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Chasing your younger body can distort what healthy looks like at every age

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Using a much younger version of yourself as the benchmark for what your weight and metabolic health should look like today is the wrong approach. Dr Gerhard Vosloo explains that muscle mass, bone density, fat distribution, hormones and lifestyle demands all change with age. Comparing an older body with a younger one can therefore create

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SA’s heart health problem is also a weight management crisis

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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

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Weight loss stalled despite real effort? The issue may be what you’re measuring

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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

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Hidden between your organs: The health risk you can’t afford to ignore

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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

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