Inge van Niekerk Dieetkundige/Dietitian & SACLC

29/08/2025

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BUSINESS NEWS - Over the past four months,...

20/08/2025

In this 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis, people receiving probiotics, prebiotics, or synbiotics experienced a significantly greater decrease in depression and anxiety scores compared to people who didn't take them! Further evidence suggesting addressing the gut-brain connection with inexpensive, safe therapies can help improve quality of life!

Are you recommending probiotics, prebiotics, or synbiotics with clients who have mental health symptoms?

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01/06/2025

Did you hear the news? Researchers found one more way breastfeeding reduces risk of child obesity. According to this 2025 study, the fats (lipids) unique to human milk promote—possibly for a lifetime—both a healthy weight and metabolic health. Read about it here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900725000577?via%3Dihub

27/05/2025

The spotlight is still in WC, Hartenbos on SACLC Inge van Niekerk! 🌸. 💚The gustatory sense—our sense of taste—plays a key role in breastfeeding, both for the infant and the mother-infant bonding process.

Newborn babies are born with fully functional taste buds, particularly sensitive to sweet tastes and less sensitive to salty, bitter, or sour flavours.

This sweetness activates the baby’s gustatory receptors, encouraging them to suckle.

A mother’s diet can subtly change the flavour of her breast milk. Infants exposed to a variety of flavours (e.g., garlic, vanilla, spices) may become more accepting of different foodsduring the weaning process.

Did you know pleasant taste activates the baby’s reward pathways, which promote positive associations with feeding and bonding

There is a mother-baby feedback mechanism because the baby enjoys the taste, which leads to more active feeding, in turn increasing prolactin and oxytocin.

Which leads to more milk production, better let down and emotional bonding
Beauchamp, G. K., & Mennella, J. A. (2009).
“Early flavor learning and its impact on later feeding behavior.”💚 .gerda.horn

30/04/2025

Eating just 10% more ultraprocessed food ups your risk of premature death from any cause by nearly 3%, a new study reveals. https://cnn.it/3GsuqZA

20/01/2025

26/09/2024

Very informative Sports Nutrition Webinar Series done🎓📚 Just making sure I stay scientifically based up to date ✅️✅️✅️✅️

09/09/2024

Thank you Curro Mosselbay for inviting me to speak at the launch of your new athletic program! The role of nutrition in sport performance! I am honoured to be part of this!

03/09/2024

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