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All my life, I've always been bigger than those around me. In fact, I began wearing a size 36 during my primary school years, so you can imagine the years of carrying extra unnecessary weight on your body which also wrecks havoc to your sense of self. I became aware of the concept banting or rather low carb high fat eating in 2014. I frantically joined multiple groups that spoke of this new way of eating. I failed to lose the weight and correct my health, mainly due to the reality of an unchanged mindset. I wanted quick fixes and did not focus on commitment and change. This is more reason why the BBBD (Zest for life) has made so...

Can you imagine it by Samantha Vorster Gut health has been grossly misunderstood and underestimated. There is more activity in your gut than neurons firing in your brain! The link between the gut and the brain, which is being studied in-depth and revealing startling insights, is causing medical practitioners to call the gut the “second brain”.  As Dr Axe explains, “See, the gut is home to the enteric nervous system. Separate from the central nervous system, the ENS is made up of two thin layers with more than 100 million nerve cells in them — more than the spinal cord. These cells line the gastrointestinal tract, controlling blood flow and secretions to help the GI tract digest food. They also help...

Caution: This could change your life by Heather Grigoratos I have tried every diet on the market that you could think of. (More than 10 of them!) I was proud of the fact that I didn't eat big meals, that I was a grazer eating 5-6 small meals a day. I was just sick & tired of yoyo dieting watching my weight come down & being totally elated & happy with myself, only to watch it climb again after I had finally reached my goal weight! I was tired of feeling tired and lethargic, I was tired of hobbling out of bed because my joints ached in the morning.  I didn't realise how sick I really was, my cholesterol was...

I couldn’t imagine it….can you? ...that eating right was fast, easy and cheap? ...that you don’t have to look at expensive diet-products that caught your attention with false advertising…and you don’t ever have to fall for it…ever again? ...that you don’t have to count calories or weigh your food? ...that you could get rid of all those pain, anti-inflammatory, depression, blood pressure and diabetes meds? ...that you don’t have to prick your finger 4 times a day for glucose readings? ...that the smallest pants size in your cupboard actually got worn at some stage?   Only in fairy tales….surely….Could this ever be possible??   YES!!! I know…because my husband and I are doing it! I tipped the scale well over...