I hope that the information I've collected for you here will help you begin your research in the right place. You need to know that the last fifteen years has produced a remarkable new line of research that turns on it's head almost everything you though you knew about what a healthy diet is.
The one page that explains the Banting Diet is here. So get started, just trying to do Banting will teach you a lot.
But you really need to read deeply around the topics, of diet, health and exercise. You can't learn what you need to know in five minutes.
For instance as I re-write this page in January, 2022, my social media feed is full of propaganda about magical weight loss diets, or ways to lose weight "effortlessly" using some exercise program, or equipment. When you KNOW the science, you'll understand that these false promises are designed to get your money.
Key Facts From Science About Weight Loss and Fitness.
Excess weight is caused by a faulty diet. Much of what you know is wrong.
There may be excellent reasons for being vegetarian, but better health isn't one of them.
Exercise is NOT a good way to lose weight. Lose your weight FIRST.
After you've lost weight you will want to exercise. You need both strength and aerobic capacity.
There is much about heart disease that's poorly understood. High cholesterol is probably not the cause of heart disease.
There's more to learn, but that's a good start.
Get better dietary knowledge: there is much to learn and that takes time, maybe a year of more.
Banting (Keto) GREEN List Explained!
Jonno Proudfoot (13 minutes)
Published by: The Real Meal Revolution - May, 2021
- The 7 Basic Principles behind the Banting (KETO) Food Lists
- The difference between the Green, Orange and Red Lists
- An explanation of each category on the GREEN List
Here is the link where you can get the current Banting Food Lists.
The Banting Diet & Insulin Resistance
Prof. Tim Noakes (14 minutes)
Published by: Modern Healthspan - February, 2021
In this video Prof Noakes talks about talks about his diet, Banting 2.0 also known as Noakes Diet, which is based on a diet first popularized by William Banting in 1863.
The Banting diet: pseudo science or a weight loss miracle?
Prof. Tim Noakes (14 minutes)
Published by: CNBC Africa - November, 2014
Some have argued that his Banting diet borders on pseudoscience and others that it is a miracle weight loss programme. TONIGHT, Bruce Whitfield speaks to Tim Noakes, Discovery Health professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town, about the low carb diet he has been advocating and the science behind it.
