Get healthy, lose weight, go to gym, no more chocolates…yes, January means lots of promising New Year’s resolutions as we try to undo our festive season indulgences.Read more
Get your kids off to a great start with 5-a-day inspired lunchboxes
It’s back to school which means time to start packing those lunchboxes again.Read more
Five facts about tomatoes
• Tomatoes are botanically classified as a fruit but are generally eaten and recognised as being a vegetable.Read more
Kitchen strategies to increase vegetable intake
Research has proven beyond doubt that a high vegetable and fruit intake has enormous health benefits, yet we still aren’t eating enough! Read more
5 Facts about Avocados
Snacking with avos this soccer season is the healthy way to go! Read more
Carbo-loading for the Comrades? Add potatoes to your daily diet
Carbo-loading or eating a high-carbohydrate diet in the
days before an endurance event for increased stamina
doesn’t only have to involve pasta. According to the
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Sweet potatoes are in season – here are 5 facts you should know about them
1. Sweet potatoes are among the most nutritious vegetables and are deliciously sweet.Read more
Stick to Your Veggies and Fruit and You’ll Beat the Recession
The recession has taken its toll on the finances of millions of South Africans, not to mention pushed up the prices of everything from food and petrol to medical aid and school fees. Belts have seldom been as tight as everyone tries their....Read more
5-a-Day Wonder Foods for Women
More than 12 million South African women consume less vegetables and fruit than recommended by the World Health Organisation
– a shocking figure that might in fact be directly
responsible for almost 22 000 adult deaths a year. This
figure...Read more
Frozen Fresh Vegetables: Another Easy Way to Get Your 5-a-Day!
Making sure you eat at least five daily servings of vegetables and fruit may be a whole lot easier than you thought! Did you know that the 5-a-Day for Better Health TRUST criteria include frozen vegetables as part of your 5-a-Day?...Read more
Banish Excuses and Get Back to Your 5-a-Day Resolution
Eating more veggies and fruit might have been your new
year’s resolution but how well are you doing a month
later? South African research shows that our favourite
excuses for not reaching our 5-a-Day include time
constraints, convenience, family dislikes...Read more
Summer’s Juiciest Phenomenon - Mangoes!
Right now, mango trees across the country are bearing
fruit and brightening up the horizon as far as the eye
can see. Read more
On the Road to Good Health with 5-a-Day!
One of the most important aspects of planning a road trip - as so many of us do at this time of year - involves what to eat on the way.
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Add a Touch of the Exotic This Summer With Luscious Local Litchis
Summer is here and what better way to enjoy endless, balmy days than by tucking into delicious, home grown litchis.
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Beat the recession with potatoes A healthy, economic meal in one!
Feeling the crunch? Not only is the potato a vegetable for all seasons and ideal in most dishes, it can provide a nutritious and hearty meal on its own for less than R1 per serving.
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South Africans Urged to Get Moving
Recent focus groups undertaken by Markinor on behalf of the 5-a-Day for Better Health TRUST, finds that the majority of urban South African women rate eating plenty of fruit and vegetables and exercising regularly as the two key elements necessary for maintaining optimal health.
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5 Easy Ways to Reach Your 5-a-Day
(At least 5 servings of vegetables and fruit everyday)
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Reasons to Eat 5-a-Day?
The major benefit of adopting a lifestyle that includes at least 5-a-Day is not only huge long-term savings on health costs but, improved health for all – young and old, rich and poor.
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