Sandi van Zyl Dietitian

31/03/2023

By planning meals in advance, you can ensure your diet contains all the nutrients you need while staying within a healthy budget. Here’s how.

02/12/2022

MunchSense shared a post on Instagram: "The Festive Season is upon us! Forget the 'all or nothing' approach this year and rather go in with a game plan... one that includes some delicious treats...but one that is balanced and doesn't set you back come the New Year. The problem typically arises when....

09/11/2020

The popularity of apple cider vinegar to aid weight loss has risen recently, but a small study where participants consumed vinegar daily found that people only lost a few pounds after three months, and there are also downsides to consuming too much vinegar.

06/11/2020

Are you struggling to lose weight and keep it off? Perhaps you're not seeing the results you want because you're not addressing what's holding you back.

02/04/2020

No take-away foods. No home deliveries. No hot counter meals. No restaurant fare. For now, and the foreseeable future, COVID-19 has us all cooking from home, 7 days a week. Lockdown rules and th…

03/01/2020

“We could, as a culture, eliminate 80 percent of all chronic disease,” says Dr David Katz, one of the world’s leading proponents of lifestyle as medicine, during a recent visit to South Africa. “Bu…

11/10/2019

Eating too many ultra-processed foods can make you more likely to become overweight or obese, increasing your risk for type-2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain types of cancers. But what are ultra-processed foods and how can you recognise them? http://nutritionweek.co.za/NNW2019/

27/03/2019

Our latest NutritionConfidence recipe, created by registered dietitian Alex Royal, is a delicious Red Lentil Veg Curry, filled with veggies, herbs and aromatic spices. We love lentils. Not only are…

20/03/2019

For the first time in human history there is a proposal on the table that all the world’s people follow the same diet. The EAT-Lancet Commission brought together more than 30 world-leading experts…

14/02/2019

The proposed planetary diet is the result of a three-year project commissioned by The Lancet health journal and involving 37 specialists from 16 countries.

04/02/2019

How are your New Year’s resolutions coming on? If your answer is an awkward silence, chances are the goals you set weren’t designed for success.

12/11/2018

Sugar tax in South Africa came into effect on 1st April 2018. Abby Courtenay recaps what sugar tax is, the aims and how it will affect you.Firstly, what i

31/10/2018

26/09/2018

A grain is considered to be a whole grain as long as all three original parts -- the bran, germ, and endosperm -- are still present in the same proportions as when the grain was growing in the fields.

21/09/2018

Did you know? 'Refined grain' is the term used to refer to grains that are not whole, because they are missing one or more of their three key parts (bran, germ, or endosperm). White flour and white rice are refined grains, for instance, because both have had their bran and germ removed, leaving only the endosperm.

20/09/2018

Insufficient intake of fruit & vegetables is estimated to cause around 11% of ischaemic heart disease deaths and about 9% of stroke deaths globally. A diet rich in diverse fruit and vegetables lowers your risk for many diseases of lifestyle, including heart disease and stroke

19/09/2018

Did you notice that the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa have removed their endorsement from refined cereal grain products? That includes white rice & white pasta. This is because the available scientific literature clearly illustrates that consumption of whole grain products instead of refined cereals improves cardiovascular & overall health outcomes
http://www.heartfoundation.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Removal-of-refined-grains-from-HM-criteria-NC.pdf