Once in a while, medical treatments become established that don’t really work. He started the Noakes Foundation in 2012, and has dedicated his life to opening people's eyes to the myth of low-fat eating and the nutritional and environmental crisis it has led us to. Timothy Noakes is Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. Currently practicing in Toronto, Canada, as chief in the Department of Medicine in a major hospital, he founded the Intensive Dietary Management Clinic that provides a unique treatment focus for Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Jason Fung completed medical school at the University of Toronto before heading to the University of California, Los Angeles, to complete his fellowship in nephrology. Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight-for good.ĭr. In addition to his five basic steps, a set of lifelong habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones-in everyone-and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss. Why you’ve never been able to lose weight, and how that can change nowĮverything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Reading Guide Available ( Download / See All )

Breaking the obesity code