Eat For Life Greenstone

11/12/2017

Add this to your 2018 bucket list!! 💪😉

20/01/2017

Candice and Michelle have written a piece on " Behavioral Bites" and the change in behavior when starting on a weight loss plan.

If your mind is in the right state of change you will succeed on your plan! Look out for our piece as well as other helpful hints from other Dietitians in the book 101 Dinge om te weet voor jy Dieet -
www.voelgoedwinkel.co.za.

ADSA

07/10/2016

Preparing for National Nutrition week where the theme all about loving your Legumes. My patients know I am a big advocate to adding legumes, beans or chickpeas to most meals. Look out for them on menus this weekend and follow our page for some nice recipe ideas for you to try next week! Michelle ADSA

20/04/2016

Dr. Greger has scoured the world's scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this new presentation based on the latest in cutting edge research exploring the role diet may play in preventing, arresting, and even reversing some of our most feared causes of death and disability.

04/04/2016

Motivation Mondays! make a small step to a big change!

06/07/2015

24/06/2015

Soluble fiber is a key factor of metabolic health. Unfortunately, it has been thrown to the wayside recently with the re-emergence of low-carb diet trends such as the Paleo Diet. Its absence has a number of adverse effects.

24/06/2015

This dish is so versatile - stuff tomatoes or peppers with the same filling and be generous with the cheese.

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 15 minutes
Skill level: easy

Serves 2

1 medium butternut
15 ml cooking oil
125 g rindless streaky bacon, coarsely chopped
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
½ of 410 g can (about 200 g) whole kernel corn
15 ml chopped fresh thyme or 5 ml dried
salt and freshly ground black pepper to tas
extra cheese for topping

Cheese sauce
30 ml butter or margarine
30 ml Snowflake cake flour
100 ml milk
15 ml peri-peri sauce
60 ml (25 g) grated mozarella or Cheddar cheese

1. Boil butternut in salted water in a large, heavy-based saucepan until soft, but still firm. Remove from water, cut in half and scoop out pips. Place on a greased baking tray and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a medium, heavy-based frying pan. Add bacon and fry for a few minutes. Add onion and continue to sauté for about two minutes. Remove from heat and add kernel corn, thyme and seasoning. Set aside.
3. Sauce: Melt butter in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Add flour and stir for about 1 minute. Add milk and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until smooth and has thickened. Remove from heat. Add peri-peri sauce, cheese and bacon mixture.
4. Spoon filling in the hollows of butternut. Sprinkle extra cheese over and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 15 minutes.

28/05/2015

The recommended allowance for refined sugar in ones diet is not more than 10% of your daily total energy intake. Portion control with the sugary laden cereals is vital but always try choose a healthier, low sugar, low GI option.

23/05/2015

https://www.facebook.com/michelle.mcdermott.16503/posts/10152745281681846

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is linked to larger brain volume in the elderly, suggesting the diet has the potential to prevent brain atrophy and, by extension, preserve cognition.

19/05/2015

https://www.facebook.com/dietitianwithoutborders/posts/457590674366078:0

Gemma Sampson.
Aussie/UK Dietitian, Nutritionist, Food & Travel Blogger

04/05/2015

Congratulations to our member Simone for losing 20kg. In addition a total of over 75cm lost!