02. Reduce effects of a hangover
It happens so easily. You had the best of intentions, but your host kept filling your glass and you lost track of exactly how much you had.
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03. Fast forward or fast food?
Often, your choice of lifestyle is dictated by a variety of factors. Time, habit, genes, likes and dislikes – they all play a role. Right, you know your body wants a gym
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04. Healthy meals in a hurry
The temptation of stopping at the takeaway drive-through counter on the way home is huge. But if this is done on a regular basis, it will not only damage your bank balance, but your health as well.
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05. Lose 19 kg in 3 weeks!?
If you've seen those weight loss adverts on TV or in magazines promising dramatic weight loss in only days, you've probably wondered whether these diets really work.
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06. Food cravings
Everyone gets food cravings from time to time. And most often, among women, these cravings are for sweet things. Generally, if you eat a little of what you fancy,
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07. New diet? Don't feel deprived
If every Monday is ‘start-a-new-diet day’ in your life, something made it impossible for you to stick to last week’s diet.
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08. Reducing salt intake
Generally we consume ten to fifty times as much salt as primitive man did. Salt is found in many different types of food, sometimes in such unlikely ones as toffees and puddings and tomato juice. It i...
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09. Vitamins and minerals
To eat a balanced diet is not always easy. We are bombarded with so much information about what and how much we should eat,
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10. How much water is enough?
Recent reports have said it's a myth that everyone should drink eight glasses of water a day. That may have left many people wondering how much water you really need.
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11. Eat these and live longer
Get some good nutrition along with that summer tan - and don't forget the suntan lotion.
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12. Low-carb diets take the cake
Good news has emerged from a new study - eating fewer carbohydrates, even if you eat more calories, can still lead to weight loss.
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13. 
It's time to start planning how to avoid packing on the kilograms, as you're tempted to pack in all that delicious holiday food.
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14. Storing leftovers safely
With leftover chicken and ham coming out of your ears, it can seem easier to leave the food out for anyone who gets hungry. But food left outside can become contaminated.
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15. Getting back into shape
The Christmas and New Year festivities are over for another year and most of us are back at work. Most probably you, like 99% of South Africans, overindulged over this frenetic period and now you are ...
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16. 15 dinner party disasters
So what are the things you should never do at a dinner party?
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17. Crash diet ads
The promises that are made by producers of slimming aids seem too good to be true and it is really tempting to believe them when you're feeling desperate.
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18. The lowdown on the low-GI diet
I had no choice about changing my eating habits. My body had simply stopped working. It was time for a low-GI diet. This is how things have been.
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19. Book now for Holford workshops
One of the world's leading nutritionists, Patrick Holford, will undertake a national tour of South Africa from 19 February 2007 to launch his new book "Food is Better than Drugs".
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