Category: Healthy Living

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  • How the microbiome can impact mental health: Exploring the link between gut health and anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions.

    Articles, Healthy Living

    November 7, 2023

    In this article, we will explore the close link between gut health and mental well-being, as well as how your…

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    Siyabonga Mngoma
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  • Personalised nutrition and chronic disease management: Nutrition plans for Managing Chronic Diseases like Diabetes and Heart Disease

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living, Lifestyle Diseases

    September 11, 2023

    This article discusses how personalised nutrition plans can be effective for managing chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.…

    Reading Time: 7 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
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  • 5 Healthy Meat Substitutes

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    October 22, 2020

    I love meat, and I eat meat – less and less in the past few years, but my body still…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    meat substitute
  • How to Add Veggies to Breakfast

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    September 10, 2020

    Termed “the most important meal of the day”, breakfast is often underestimated. When we break the overnight fast with the…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    breakfast
  • Positive Habits in the Time of Lockdown

    Articles, Healthy Living, Mindfulness

    May 8, 2020

    It has been 6 weeks since South Africa embarked on a countrywide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    positive habits
  • Consider Your Food Footprint

    Articles, Farming, Healthy Living

    April 9, 2020

    Have you considered the footprint of the food you eat?A lot seems uncertain at the moment. With the trajectory of…

    Reading Time: 3 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    food footprint
  • Time for Tea!

    Articles, Healthy Living

    March 11, 2020

    Tea is the perfect antidote to the dreaded cold and flu season, so we’re looking at some tea options to…

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    Siyabonga Mngoma
    tea
  • Fun ways to nurture mind and soul

    Articles, Healthy Living, Lifestyle Diseases, Mindfulness

    March 2, 2020

    Good health is not only about looking after your body, it’s a holistic approach that includes the wellbeing of your…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    mind and soul
  • How to Keep Organic Veg Fresh for Longer

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    February 11, 2020

    At Abundance Wholesome Foods, our vegetables are not treated with food additives or chemicals to extend the shelf life of…

    Reading Time: 3 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    how to keep your organic veg fresh
  • How to do a Plant-based Braai

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    December 27, 2019

    Whether it’s for health and wellbeing, caring for animals or the climate crisis, plant-based eating is gaining momentum and popping…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    plant-based braai
  • Conscious Cooking

    Articles, Healthy Living, Mindfulness

    December 3, 2019

    With all the buzz around eating for health, trendy diets, what to eat and what not to eat, making food…

    Reading Time: 1 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    conscious cooking
  • 6 Keys to Good Health

    Articles, Healthy Living, Lifestyle Diseases

    August 8, 2019

    With so much available information on lifestyle diseases, it’s easy to think that achieving good health is unrealistic.While not easy,…

    Reading Time: 4 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    good health
  • Plastic-free Living

    Articles, Farming, Healthy Living

    July 23, 2019

    In the past couple of months at Abundance Wholesome Foods, we have received several enquiries from potential customers about our…

    Reading Time: 3 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    plastic-free
  • Get Physical on Move for Health Day

    Articles, Healthy Living

    May 7, 2019

    If there is an opportunity to make new commitments to physical activity at this time of the year, World Move…

    Reading Time: 4 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    physical activity
  • Why Organic Produce Costs More

    Articles, Farming, Healthy Living

    April 16, 2019

    As the world continues to commemorate World Health Day which was on the 7th of April 2019, we want to…

    Reading Time: 4 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    organic crops
  • Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere

    Articles, Healthy Living, Lifestyle Diseases

    April 2, 2019

    Since 1950, the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have been commemorating World Health Day on the…

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    Siyabonga Mngoma
    health coverage
  • South Africa – World’s Most Unhealthy Country

    Articles, Healthy Living, Lifestyle Diseases

    March 26, 2019

    As part of 191 countries studied for being the healthiest and unhealthiest, South Africa is the unhealthiest in 2019. You…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Siyabonga Mngoma
    South Africa
  • The SMART Way to Achieve Your Health Goals

    Articles, Healthy Living

    December 31, 2018

    Feeling a bit bloated and uncomfortable from the festive eating spree? Here’s some SMART motivation to start your new year…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Editorial Team
    smart
  • 5 Tips to Calm Down in a Hurry

    Articles, Healthy Living, Mindfulness

    December 4, 2018

    Whether it’s work, family or an overly critical friend that’s upsetting your sense of calm, the first thing to do…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Editorial Team
    calm
  • There’s No Sugar-coating Diabetes in SA

    Articles, Diabetes, Healthy Living, Lifestyle Diseases

    November 13, 2018

    While we don’t believe in scaring people into submission, the facts around diabetes in South Africa are pretty frightening, and…

    Reading Time: 3 min.

    Editorial Team
    sweets
  • 5 Things You Need To Know About Stroke

    Articles, Diabetes, Healthy Living, Heart Disease, Lifestyle Diseases

    October 18, 2018

    Every day in South Africa nearly 240 people will suffer a stroke and nearly 70 people will die as a…

    Reading Time: 1 min.

    Editorial Team
    stroke
  • Are You Suffering From Everyday ADD?

    Articles, Healthy Living, Mindfulness

    October 10, 2018

    By YageshYou may have heard this alarming statistic: the human attention span is down to eight seconds, which is less…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Yagesh Moodley
    everyday ADD
  • Food Security Affects Everyone – Even You

    Articles, Farming, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    October 5, 2018

    In simple terms, food security means that every citizen should have enough food to live an active and healthy life.…

    Reading Time: 4 min.

    Editorial Team
    food security
  • Why We Need To Decolonise Our Diet

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    September 27, 2018

    Decolonising our diets is not about making a political statement, it’s about getting back to the basics of what food…

    Reading Time: 4 min.

    Editorial Team
    decolonise your diet
  • 5 Easy Ways to Avoid Heart Disease

    Articles, Healthy Living, Heart Disease, Lifestyle Diseases

    September 18, 2018

    While there are certainly factors that make us predisposed to heart disease, there is still plenty we can do to…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Editorial Team
    heart disease
  • Get More From Your Produce – Buy Seasonal!

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    September 6, 2018

    We love the advice to 1) Eat colourfully 2) Eat seasonally and 3) Eat locally! Today we’re tackling the seasonal…

    Reading Time: 2 min.

    Editorial Team
    buy seasonal
  • Organic Food – What’s the Big Fuss?

    Articles, Food and Diet, Healthy Living

    August 21, 2018

    You’ve heard the term and seen the labels in stores, but what is the organic movement all about and why…

    Reading Time: 3 min.

    Editorial Team