Prof. Timothy Noakes v Health Professions Council
Video from the Professional Competence Trial
Tim Noakes deposition to the Health Professions Council of South Africa in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Published 10 May, 2016
Edited video of Dr. Noakes' Testimony is available from the Noakes Foundation, in 38 videos.
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How did we come to Professional Competence Trial?
Tim Noakes HPCSA deposition 2016
(5 minutes)
Published by: CAPE TOWN LIVE (Glen Thomas)- May, 2016
Tim Noakes deposition to the Health Professions Council of South Africa in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
My motivation for choosing this journey
(9 minutes)
Published by: CAPE TOWN LIVE (Glen Thomas)- May, 2016
Dr Noakes in Court
A smiling Dr Noakes looks towards his legal council, while responding to questions in court.
Tim Noakes on trial
(16 minutes)
Published by: Diet Doctor - November, 2018
In 2014, Professor Tim Noakes was reported to the Health Professions Council of South Africa for giving unprofessional dietary advice. He was advocating a low-carb, high-fat diet… in a tweet.
What followed was a four-year legal process of Kafkaesque proportions. Should a top-level scientist have his life and legacy ruined by a tweet? And is there anything wrong with a low-carb diet in the first place?
Fortunately, Professor Noakes is a fighter, and he was certainly not about to give up.
Here’s the story of Noakes’ fascinating multi-year struggle, with interviews of people who participated, and video from the court case, in a Diet Doctor mini documentary.
