Health Tip: Build Strong Bones

And help prevent osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become weak, brittle and may break easily.

The National Women’s Health Information Center offers these suggestions to help prevent osteoporosis: Read more

GI Go! A Diet for Life

Food is the fuel we burn for energy, building a strong, healthy body and helping us to think straight.

One of the best sources of energy for our bodies is carbohydrates – but all carbs are not created equal, which is where the glycaemic index (GI) comes in. It rates the speed at which carbs are absorbed and raise the blood’s glucose level, and classifies them as follows: Read more

Fatty Fish May Cut Heart Failure Risk in Men

Study finds benefit from consuming just one serving a week

(HealthDay News) — Men who consume fatty fish and marine omega-3 fatty acids appear to have a reduced risk of heart failure, a new study has found. Read more

Staying Slim Is Good for the Environment

Sustaining heavier people produces more greenhouse gases, researchers say.

Watching your weight does more than protect your health. It also may help fight climate change.

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say that because food production is a major contributor to greenhouse gases, a lean population, such as in Vietnam, consumes about 20 percent less food and produces fewer greenhouse gases than a population in which 40 percent of people are obese, a rate close to that of the United States. Read more

Lose up to 20kg this winter

Implement these six changes and you won’t gain weight between May and September. In fact, you may lose as much as 20kg before spring, depending on how bad your current habits are.

By DR INGRID VAN HEERDEN

We know when the temperature drops our weight does the opposite. As we tuck into pies and stews to ward off the winter chill we’re making sure there’s an extra – fatty – layer between us and the cold. And when it’s miserable outside nobody feels like getting up from the couch to exercise. Read more

Fight Flu with These Foods

Flu viruses are tricky things: as the strains change every year, our bodies find it difficult to build up a natural immunity against them.

Take these steps and give your disease-fighting army of cells their best chance of winning the battle against the flu this winter. Read more

Be Your Own Green Doctor

If herbal medicine isn’t your style but you still want to practice green medicine, there are ways to use your current medicine in a more eco-friendly way.

Article: Susan Newham And Elsibe Loubser Mcguffog from Real Simple Read more

Reducing Cancer Risk

Statement from the Cancer Council of South Africa- August 05, 2008

Genes play a role in cancer risk But lifestyle factors are extremely inportant.
Simple precautions to reduce your risk of cancer: Read more

Asparagus

This fabulous ’spring’ vegetable is a perennial that belongs to the lily family. The spears you eat are actually the shoots from an underground crown. It takes up to three years for the underground crown to develop shoots but these shoots can last up to 20 years.

There are 20 edible varieties of asparagus including white asparagus, which is grown underground to prevent chlorophyll green from developing. Read more

Bananas

Bananas are elliptically shaped ‘pre-packaged’ fruit thought to originate in Malaysia. When they are peeled they contain a sweet firm, creamy flesh. Bananas typically grow in groups of 50 to 150 fruits and when grouped in 10 to 25 fruits they are known as ‘hands’.

There are two distinct species of banana – sweet banana (Musa sapienta, Musa nana) and plantain banana (Musa paradisiacal). Plantain banana are considered to be a vegetable rather than a fruit because they need to be cooked and have a starchier quality than the sweet banana. Read more

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