by tanya | Apr 28, 2020 | Nutritional Living
By Colette Dreyer RD (SA) How much salt is too much? Did you know that South Africans consume approximately 6-12 g (>1-2 tsp) of salt per day? The recommended amount is below 5 g of salt (1 teaspoon), which makes the average intake twice the recommended level....
by tanya | Apr 28, 2020 | Nutritional Living
What is the DASH diet? By Colette Dreyer RD (SA), NHC Honeydew. The DASH diet is a diet aimed at lowering blood pressure and stands for Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (High Blood pressure). The diet emphasizes fruits and vegetables and focus on including foods...
by tanya | Apr 7, 2020 | Nutritional Living
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a potentially serious sleep disorder that causes breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep. It is caused when the throat muscles intermittently relax and block the airway during sleep. The airway can be blocked...
by tanya | Feb 22, 2019 | Nutritional Living
How many times have you been confronted by a lunchbox that needs to be filled, and wondered what on earth to put into it? Or, worse still, one that comes back and has hardly been touched? Most children leave home early in the morning and only return in the...
by tanya | Apr 3, 2017 | Nutritional Living
Ingredients: 8 baby potatoes 180g green beans 500g tuna steaks 1 Tbs soya sauce 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 cup cherry tomatoes 10 slices of cucumber 2 Tbs chopped peppadews 2 Tbs chopped olives 2 Tbs fresh dill, finely chopped 2 tsp capers, rinsed, drained and...
by tanya | Feb 14, 2017 | Nutritional Living
Chocolate for Valentine’s Day It is that time of the year again where chocolate is being given as a romantic gesture and not a sinful indulgence that has to sometimes be taken in secret. I do find it strange that people can speak so highly of chocolate on this...
