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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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Prioritise safety when considering weight-loss injections

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Growing public interest in injectable weight-loss medicines, including semaglutide products, has highlighted the importance of patient awareness, appropriate medical oversight and the use of medicines supplied through the formal regulatory framework. Recent regulatory concerns in South Africa have drawn attention to the potential risks associated with unregistered or improperly supplied GLP-1/GIP injectable products, particularly where

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Eating less is not the same as eating well, even with pharmaceutical help

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Patients often see a dramatic drop in appetite as proof that a weight loss treatment is ‘working’. They eat less, feel less hungry and may initially lose weight quickly. The danger is that appetite suppression can hide deeper nutritional gaps forming beneath the surface, leaving the body with too little protein, fibre, micronutrients, hydration and

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Why so many women over 35 feel like their bodies have suddenly turned against them

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A growing number of women over 35 are quietly struggling with unexplained weight gain, crushing fatigue, anxiety, inflammation and a body that no longer responds to the same efforts that once worked. According to Dr Isstelle Jonker, medical practitioner at Dr Smook and Partners, managed by RxME Group, many women are incorrectly blaming themselves for

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How to beat sagging skin while on GLP-1 medication

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Weight-loss medications including semaglutide, tirzepatide and liraglutide have become game-changers for many people seeking health improvements and body transformation. It’s important to clarify that the facial changes that can come with weight loss (hollowed cheeks, sagging skin, deeper wrinkles and an overall aged or tired appearance) are not a direct side effect of the medications

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The search for the ‘perfect body’ can cause mental and physical harm

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Severe risks to physical and mental health – including addiction, psychotic episodes, stomach ailments and eating disorders – are the dangerous side-effects of society’s obsession with the ‘perfect body’, leading to rising incidences of abuse of weight-loss drugs. South African healthcare professionals have raised the alarm on the long-term health impacts of misuse of weight-loss

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