For decades, we’ve relied on the bathroom scale to tell us whether we’re maintaining a healthy weight, but health experts are increasingly encouraging people to look beyond kilogrammes and pay closer attention to your waist circumference, which could be a better indicator of your metabolic health. Growing scientific evidence suggests that carrying excess fat around
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For parents, introducing a baby to their first foods can feel like a big milestone. There are new flavours, unfamiliar textures, enthusiastic (and sometimes less enthusiastic) reactions – and plenty of mess along the way. But while nutrition is important, mealtimes are also an opportunity for babies to learn, explore and gradually become more independent.
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Poor heart health sometimes filters into daily life long before a dramatic cardiac event happens. Excess weight can be part of the problem, particularly when fat accumulates around the waist and places additional strain on the cardiovascular system. For a nation faced with alarmingly high rates of heart conditions and obesity, it is critical that
SA’s heart health problem is also a weight management crisis Read More »
Taking care of your heart can look different for everyone. For some people, it may involve significant lifestyle or dietary changes, while for others, everyday choices can form part of a broader approach to supporting heart health. The weekly grocery shop is one practical opportunity to make informed food choices that can contribute to a
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While often dismissed as a simple lack of willpower, food cravings can be far more complex. According to Jandri Barnard, a dietician at Mediclinic Newcastle, cravings are biological and psychological signals, deeply tied to your daily habits like sleep, stress management and nutrition. “Food cravings are intense urges for specific foods like sweets, salty snacks
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to weight loss is pinning all their hopes and fears on one measure so simple that it tells them almost nothing about what is really happening in their body: the number on the scale. Water retention, high salt intake, illness, hormonal cycles, physical activity and
Weight loss stalled despite real effort? The issue may be what you’re measuring Read More »
As awareness around the importance of healthy living grows, many South Africans want to improve their wellbeing, but are often tripped up by diets and lifestyle changes that are difficult to sustain. In reality, lasting health is built through small, consistent habits. With cardiovascular disease remaining one of South Africa’s leading health concerns, Laager Rooibos
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You can look ‘healthy’ on the outside while carrying enough excess fat deep inside your abdomen and around your vital organs to put your heart, liver, pancreas and intestines under strain. Known as visceral fat, it is biologically active, releasing hormones and inflammatory substances that can interfere with how the body functions and drive up
Hidden between your organs: The health risk you can’t afford to ignore Read More »
From menstrual changes to midlife brain fog, the body’s energy systems can influence far more than the number on the scale. Three international experts share ways to protect metabolic health at every life stage. Metabolic health is easy to ignore when life is busy, but South Africa’s numbers make it difficult to dismiss. Diabetes was
Always tired, hungry or foggy? Your metabolism may be trying to tell you something Read More »
Have you hit that mid-winter slump where you find yourself repeating the same familiar meals? We ask a lot from our winter food. It needs to support our immunity and wellness while also giving us the nourishment and comfort we need through the coldest months. But cooking doesn’t have to become part of winter’s drag.
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