# I get the feeling Tim Noakes is starting to go off the reservation

**URL:** https://forum.skepticza.org/t/i-get-the-feeling-tim-noakes-is-starting-to-go-off-the-reservation/4730
**Category:** News and current events
**Created:** [25 July 2014 11:27 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/i-get-the-feeling-tim-noakes-is-starting-to-go-off-the-reservation/4730 "2014-07-25T11:27:37Z")
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### Author: ![brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)
#### Post date: [30 April 2015 12:59 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/i-get-the-feeling-tim-noakes-is-starting-to-go-off-the-reservation/4730/21 "2015-04-30T12:59:00Z")

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> [@BoogieMonster post:18](#):
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> Regardless of how much of a quack Noakes is… This is all double standards: How many quacks with NO qualification go about peddling cancer remedies and HIV cures with nary a whimper from any council anywhere, but a medical professional (hey, at least he’s not an engineer) suggest a diet and everyone loses their minds.
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> YES: he should not do what he’s doing, but ffs if you can act on him go ahead and act on the other snake-oil salespeople of SA.
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> EDIT: I, BM, understand fully the only reason anyone can take action vs Noakes is because he’s registered with a council in the first place.

All good points, especially the last. I wonder, if a homeopath recommends that you go see a real doctor, whether he can be disciplined by the homeopathic council… 🙂

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