Moving Towards Better Joint Health
12 October: World Arthritis Day Walking to the shops, climbing stairs or opening a jar can become difficult when joints are painful or stiff. For people living with arthritis, these everyday challenges can affect their independence, their work and their ability to take part in family and community life. World Arthritis Day, observed on 12 […]
Stroke Is Sudden. The Risk Often Isn’t.
A stroke can interrupt an ordinary afternoon without warning. Someone is talking across the table, reaching for a cup, finishing a story, and then their face changes, their arm weakens, or the words no longer come out as they should. The urgency is real, which is why World Stroke Day, marked on 29 October, asks […]
Your Heart Would Like You to Pick Up Something Heavy
Why strength training deserves a place in the conversation about cardiovascular and metabolic health When we think about exercise for heart health, most of us picture running shoes, bicycles, or someone walking very determinedly on a treadmill. We rarely picture a set of dumbbells. Or a resistance band. Or ourselves repeatedly standing up from a […]
OPPORTUNITY: VANGUARD COMMUNITY COACH
Eat Better South Africa (EBSA), a programme of The Noakes Foundation, is looking for a passionate and community-minded Community Coach to support our programme at Vanguard Community Health Centre. About the role: The Community Coach will help participants make practical, sustainable changes to their eating and lifestyle habits through: Community nutrition education and coaching support […]
Eye Health Myths That Could Cost You Your Vision
When we wrote about eye health for World Optometry Day, we looked at how changes in blood sugar can temporarily affect the lens and blur your vision. For World Retina Week, we’re looking further back in the eye. The retina can be damaged long before you notice a change in your sight, particularly if you […]
Before the injection, let’s talk about food
There’s no shortage of conversations around starting a GLP-1 injection. What happens when someone stops taking one, however, gets far less attention. A study published in BMJ Medicine examined health records from more than 333,000 US veterans with type 2 diabetes. Among those prescribed GLP-1 drugs, people who stopped treatment had a higher risk of […]
The Brain is not Separate from the Body
Metabolic health, nutrition and mental health 10 September was World Suicide Prevention Day. The World Health Organization estimates that 727,000 people died by suicide in 2021. Suicide was the third leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds, and 73% of deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries [1]. These deaths cannot be explained by […]
It takes a village to raise a healthy child
Why healthier children begin with healthier families, food environments and communities When we talk about improving children’s nutrition, we often focus on changing the child. We scrutinise the lunchbox, negotiate over veggies and wonder how something can be “disgusting” on Tuesday when it was perfectly acceptable last Thursday. But children do not make food choices […]
Welcoming Our Newest Ambassador: Meet Brandon Fowler
Imagine spending your days driving thousands of miles across America, with long hours behind the wheel, limited access to nutritious food, and a lifestyle that makes looking after your health feel almost impossible. For many truck drivers, this is simply part of the job. For Brandon Fowler, it nearly cost him his life. Based in […]
When Industry Influences Nutrition Science, Real Food Should Still Win
For decades, we were told that fat was the problem. Butter was pushed aside, egg yolks became something to limit, and supermarket shelves began filling up with products proudly labelled “low fat” or “fat free”. But when manufacturers removed the fat, they still needed the food to taste good, which often meant adding sugar, refined […]