South Africa: Bread Big Contributor to Hypertension
According to Dr Vash Mungal-Singh, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA, locally-produced bread contains higher levels of sodium than many first world countries.
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South Africa:
Is Bread Killing South Africans?
News24Wire, 17 May 2015
South Africans eat a lot of bread and it forms part of every meal in the day, according to Dr Vash Mungal-Singh, who is the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA (HSF). Read more »
A selection of breads in a bakery (file photo).
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South Africa:
So Where Does Your Food Come From?
SACSIS, 12 March 2013
Were you fortunate enough to have sufficient food to eat today? Do you know who grew it? How was it grown? Where? How was it packaged, labelled, processed and transported before… Read more »
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South Africa:
A Healthy Diet for Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Month
Biz-Community, 9 February 2012
Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Month encourages South Africans to make healthy lifestyle choices and promote good nutrition and regular physical activity. Some tips for a healthy… Read more »
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South Africa:
GM - Mixed Messages From Woolworths
The Journalist, 17 September 2014
Woolworths has announced that it intends to cut back genetically modified or GMO products by 50 percent but food activists are sceptical. Read more »
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South Africa:
What's Up With the Price of Bread?
GroundUp, 1 April 2015
Nomsa Vumazonke buys two loaves of bread every day. She lives in Philippi with her three children and four grandchildren, and after making sandwiches for them says there is nothing… Read more »
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South Africa:
South Africa - a Fat, Hungry Nation
Health-e, 7 April 2015
Food is a big issue in South Africa - we're the fattest country in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the 20 fattest countries in the world. At the same time, one in every four South… Read more »
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South Africa:
Noakes Diet Particularly Dangerous for Afrikaans Population
Health-e, 11 August 2014
More medical experts are lining up to condemn Professor Tim Noakes' controversial "low carbohydrates, high fat" (LCHF) diet, which they warn could have grave health consequences. Read more »
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South Africa:
Prof Tim Noakes' Shifting Eating Advice
Health-e, 11 August 2014
Renowned sport scientist and co-author of The Real Meal Revolution book, Professor Tim Noakes has given nutritional advice for decades. Health-e News takes a look back at Noakes's… Read more »
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South Africa:
Gogo Takes to the Pitch to Beat High Blood Pressure
Health-e, 27 June 2014
As the globe's best footballers take to the pitch for the World Cup, 60-year-old grandmother of ten Lizzy Jockia has taken to the field to save her life. Read more »
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Lufefe Nomjana, the proprietor of Espinaca Innovations, Khayelitsha's first organic bakery, has said that he is grateful for the support he has received after a difficult struggle ... Read more »