by tanya | Apr 25, 2015 | Nutritional Living
How many eggs can I eat in a week? This a question we often get asked as a Dietician. Let’s review the latest research: Eggs are a rich source of choline which helps with foetal brain development – it is recommended that a pregnant women eat one egg a day especially...
by tanya | Feb 24, 2015 | Nutritional Living
1. Plan Ahead. You’ve heard it a thousand times: failing to plan is planning to fail. Don’t wait until your at your worksite cafeteria to decide what you are having for lunch. At that point, you will either be too hungry to make a healthy choice or there won’t even...
by tanya | Feb 24, 2015 | Nutritional Living
Many of us think mushrooms are nice to eat or only for special occasions and that they don’t really contribute any nutritional value to our daily eating plans. Let’s debunk some of those perceptions immediately! Mushrooms have been found to help lower cholesterol, are...
by tanya | Feb 24, 2015 | Nutritional Living
The Mediterranean Diet is being haled as THE diet for optimal health. It is said to promote heart health, weight loss and good blood sugar control. It seems to make a lot of sense. It is a good balanced diet that includes all of the major food groups, with the...
by tanya | Feb 24, 2015 | Nutritional Living
Eating “healthily” is an important ideal for many – whether it is to achieve weight loss, lower cholesterol levels, manage diabetes, perform better in sport…or simply to just “feel better”. Most people know the basic fundamentals of “healthy eating”, i.e. eat more...
by tanya | Feb 24, 2015 | Nutritional Living
Written by: Sue Scharf RD(SA): People often feel that they need to “detox” when they feel run-down, lethargic, bloated, and that they are carrying more weight than they should be. Articles in the media, popular magazines, and on the web often promise an instant cure...
