It’s been drilled into your mind by doctors, your mom and cereal ads: Fibre is good for you! They’re not wrong, either: Fibre helps you feel satisfied after eating, while also making sure that burger you ate actually gets digested properly. So… the more fibre the better, right? Girl, no. There is definitely such a […] More
Running alone can be dangerous. Even a survey from the States quantified that fear: women are more than twice as likely to say they’re afraid to venture out at night on foot. Which is tough because cooler dawn and dusk are the best times to lace up. The Run Angel is designed to mitigate some […] More
The Green Dietitian, Jessica Kotlowitz, recommends some healthy vegan-friendly restaurants in Cape Town and Johannesburg that you can eat out at without ruining your meal plan. Vegan-friendly restaurants in Cape Town Prashad Café Prashad Café is a traditional Indian-style restaurant that is 100 percent vegetarian and has plenty of vegan options on the menu. As […] More
Having a tight pelvic floor sounds like a good thing, right? This is an area where many women have real problems — particularly after childbirth and as they age. When I began studying structural integration (a type of bodywork that focuses on lengthening and stretching connective tissue a.k.a. fascia) about a decade ago, I learned […] More
We all know Mapule Ndhlovu as the ‘Queen of fitness’ — a pro athlete with killers abs, insane power moves and mad skipping skills — but did you know that she also loves to run? She also happens to be one of the faces of adidas’ new ‘Feel The Boost’ campaign… so she gave us […] More
Here’s why we’re looking hard at natural sweeteners. White sugar isn’t doing you any favours (it can raise your risk for heart disease and cause your blood sugar to spike, then crash). But the idea of a life without the sweet stuff? Thank u, next. So go natural with one of these four cleaner natural […] More
It’s been two weeks and we’re still all about the throwbacks to this year’s Fit Night Out Joburg, which rocked the Montecasino Outdoor Events Arena on 18 August. It was the tenth Fit Night Out and it did the milestone justice and then some. This is what went down on a day that felt like […] More
The thought of having your last meal of the day when the sun is still out sounds like a recipe for hunger later on, but this new study seems to suggest otherwise. Published in the journal the study found that sticking to a mealtime strategy like some form of intermittent fasting or eating earlier in […] More
