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Have you tried the trending okra water? This is what experts have to say
The new health trend of okra water is making waves on TikTok, with users claiming it helps with everything from losing weight to improving digestion and keeping skin hydrated.
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True Love
Fight flu season this winter with these 9 food groups
The gut microbes interact with the immune system in the gut, and the interactions play a role in how the immune system learns what is good or bad for us from an early age. When your gut becomes dysfunctional, your immune system does too.
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The Epoch Times
Obesogens: Chemical Invaders That Disrupt Metabolism; How to Prevent Exposure
Environmental chemicals might be silently sabotaging your health, gradually tipping the scales toward obesity.
These chemical invaders, known as obesogens, weave a complex web of hormonal disruption, altering our metabolism and setting the stage for long-term weight gain.
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Sowetan
White bread and white rice a no-go for person with diabetes
White rice and white bread are food staples that are not good for people living with diabetes.
These food items are high in carbohydrates with very little protein and insignificant amounts of fat. Sadly many people consume them more often in every meal on daily basis unaware that they spike the levels of sugar in the blood.
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The Epoch Times
Seed Cycling Balances Hormones, May Relieve Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids and phytoestrogens may help relieve menstrual woes and PCOS symptoms.
Women’s hormones operate in a complex system that requires a delicate balance to function optimally. Numerous factors, including diet, exercise, stress, sleep, and exposure to environmental toxins, affect this balance.
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gal-dem
Stuffed: the fight to decolonise Indigenous foods
These activists and researchers are forging a new relationship with Indigenous diets in South Africa, Indonesia and in the Japanese archipelago.
Many Indigenous communities across the globe have long histories of finding ways to live alongside nature; not seeing land as something to own, but believing in belonging to it.
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Sowetan
Here's how registered dietician Mpho Tshukudu believes in traditional foods to reduce heath risks
Tshukudu learnt that African food is healthy and delicious and that the answers that we have been looking for to solve our health problems are right under our noses. “We have been eating foraged, organic, ancient, gluten-free, vegan, low GI, low GL, slow-cooked, seasonal, sustainable, grass-fed, hormone-free for generations,” she said.
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Kaya FM
Traditional food gets a healthy spin in Eat Ting, an African recipe book
Eat Ting is a modern, internationally relevant, beautiful cookbook that celebrates South African heritage ingredients, recipes and cooking methods. It recognises that traditional food and food practices can play a role in health, weight loss and identity. Traditional South African food practices and ingredients are very relevant within a broader international food and health culture.
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iAfrica
The Scoop Of Your Poop
When asked “how do you know if your gut is healthy?”, registered dietitian, Mpho Tshukudu delved into a bowel-movement checklist: one of the simpler ways that we can assess our gut health. Mpho was one of the keynote speakers at the One Health Summit on 27 August 2020, themed “Your Gut’s Instinct”, where experts from around the globe gathered to present scientific research on the role of the gut in maintaining health.
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