

Is your diet making you more depressed?
In February this year, a country-wide study revealed that 1/3 South Africans suffer from a mental disorder of some kind. This is an...


How miraculous is coconut oil?
I have been looking forward to writing on this topic for a while. Everywhere I look at the moment, coconut oil seems to be the rage. ...


How Fattening is Fruit?
Most of the media hype about how "toxic" fructose is for our bodies looked at industrial fructose, not fruit fructose.


Have you ever heard about the Combining Food Diet?
Have you ever heard about the Combining Food Diet? If not, fear not. The first time I heard about this diet was actually at a job...


"So what do you think about Banting?"
"So what do you think about Banting?"
There has been endless debate around this topic. Many reputable companies, such as the Hea


Clean Eating: The "Healthy Anorexia"?
As I sat down to write this new blog post, I sipped tentatively on "The Antioxidant"- a smoothie concoction of super foods- açaí berries,...


How Guilty is Gluten?
Over the past couple of years, I have met an increasing number of people following gluten-free diets. It's easy to point a finger at som