BANTING promoter Tim Noakes was accused of turning his misconduct hearing into a lecture and a book promotion yesterday.
Advocate Ajay Bhoopchand, acting for former Association of Dieticians in SA (ADSA) president Claire Julsing-Strydom, told the Health Professionals Council of SA (HPCSA): “I cannot see how lecture after lecture, without a clear link of the content of the lecture and actual charge, is relevant.
It gives [Noakes] free reign to express himself at a legal forum.”
But the committee dismissed the objection, with chairwoman Joan Adams saying: “As simple as a charge sheet may appear, it is a very complex matter. We are dealing with nutrition and science.
“There are many aspects,” she said.
Noakes, who has been presenting evidence since Wednesday, is accused of unprofessional conduct after he provided “unconventional advice on breast-fed babies on social networks”.
The hearing continues.
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