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Supplements after 40: Are you getting what you need?
After forty, our body's physiology starts to change in a big way. Before, you might have been able to get away with burning the...
Are maternal hormones different when carrying a boy or a girl?
With advances in prenatal testing it’s now possible to find out whether a pregnancy will result in a male or female baby as early...
Myth: you can control the sex of your baby
Despite most parents ultimately just wishing for a healthy baby, there are many cultural and social factors that can drive the desire for a...
How to stay strong in times of uncertainty and change
Are you going through a time of uncertainty and change?
Whatever you may be going through, during times of uncertainty and change the overwhelm of...
Hypertension in South Africa among the masses
In 2018, scientists from Wits University revealed that approximately 54% of South Africans have hypertension, and this is the highest percentage recorded in Southern...
Weight loss
Smoking or eating marijuana is not a cure for cancer
There’s a modern myth that marijuana (cannabis sativa), in its natural form, is effective at both preventing and treating cancer. This myth has become ever more...
Gut Bacteria for the win
Improve Your Gut BacteriaBacteria are hugely important for your health, however, certain types of bacteria in your intestines may contribute to many diseases. The...
Fitness & Exercise
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,...
Should you walk, hike, run or jog?
As with most things people are big advocates for their practice of choice, but for someone looking to start out or someone that has...
Woman
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...
Rust-Proof Your Body with Vitamin E
We’ve all seen those little paint bubbles on a car which, when peeled away, reveal the nasty blight of rust. When left untreated, the...
Beauty, Hair, Nails & Skin
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...
Morning makeup routine tips
Very few among us feel excited about getting up early every morning to do our makeup. In my experience, the two reasons why...
Mental Health
Change the situation or change your mindset
How
do you change the situation? How do you change your mindset? Have you ever considered just changing your
mind? Have you ever just removed yourself...
The power of our words
Do we use language or does language use us? This wise question is posed by integrative clinical psychologist Asha Dullabh. She will be featured...
Food
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...
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice that is used for both sweet and savoury foods, and has been used for its medicinal properties for thousands of...
Aging Well
Unpacking Leaky Gut – Disease Hiding in Plain Sight.
We have no doubt that you’ve heard the term “leaky gut.” It has, in fact, been accused of being the latest “trendy” disease of...
Gooseberries
This is quite a common fruit in South Africa, which grows fast and abundantly. While it is commonly used for jams, pies and desserts...
Pragnancy & Baby
Myth: you can control the sex of your baby
Despite most parents ultimately just wishing for a healthy baby, there are many cultural and social factors that can drive the desire for a...
Can stress during pregnancy harm my baby?
Monique Robinson, University of Western Australia
Most pregnant women are aware of the advice to quit smoking, avoid alcohol, and wholeheartedly fear soft cheese in...
Men
Take care of your eyes with these healthy habits
We only have one pair of eyes and although technology has advanced to improve eye sight, we need to take care of your eyes....
Scanxiety! The fear is real!!
Everyone who has experienced the very daunting cancer journey will certainly back me up on the fear of Scanxiety is real! The shock and...
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 is being loaded on to a trolley by an
angel...
Little Eden
We believe that no matter how profoundly disabled a person may be, he or she is still a whole complete being, with a body;...
Teddy Bear Foundation
Working
with children & families
Our vision is that children will not be abused anymore, but where
they are being abused, we want to provide efficient and...
Health Angels Foundation
HELP OUR FOUNDATION HELP MANY MORE
Health Angels Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Directors.
The Foundation is managed by a management team who are...
Health Angels: Trees for life
Trees have always fascinated people. They are the biggest living things on our planet and one of the most beautiful. Trees appear in many religions...
