Prof Robert H Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist, at the University of California, has the following advice for parents of / and overweight children: Get rid of all sugared liquids – only water and milk Eat your carbohydrates with fiber Wait 20 minutes before second portions Buy your “screen time” minute
South Africa presently ranks amongst the world’s top 20 fattest countries, and SA is the fattest country in sub-Saharan Africa! Seven out of every ten women in SA are overweight (BMI above 25), with four of these seven being obese, implying their BMI is over 30 (BMI = Weight in
New statistics, recently released, estimate that the number of obese and overweight people in the world has jumped from 860 million in 1980 to around 2.1 billion in 2013. This means that almost a third of the world is now overweight. Worldwide prevalence of obesity and overweight during this period
Sugar and refined carbohydrates feed the bacteria in your mouth that are responsible for tooth decay. So too fast foods and processed foods cause an imbalance in your gut between the healthy, beneficial bacteria and the unwanted, pathological microbes. This imbalance, known as dysbiosis, increases the permeability of the gut wall,
A few secrets before we talk food. It is very important to always have water available wherever you are that you can readily sip while working, talking, in meetings, in the car or even listening to others in talks. This eliminates so called “throat food” – food that we eat when
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