Sandiso Phaliso
THE second Cape Times sugar-free breakfast takes place at the Table Bay Hotel on Saturday.
The speakers at the event are Karen Thomson, Professor Tim Noakes, Dr Duncan Carmichael and Jayne Bullen.
Karen Thomson, author, sugar free ambassador and founder of Sugar Free Revolution, will discuss whether sugar addiction in is in fact real or not by looking at the studies being done internationally in this area.
Thomson will share case studies of people who have found freedom by addressing their sugar and carb addiction, lost weight and improved their health significantly.
Noakes will speak about how far the country has come in terms of the Banting revolution in the last year while Carmichael will speak about the effect of sugar on our hormones. Bullen, from The Noakes Foundation, will discuss what The Noakes Foundation has done in local communities to implement grass root dietary change through its Eat Better South Africa! platform.
Carmichael said he would try to make the topic fun for the audience and easy to digest.
The emphasis, he said, would be how sugar causes heart diseases and affects hormones.
He said people consuming too much in the way of carbohydrates end up obese and he will show guests the dangers of consuming sugar.
“People don’t recognise that drinking fruit juice is bad. Sugar is addictive and bad for us,” he said.
Thomson said the World Health Organisation recommends no more than six teaspoons of added sugar per day for adults and three for children.
She said studies have found that people were consuming approximately 22 teaspoons of added sugar every day.
“The only way we can prevent it is by becoming aware of the hidden sugar in most of the foods we consume daily. We need to get back in the kitchen, prepare our own food with knowledge of the ingredients and focus on real food as close to it’s natural state as possible,” said Thomson.
Guests will be served a variety of sugar free eats and all attending will receive a complimentary one-month subscription to the Cape Times.
Tickets cost R300 each and can be reserved by sending an email to:[email protected] or call 0214884465.