price. Simple and well laid out. Easy to understand lists. Good value for money
May 27, 2018
I found this book to be very encouraging, this lifestyle is doable.
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January 9, 2023Excellent read. If you are serious about your health and you ar IR then a positive move.
February 27, 2017
Good and bad
I have been a trainer for 30 years. The low carbs I do agree with. Protein being low and fats even though they are good fats being high. I disagree.
I have trained many clients from bodybuilders, models, average person and diabetics. The protein higher, carbs lower, and fats around 20% of total calories gets the job done.
I have been a trainer for 30 years. The low carbs I do agree with. Protein being low and fats even though they are good fats being high. I disagree.
I have trained many clients from bodybuilders, models, average person and diabetics. The protein higher, carbs lower, and fats around 20% of total calories gets the job done.
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