Inconvenient truth or public health threat?
نویسنده
چکیده
For Tim Noakes, the University of Cape Town's 'great centenary debate' on what constitutes a healthy diet was a 'kangaroo court', deliberately set up to discredit the 'inconvenient and threatening truths' behind his relatively recent and much-touted high-fat, no sugar, no carbohydrates eating regimen.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
دوره 103 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013