Lets not sugar coat it!
The results are out, and the findings are frightening! Stats SA have recently released their report on mortality and causes of death in 2016. Whilst tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death in 2016, non communicable diseases (or lifestyle related diseases)
Be Food Cost Conscious This New Financial Year.
As the new financial year kicks in and VAT rates increase, we may need to readjust our food budgets a little. Below is a list of foods that carry zero VAT as well as my top 5 cost conscious grocery
Don’t Make a Matzah Meal out of Pesach! My Top 5 Tips for a Healthy Pesach.
During a holiday where we celebrate going from enslavement to freedom, we somehow always manage to enslave ourselves to many unnecessary calories during Pesach. By keeping some of my top Pesach healthy eating tips in mind, we can please our
Eat less sugar, you’re sweet enough already!
Diabetes is a disease which occurs when your blood sugar (or blood glucose) levels are too high. The two most common types of diabetes are: 1) type 1 diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin at all and
Snack Smart!
Snackaholics rejoice! If you are one of my patients, you will know that I am an absolute snacking advocate! Two big problems I often see are 1) working patients going for long periods of time without any food and 2) school
Food Feuds
Like nails on a chalkboard, nothing frustrates me more than hearing about some new diet trend or fad. High Fat Low Carb, High Carb Low Fat, High Protein, Low Protein… And everyone is jumping on the bandwagon! Keeping pace in a
What is a dietitian?
Without fail, when asked what I was studying at university, the response to ‘bachelor of dietetics’ presented with a blank mystified expression to say the least. “DIE…what?” The term ‘nutritionist’ seems to be more familiar. Whilst certainly similar, ‘dietitian’ and ‘nutritionist’
All Aboard!
It’s a plight I hear too often. Maybe it is your partner who isn’t ready to give up the ice cream, or your kids who think veggies are the world’s worst creation. Having your family on board when you are
Here’s to a sweet New Year!
Jewish gatherings are synonymous with food – good nostalgic food, and lots of it! So, we are all prone to eating too much, and eating the wrong things. Even those of us with the strongest will power have been known
FAST and Easy
When I speak to my patients about fasting, I often hear “I start out fine, but then I get a terrible headache” and “I am fine during the fast, but once I break it I feel awful!” For many, the