Sydney Sekese, CFP® professional and FPI 2016 Media Award Winner There is a Setswana phrase that goes: ‘Mma ngwana o tshwara thipa ka fa bogaleng’. Translated directly into English it means ‘a mother holds a knife by the blade (sharpest part of the knife)’. This means that a woman (or mother) will do anything in…
Why children who are active, score higher academic marks than inactive children.
by Elenia K Nutritions © New research the world over find the connection between active children who exercise more by means of play either at school or in their personal capacity at home and higher academic scores than their more sedentary peers. At the same time we see children eating a nutritional diet with limited…
The value of bees to mankind
By Dennis Feldman The LifeMel range of Nutritional Supplements from Beehives. A young, newly qualified doctor in Russia, Dr Alexander Goroshit, was doing his medical internship in Tashkent in the early 1970’s when there was a cholera outbreak. He found two households with no cholera, and wanted to know why. He found that the fathers…
Guilt free goodness – from Cape Town Gin Company
Gin is made from juniper berries, referred to as “super berries”, from comprising flavonoids which improve blood circulation assisting in stopping water retention, these are the health benefits drinking gin in moderation can have. In the middle ages, gin was used as a form of herbal medicine. Gin has captured the hearts of many South…
Reopening the history of Africa’s food production and how it became a crisis.
Lishe had the honour of speaking to Professor Siphamandla Zondi, Historian and Head of the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria – to investigate further. Listen to the interview below: See below links to articles written by Professor Zondi further examining issues of Africa’s food insecurity and health burden, as mentioned in…
The Psychology of the female body
By Elenia Kolokotronis As we all know women experience complete loss of ovarian function during menopause, what we might not be aware that a similar occurrence in the form of ovarian disruption and early depletion may be happening to women during reproductive years or child bearing years meaning that this condition is happening in women…
Lifesaving checkups…regularly.
By Elenia Kolokotronis It really is funny…when our cars rattle, make cranking noises or receive a dent in the door we immediately take it to the panel beaters or car mechanic to sort it out no matter what the cost. Yet when our bodies do the same by means of aches, pains or discomfort we stall,…
The value of financial advisers exposed!
By Columinate for Liberty At least 70% of consumers with a financial adviser are more confident about their current financial situation. In addition, they believe that their financial situation will improve significantly over the next five years. These are just some of the insights that have been revealed in a research study conducted by Columinate,…
Blood type diet proven effective or a fad?
For years I have finely tuned the Elenia K meal plans and lifestyle eating regimes aimed at the client or patient’s lifestyle, medical needs, stress levels as well as their blood. I am always asked why do I need bloods – blood testing and analysis results – to develop a meal plan and do I…