People are always very hesitant to change their way of thinking and there’s obviously a lot of concern around the LCHF diet lifestyle because people are really stuck in the old mind set of eating.

Julia got in touch with us and she wanted to know if there are any precautions parents should take or things they should be aware of when introducing their kids to the Banting Diet?

How  does changing to the Banting diet affect kids, and is Banting safe for her kids?

Prof Tim Noakes:  That’s a great question, as you know I was reported to the Health Professions Council of South Africa for suggesting that you should wean your children onto the Banting diet.

By that I mean the green list in the Real Meal Revolution. I would encourage anyone to look at the green list and tell me what’s wrong with that food.  It’s really good food for anyone of any age. So I don’t know where this criticism is coming from.
Is Banting safe for kids?
Fortunately, there’s a paper out this week, showing that children who are weaned onto meat, specifically they said meat and not other proteins coming in from cereals, for example.

They grew more, they were taller and they were less fat at the end of the study, which was a year or two. I found it very interesting, because we know that when cereals and grains were introduced into the food supply 12 000 years ago, humans got smaller, and we’ve only caught up now, can you believe it?

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