On today’s Ask Prof Noakes Podcast we take a look at the ‘traditional’ thinking on nutrition that is being taught in schools currently as opposed to the one that describes the LCHF or Banting diet. We received an email from a concerned parent.

They are having a problem trying to explain the benefits of the Banting diet to their child.  She says their son has a teacher at school who is dead against the Banting way of life.  This child’s also had years of people telling him at school that, that he shouldn’t be eating fat because fat is bad for you.

Now the parents are giving him fat.  He’s a bit confused and this parent is trying to make things a bit easier to understand for the child who is 13 years old.  What’s the best way to explain the Banting of LCHF diet to kids?

Professor Tim Noakes: That’s a difficult one.  I think that, that the way I explain it, is knowledge changes.  When I give my talks and what I’ve written in Real Meal Revolution and elsewhere, is that we changed our diet in 1977. It changed on the basis of commercial reasons because big business wanted to promote grain sales in the United States of America.

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Banting and Conventional thinking: What's changed with the LCHF Diet?

In this episode we find out how best to go from being a beginner to falling into the Comrades Marathon Finishers training programme. Lindsey Parry explains

Where does a beginner start their Comrades Marathon Training?

This episode clears up some of the confusion that befalls some of us when it come to the lingo used in the Comrades Marathon training programmes.

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Do you struggle with Comrades Marathon training programme lingo?

Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry podcast was submitted by from Bernard Van Den Dool. Bernard’s said that due to over-use type injuries, his first two attempts at the Comrades Marathon had failed.

Post the Comrades Marathon this year, he adopted your post Comrades Marathon training programme in Tom Cottrell’s race date booklet.

The program has been a bit less than he normally did. A better build-up to what he has been trying to do over the last two years.

Needless to say, he is quite excited with his progress. His recent 5 kilometre time trial with hills is 25:30. The question is where to from this programme after December as the programme is more than the Comrades Marathon Bronze medal programme but less than the Comrades Marathon Bill Rowan programme?

His aim is to finish with a bronze and avoid to any over-use injuries in the build-up to the 2015 Comrades Marathon.

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Comrades Marathon: Training for a Bronze medal with a 25 min 5km

In the latest episode of Ask Coach Parry we deal with the ever-asked question about cramping. Lindsey Parry gives us the answer to Mbuli Melusi’s question. Mbuli wanted to know what causes cramps, how can you avoid it and lastly, does salt help to avoid cramping?

 

LINDSEY PARRY:  Yes, it is a very common question and one we will naturally answer a few times because it is basically always relevant. People are always suffering from cramps so look, at the moment there is no conclusive evidence for exactly what causes cramps.

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Leg cramps-Does taking salt help with muscle cramps while running?

We take a look at what you can improve on in order to get your desired finish time at the Comrades Marathon. Lindsey Parry joins us for the first of five.

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Comrades Marathon Vic Clapham finishers medal - How fast must you run?

Charles submitted his question for the Ask Prof Noakes podcast today and it has to do with explaining the Banting diet to athletes who are not following it.

Charles said he’s been asked this question by people who are against the Banting diet, and he doesn’t quite know how to answer them.

If a non-fat adapted athlete, who fuels on carbohydrate, runs out of carbs, will their body then switch to fat for fuel, or what will the body use?  Likewise, for a fat adapted person, if a fat adapted person adds carbs before a race, does their body use the carbs first and then the fat stores for fuel later?  And finally once those carbs are burnt out, will it burn fat first?

Professor Tim Noakes:  Those are great questions and what we do know is that once you become fat adapted you metabolise carbohydrate totally differently.

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Fat adapted: Do you need carbohydrates if running on the LCHf diet?

On the LCHF diet or Banting diet does the amount of carbohydrate you recommend for adults on the Banting diet be the same as for children.

Basically what this person is saying is, she gives her child Weetabix for breakfast with full cream milk.  They’re working the sugar out of the child’s diet progressively.  They then pack a Banting friendly lunch for school, which includes a bit of fruit, and then obviously a Banting friendly dinner.  This parent wants to know if she is on the right track here?

Professor Tim Noakes:  Yes, absolutely.  It sounds like she’s cut the carbs to about 250g.  It looks to me, there’s still slightly more than I would like, because you’ve got to watch out for the fruit.  When you are eating fruit you rack up carbohydrates very quickly. Each portion size is probably between 25 to 50g.

So I think she’s doing a great job.  The key is that you don’t want to get the carbohydrate addiction or the sugar addiction.  If she’s cutting the sugar she’s fine.

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The Banting Diet: Making sure your child's health comes first

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