Author: Johane du Toit
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Scientists Can Now Change Sugar’s Molecular Structure
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]What if you could reduce the amount of sugar you need to bake a batch of deliciously moist brownies – by 40%…
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9 Of Our Favorite Things About Being A Woman
Woman truly is a unique, awe-inspiring, fascinating – sometimes infuriating – but ultimately lovable creature. Being a woman is something that defies explanation – much less comprehension. As Oscar Wilde put it, women are made to be loved, not understood. This month, as we celebrate women and our fantastic ways, I spoke to some of…
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How Much Do You Know About Your Fascia?
If your answer to our question was ‘very little’, it would be understandable. For most people, if you asked them to explain fascia, they would be unable to do so. This is because this is likely the one element of our bodies that has mostly been neglected in the study. For years, fascia was regarded…
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Understanding The Runner’s High And How To Achieve It
If you ever need another reason to believe that exercise really is good for you, here it is. Not only do your fitness, blood circulation, metabolism, energy levels, and various other well-known elements of your health benefit from regular forms of different exercise, but new studies show that your brain is also affected – to…
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Are Your Breast Implants Poisoning You?
Victoria Beckham, Crystal Hefner, Pamela Anderson, Yolanda Hadid, Melissa Gilbert, and Heather Morris. What do these famous women have in common with thousands of other women worldwide? Well, for one thing, they all decided to get breast implants when they were younger. Now they each have decided to remove what many are referring to as…
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Ritual Gym’s 20 Minute Sessions: Hype Or Hope
Fitness and physical training are starting to move from a one-size-fits-all to a more personalized, focused approach. We have been fortunate enough to receive two complimentary weeks of this kind of training, courtesy of Ritual gym’s first branch in South Africa, which was recently launched in Illovo. What is Ritual? The concept of the 30-minute…
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Acciaroli Secrets: The Town With 300 Centenarians
On the southern coast of Italy’s countryside, amidst golden coastline, rocky mountain hills, and Azure-blue skies lies a town of undisputed longevity. In Acciaroli, it is very common for people to live to a hundred years or more, while the town’s number of centenarians go to more than 300. For a town of just about…
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Grapefruit Secrets: All About The Pink Superfood Bombs
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Yes, it may be a bit unlikely that you will experience love at first taste on the…
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Why Eating Meat Injected With Antibiotics Is A Growing Health Risk
Antibiotics that are designed for human use have been used in farming over the years to help animal lots grow faster and larger thereby increasing the yield for farmers. This boosts farm to plate efficiency and profitability. It has been estimated that animals who are injected with or fed antibiotics grow about twice as fast…
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Oat Milk: Your New Eco-Friendly Dairy Alternative
A rising intolerance to dairy, along with more people looking to the principles of the vegan and paleo diets, has given way to a number of different plant-based milks. This is also a fast-growing industry, with Innova Market Insights predicting it to reach over $16 billion in 2018. The best known among them include almond…