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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!
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...
The Carnivorous Diet: Is it just Braai meat & Banting 2.0?
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) I love a good stukkie droëwors, crispy pork rashers on the braai, and don’t even get me started on that oozing cheese griller. Thanks to my loving family I grew up liking the fat on meat and not removing the ‘best part’. Then I became...
Brains VS Barbells: Should you swipe right on Creatine?
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) I have to confess, being a registered dietitian that is not the most accustomed to sport nutrition, I find whenever the topic of gym supplements pops up, my brain switches off (or any supplements for that matter. I blame varsity for...
Veganuary: From Resolutions to Revolutions?
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Ah, January. The month of fresh resolutions, new gym routines, and diets that come with an expiry date of February 1st. While driving home from work the other day, I heard that 80% of people actually forget their New Year’s resolutions...
Wrapping up 2024: A Nutritional Christmas Carol
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) As the year comes to a close, it’s time to look back on the chapters of 2024’s nutritional escapades. Let’s be real with ourselves, if your mental capacity has already shut down like mine… diving into a whole new topic would simply be...
Merry Mindfulness: Avoiding the Festive Food Freefall
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Ah, December. The month where calories don their invisibility cloaks, wine flows like water, and “I’ll start in the new year” becomes a festive anthem. It’s the time of year when many of us throw our nutritional progress out the...
The Mediterranean Diet: The Proudly South African Way
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) Growing up we all learnt the basic old-school food pyramid. One of the many disliked tools in our dietetics qualification. But there is the pyramid of all pyramids with the booming scientific evidence turning dietitians’ heads. We are...
Winters Considerate Selection: To Vitamin C and Beyond
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) The neon-coloured fizzy’s are flowing at the moment with every Tom, Dick and Harry sniffing, coughing and snotting their way around. Dischem names it and people are chugging it. Winter flu season hits and everyone is so desperate to...
The Scoop on Soups: Not your winter “detox” trend
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) We are entering the second half of 2024, still freezing our bottoms off and this month I decided to be a bit more on topic and choose the subject of… soup. Yes, the humble old soup and if you think this can’t be a topic of its own,...
Active Antics: Running away from exercise
Written by Courtney Human RD(SA) You’re probably thinking why now. Why did I choose now, when winter is rolling in to tackle the topic of exercise when we would all much rather be hibernating, living our best sedentary lives. “Summer bodies are made in winter”, a...
“A healthy outside starts from the inside.”
– Robert Urich