Professor Tim Noakes
Tim, himself has diet controlled T2 diabetes. He has become a world leader in the low carb. community following the successful defence of LCHF (Low Carb High/ healthy fat), al recorded for posterity in deposition hearings describing the extensive science thenoakesfoundation.org/news/videos/tim-noakes-hpcsa-deposition-2016-introduction-and-part-1
Prof Noakes was born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1949. In the early 90s, Noakes teamed up with Morné du Plessis to drive the founding of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA). The Institute was built to provide a facility that would primarily fund research in sports performance. The application of this research would provide sports personnel of all disciplines with the means to improve. Noakes and du Plessis also wanted to use it as a platform to build public interest in the country’s top sports people and build state pride.
Prof Noakes has published more than 750 scientific books and articles. He has been cited more than 19 000 times in scientific literature, has an H-index of 71 and has been rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for a second 5-year term. He has won numerous awards over the years and made himself available on many editorial boards.
He has a passion for running and is still active, running half marathons when he can. He is a devoted husband, father and grandfather and now, in his retirement, is enjoying spending more time with his family.
Dr Eric Westman
Eric is Associate professor of medicine, director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, and medical director of the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation. Board certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine, with a masters degree in clinical research. His clinical research and clinical care relate to lifestyle treatments for obesity, diabetes, and tobacco dependence, and he have over 90 peer-reviewed publications. Eric is currently the president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, and a fellow of the Obesity Society and the Society of General Internal Medicine. He is co-editor of the medical textbook, Obesity: Evaluation and Treatment Essentials, and co-author of The New Atkins for a New You, and Cholesterol Clarity.
Dr David Unwin
David Unwin, MD, is an award-winning general practitioner (or family doctor) known for pioneering the low-carb approach in his profession in the UK.
In 2016 he won the prestigious NHS Innovator of the Year award for his work with diabetes patients. On top of that, Dr. Unwin is the medical advisor at the popular Low Carb Program and is doing his best to spread knowledge about low carb among doctors, dietitians and nurses.
In 2017/18, his practice saved £57,000 on drugs for type 2 diabetes, hypertension and other conditions by offering patients a dietary alternative to medications.
Recently Dr. Unwin was named the ninth most influential general practitioner in the UK by GP magazine Pulse. Moreover, he is Clinical Expert in Diabetes at Fellowship of the UK Royal College of General Practitioners where he was elected as a Fellow in 2008.
Dr. Unwin has also written several peer-reviewed papers to strengthen the science behind low-carb diets.
He collaborates closely with www.dietdoctor.com and together they have created a free video course for doctors with practical tips about using low carb with patients. Dr Unwin has also published a free and popular 20 minutes long Royal College of General Practice screencast about management of type 2 diabetes in adults. His “spoonfuls of sugar” presentations showing how different foods affect blood sugars, has now been adopted by NICE