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Not sure what to make for your next meal? In need of meal prepping tips to conquer those weeknights? You’ve come to the right place. Our blog is full of our favourite recipes and tips that are not only healthy, but amazingly delicious too. Healthy eating need not be boring eating, and we can prove it!
Detox Delusion: Your Liver Is Not on Leave.
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) In honour of World Kidney Day and National Nutrition Month, it feels like the perfect time to unpack one of the most persistent nutrition myths: the idea that we need to “detox.” If wellness trends had a personality, it would be a...
Primal Instinct: Breastfeeding in a Filtered World
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) In honour of Pregnancy Awareness Month, I’ve decided to gently step into slightly controversial territory: breastfeeding. I say gently because I’m fully aware of the irony - I haven’t had a baby yet. But as a newly qualified (and yes,...
Relationship goals: “For I can’t help falling in love with… food.”
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Let me paint the picture. My best friend and I had just finished a gym session when I realised I needed to grab a few things from Pick n Pay. While stretching she casually said, “I think I’m really lus for a doughnut.” Dangerous words....
Sleigh rides & semaglutides: Santas not judging, are you?
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) If there was ever a year where needles were poking out of Christmas stockings, it’s this one. Amid tinsel and mince pies people are quietly sliding GLP-1 pens into bathroom cabinets, keeping injections as secret as the re-gifted...
The Gluten Identity Crisis: Allergy, Autoimmune or Simply the Wrong Carbs?
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) It is with great pleasure that I step away from the nightclub analogy of insulin resistance to tackle another minefield of digestive confusion that lands on my desk daily: the tangled web of gluten, wheat, and intolerance VS allergy VS...
Insulin Resistance: When your Cells become Snobs!
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) When you eat, your pancreas sends out insulin, the bouncer with the key to the hottest nightclub in town: your cells. Insulin’s job is to let the partygoers (sugar) in off the street (your bloodstream) to burn up their energy on the...
Your daily report card: An Excuse to Talk Crap
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Let’s face it - this rather crappy topic was bound to come up. As a registered dietitian, I talk about bowel habits quite comfortably daily. I don’t get it. We all do it, we all pretend we don’t, and we’ve all invented bizarre...
Sip Happens: Winter Warmers, Cold Truths!
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Is it just me or does the cold weather just get the appetite raging. Not even for food but just endless warm beverages… water just doesn’t seem to do the trick. Only a hot choccie, dirty chai or five roses tea with milk and a sweetener...
Say I do to EVOO: Don’t slip up on veggie oils!
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Vegetable oils can’t seem to get a break. Even after winning the scientific debate against hard fats, the heat is back on (pun absolutely intended) about whether it’s safe to cook with. According to internet whispers and some...
Re-Egg-ineered: Giving Easter Eggs a Sweet Second Life
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Hollow eggs, speckled eggs, cream-filled eggs… eggs that whisper your name from the pantry shelf at 8 p.m. As a registered dietitian, I’m here to tell you this: you can absolutely enjoy your chocolate eggs without falling into a...
“A healthy outside starts from the inside.”
– Robert Urich