PROFESSOR TIM NOAKES (the Scientist) is a widely respected Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. He has run more than 70 marathons and ultra-marathons and is the author of the books The Lore of Running, Challenging Beliefs and Waterlogged. After publishing his latest book, Tim entered the dietary sphere, challenging the science behind obesity, coronary heart disease and heart attacks.
Subsequently he 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. In this book, Tim unleashes the science behind the research and studies he has been conducting since the inception of this 'bee in his bonnet'.
JONNO PROUDFOOT is the CEO of Real Meal Revolution and bestselling author of The Real Meal Revolution, Super Food for Superchildren and The Real Meal Revolution 2.0, total sales of which exceed 400, 000 copies.
Jonno spent his early career as professional chef, cooking in top-rated restaurants. He then moved to marketing fine wine and managing big catering, while completing a degree in Accounting Sciences. A sport lover, Jonno loves competing in extreme triathlons, runs and swims. In 2014, he and his friend Thane Williams set a world record by swimming 459km from Mozambique to Madagascar, and in the process raised over a million rands for surgery for children born with cleft lips.
One of the core concepts enshrined in Jonno's DNA is 'Always Improving' - the idea of continually setting new goals and achieving them. Jonno lives by this and has never been shy of a challenge. As founder and CEO of Real Meal Revolution, an online healthy eating support company, it is Jonno's goal to change the lives of more 100 million people by 28th February 2025.
Bridget Surtees is a registered dietitian specialising in paediatric nutrition, eating disorders and nutritional therapy for metabolic syndrome sufferers.
Having spent extended spells working at University College Hospital in London and Sydney Children's Hospital in Australia, Bridget has relocated back to Cape Town, where she runs a private dietetics practice, Nutrition4Kids, and works at any addiction clinic for those with eating disorders and sugar addiction. She is married with two children.