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The book 'The Real Meal Revolution: The Radical, Sustainable Approach To Healthy Eating' published in the UK at the end of July, is co-authored by Professor Tim Noakes, (Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town), nutritionist Sally-Ann Creed (PGDip in Clinical Nutrition) and chef, Jonno Proudfoot - he and a friend set the world record for longest open ocean unassisted stage swim in March last year, swimming 460km from Mozambique to Madagascar.
Professor Noakes is quite a contentious figure as having written a book espousing carb loading for athletes, after being diagnosed T2DM he embraced LCHF (known in South Africa as Banting) and rubbed more than a few Establishment nutritional and clinical noses in it, so that he's now being investigated about this whole Banting malarkey. Jonno Proudfoot co-hosted 52 episodes of a cookery show for kids and starred in a reality cooking show in 2013. The Real Meal Revolution is a runaway bestseller in South Africa.
I pre-ordered from Amazon and it arrived on publication day. It's quite a large and hefty paperback published by Little Brown, RRP £20. What you get for the money, firstly, is over 80 recipes at my count, beautifully photographed. All sorts of things from Banting bread, nutty crackers and fermented pickles, to lasagne, crispy roasted duck, Thai steamed fish pocket and grilled harissa lamb chops with tomato and cucumber salsa. Asian fusion, Italian, French, Jamaican - all sorts of cuisines. The first obvious error for a low carb book, is that not a single recipe has any nutritional information, not even a carb count.
In the Green section, they list radishes, Xylitol granules, Erythritol granules and Stevia powder amongst the Green eat-as-much-as-you-like foods. Included in the green section are cottage cheese, cream, cream cheese, full cream Greek yoghurt, full cream milk, hard cheeses and soft cheeses.
The Orange section contains foods which are 6-25g of carbs per 100g and gives quantities for 5g of each food. You can have any five of the items to reach 50g with things from the green list but 25g carbs is preferred. Dairy appears on this list with quantities, which is somewhat confusing. Examples of Orange foods are 1/3rd cup sweet potato, 1 dessertspoon raw chestnuts, 1 cup raspberries, 1 tablespoon ginger powder, 3 cups Ricotta, 2 lychees and 1 cup rhubarb.
The book refers to cups and net carbs so it hasn't been adapted for the UK. Outside of specialist shops and markets, you could have problems finding plantains, jicama, calabash, hubbard squash, fresh palm hearts, jackfruit, loquats, kumquats, prickly pears and persimmon.Tht dairy appears in Green and Orange, is confusing. If you don't drink milk, both rice milk and soy milk are in the red section.
Red foods are either toxic or high in carbs and should be avoided. They include dried legumes, parsnips, potatoes, peas, peanuts, dried fruit, honey, couscous, seed oils, grains, soft drinks, thickening agents, beer, cider, beetroot, fast food, ice cream, processed food, spelt, rice, sorghum, cakes, buckwheat, anything made from maize,all breads and syrups. It's quite strict !
Pages 246 - 295 comprise the scince bit with plenty of graphs, stats, charts, references etc. Some of it is hard going but it's not as hard going as Gary Taubes' first book, ' Good Calories, Bad Calories'.
So overall I felt that the recipes made the book worth it, but the publisher made little effort to adapt it for the UK in terms of net carbs, fruits and vegetables and some measurements.
Professor Noakes is quite a contentious figure as having written a book espousing carb loading for athletes, after being diagnosed T2DM he embraced LCHF (known in South Africa as Banting) and rubbed more than a few Establishment nutritional and clinical noses in it, so that he's now being investigated about this whole Banting malarkey. Jonno Proudfoot co-hosted 52 episodes of a cookery show for kids and starred in a reality cooking show in 2013. The Real Meal Revolution is a runaway bestseller in South Africa.
I pre-ordered from Amazon and it arrived on publication day. It's quite a large and hefty paperback published by Little Brown, RRP £20. What you get for the money, firstly, is over 80 recipes at my count, beautifully photographed. All sorts of things from Banting bread, nutty crackers and fermented pickles, to lasagne, crispy roasted duck, Thai steamed fish pocket and grilled harissa lamb chops with tomato and cucumber salsa. Asian fusion, Italian, French, Jamaican - all sorts of cuisines. The first obvious error for a low carb book, is that not a single recipe has any nutritional information, not even a carb count.
In the Green section, they list radishes, Xylitol granules, Erythritol granules and Stevia powder amongst the Green eat-as-much-as-you-like foods. Included in the green section are cottage cheese, cream, cream cheese, full cream Greek yoghurt, full cream milk, hard cheeses and soft cheeses.
The Orange section contains foods which are 6-25g of carbs per 100g and gives quantities for 5g of each food. You can have any five of the items to reach 50g with things from the green list but 25g carbs is preferred. Dairy appears on this list with quantities, which is somewhat confusing. Examples of Orange foods are 1/3rd cup sweet potato, 1 dessertspoon raw chestnuts, 1 cup raspberries, 1 tablespoon ginger powder, 3 cups Ricotta, 2 lychees and 1 cup rhubarb.
The book refers to cups and net carbs so it hasn't been adapted for the UK. Outside of specialist shops and markets, you could have problems finding plantains, jicama, calabash, hubbard squash, fresh palm hearts, jackfruit, loquats, kumquats, prickly pears and persimmon.Tht dairy appears in Green and Orange, is confusing. If you don't drink milk, both rice milk and soy milk are in the red section.
Red foods are either toxic or high in carbs and should be avoided. They include dried legumes, parsnips, potatoes, peas, peanuts, dried fruit, honey, couscous, seed oils, grains, soft drinks, thickening agents, beer, cider, beetroot, fast food, ice cream, processed food, spelt, rice, sorghum, cakes, buckwheat, anything made from maize,all breads and syrups. It's quite strict !
Pages 246 - 295 comprise the scince bit with plenty of graphs, stats, charts, references etc. Some of it is hard going but it's not as hard going as Gary Taubes' first book, ' Good Calories, Bad Calories'.
So overall I felt that the recipes made the book worth it, but the publisher made little effort to adapt it for the UK in terms of net carbs, fruits and vegetables and some measurements.
