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How much of the nutritional information on your food packaging do you actually understand, and do you pay attention to it? In many countries including South Africa it is a legal requirement not only to list the ingredients in a food product but also the nutritional information.  Understanding the nutritional information on your food packaging…

Diabetes is one of those diseases which has been around for as long as anyone can remember and for many the diagnosis felt like the death knell while for others it has proven to be the motivation behind the changes in the approach to life and lifestyle. As important as it is to know whether…

What is metabolic syndrome? It is a disharmony between energy storage and energy usage within the body, resulting in, and usually characterised by abdominal obesity which is often accompanied by high blood pressure and cholesterol disorders and pre-diabetes. What causes metabolic syndrome? There are a number of factors, all quite prominent in the modern life-style…

Having a nice set of teeth adds so much to the way a person looks and how they are perceived, not to mention how they feel. Nature and circumstances can sometimes leave us with an unfortunate looking set of chompers that may influence how we speak and the overall appearance affect the overall appearance of…

Your blood pressure is read as one number over another number for example 116 over 75 much like a fraction 116/75. The number at the top is known as the systolic pressure, this number is generally the higher of the two and represents the pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts. The second number…