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How to read and understand food labels
Food labels are supposed to help you understand what is in packaged foods. To protect the consumer, there are many regulations which relate to...
Long-term Effects of vaping, is not known
E-cigarettes have caused a huge debate after health
officials have linked the products to deadly lung illnesses.
Over the years, the
use of electronic cigarettes has been...
How to maintain a healthy skin
Your skin is your body’s largest organ. When its healthy, it's layers work hard to protect you. However, when its compromised,the skins ability to...
How To Keep your Nails Healthy
Your
nails are generally a good reflection of your health.Your finger and toenails
should be strong and healthy in appearance, free of ridges, dents,and
discolorations. Make an...
Get your skin looking its best
Everyone has something at some point that they want to look their best for - a wedding, a dance, a graduation, a photo shoot...
Weight loss
Vitamin D – Why we Love the Sun
By Dr. Jatin Joshi, Founder of OneSecond Supplements
Vitamin D, ‘the sunshine vitamin’, has certainly gained a lot of attention in the media recently, being...
Skipping for beginners
This is probably one of the most feared forms of cardio. Skipping is well known, outside the school yard, as punishment to the heart,...
Fitness & Exercise
Outdoor upper workout
It is tough enough trying to work out how all the machines work in the gym, trying to work out what to do outdoors...
Make today your goal
When people take on a long term task, specifically when connected to self improvement or health, we tend to be quite hard on ourselves....
Woman
Aging Like a pro
Like the old saying goes “Getting old ain’t for sissies”, it is not easy managing new challenges as they arrive with age, but there...
Cancer Crisis – The Elephant in the room.
An incredibly sad and frightening scenario is unfolding in the Gauteng public healthcare system with the major impact being on the Cancer services. We...
Beauty, Hair, Nails & Skin
Hair Loss In Women
Hair
loss in women is just that- when a women experiences unexpected heavy loss of
hair. Generally, 50-100 single hairs are shed per day. Hair shedding...
Simple Self-Care Ideas to Lift your Spirits
Are you feeling low on energy or a little down? Well, a bit of self-care could be just what you need.
Self-care is about taking...
Mental Health
Simple Self-Care Ideas to Lift your Spirits
Are you feeling low on energy or a little down? Well, a bit of self-care could be just what you need.
Self-care is about taking...
Legacy In Lockdown
Today is pretty much one week into South Africa’s lockdown period. As an introvert myself (surprise everyone who knows me!), I find this time...
Food
A Lean & Mean Omelet that keeps you going
Most eating routines focus on breakfast being a big meal that is key to how your nutrition for the day turns out. A big...
Vitamin B12 Deficiency. Are you at risk?
Suffering from Crohn’s Disease gave me first-hand experience, regarding the effects of vitamin B12 deficiency.
As a doctor, I should have appreciated the importance of...
Aging Well
What Are The Most Common Causes Of Cancer?
Despite decades of exhaustive research, a cure for cancer still eludes us, and the number of new cancer cases per year worldwide is expected...
IBS and IBD – Do You Really Have All The Facts?
“It’s probably the roadside kebab that I indulged in at 2 am on Friday”, you tell yourself. “Or maybe the curry that we had...
Pragnancy & Baby
Myth: women forget the pain of childbirth
In an evolutionary sense, memory of pain serves an important purpose. Pain indicates a threat to our safety or our life, and human survival...
Myth: peanuts in pregnancy cause allergies
Anyone else have the feeling something radical has happened with peanut allergy in the past 30 years? I don’t recall knowing anyone allergic to...
Men
IBS and IBD – Do You Really Have All The Facts?
“It’s probably the roadside kebab that I indulged in at 2 am on Friday”, you tell yourself. “Or maybe the curry that we had...
How To Get Medically Boarded for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
We’ve spoken at length about CFS in our past few articles, and it’s easy to see why sufferers can feel frustrated, ashamed, and stigmatised...
HEALTH ANGELS: Causes & Projects *DONATE NOW*
Waste Angels Cleaning the Community
It’s the early hours of the morning and a loaded
trolley of stacked with recycle material...
Teddy Bear Foundation
Working
with children & families
Our vision is that children will not be abused anymore, but where
they...
Little Eden
We believe that no matter how profoundly disabled a person may be, he or she...
Health Angels Foundation
HELP OUR FOUNDATION HELP MANY MORE
Health Angels Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Directors.
The...
Health Angels: Trees for life
Trees have always fascinated people. They are the biggest living things on our planet and one...
