Many people associate a plant based diet with vegetarianism or veganism, and while these diets are essentially plant based, the actual scientific definition ...

As a dietitian, I get this question a lot. Put simply all dietitians are nutritionists but not all nutritionists are dietitians. A dietitian has studied at u...

Health stamps of approval on food are big business. And while organisations who create these endorsements do often have our best interests at heart, they can...

Is being vegan healthier than being a meat eater? It really depends on how you structure you chosen diet. Read my opinion along with some other professional ...

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Motherhood is a great joy, but its also a huge life change, and for some woman it can send them spiralling into a clinical depression. Feeling down when you ...

Pregnancy is often a good time to either start an appropriate exercise routine or tone down on your raining if you tend to train relatively hard. Its a time ...

Chefs and doctors alike praise the Mediterranean diet- and rightly so. The food of Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and North Africa represents some of the tasti...

The liver is the largest organ in the body and has an enormous amount of blood flowing through it on a daily basis. It is one of the most important organs in...

It’s a fast-paced world we live in, and between keeping up with it all, who has time to think about food? The resulting desperation for convenience has led t...

Eating out in restaurants and take out spots has become somewhat of a culture, especially in the corporate world. Business lunches during the day and lack of...

Doctors and scientists alike have long denigrated the egg for it’s high cholesterol content. It has been established for some time that high blood levels of ...

All human beings enjoy (and need) the occasional touch of sweetness in their lives- and the same holds true when it comes to our diets. But the average perso...

Finding solace in the concrete jungles of Johannesburg can be a rather tough endeavor. Luckily we have the beautiful, historical and mystical Magaliesberg to...

We all know that eating more fruit and vegetables is good for us. The benefits of eating plant foods are numerous. Fruit and vegetables not only supply essen...

Most people are aware of their unhealthy habits, but the reality is most do not know how to go about changing them. A dietitian will make a thorough evaluati...

So many of us use the New Year as a motivation factor for starting new things, like healthy eating or lifestyle plan. In reality a healthy eating plan should...

Children whose mothers eat excessive amounts of liquorice during pregnancy may be more likely to perform poorly in tests and have behavioural problems, accor...