Wellness Journal

Gain deeper knowledge through insights and shared understanding on your health and how to live in brilliant wellness

The Longevity Diet: Enhancing Your Healthspan with Supplements

The Longevity Diet: Enhancing Your Healthspan with Supplements

As we journey towards optimizing our healthspan, embracing the power of supplements can be a game-changer. We will explore a curated selection of supplements known for their potential to promote longevity, support overall health, and increase vitality.
August 17, 2023
The Longevity Diet: Foods to Avoid

The Longevity Diet: Foods to Avoid

It's essential to be mindful of the foods that may hinder our well-being. In this article, we'll explore the foods that are best left off our plates to avoid potential health risks and promote longevity.
August 15, 2023
The Longevity Diet: Nourishing Your Way to a Vibrant Life!

The Longevity Diet: Nourishing Your Way to a Vibrant Life!

Welcome to the journey of unlocking the secrets to a long and vibrant life through mindful eating and nourishing food choices! Let’s explore how you can harness the power of nutrition to promote longevity, enhance vitality, and optimize overall well-being
August 08, 2023
Getting from A to Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Getting from A to Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Sleep is no joking matter. It is one of the most important things we can do for our health and Longevity. When you get a good night's rest, your body naturally reduces the levels of cortisol and other stress hormones. This is more significant for South Africans as we live in a high-stress environment and stress is a silent killer. Don't increase your levels of stress by neglecting your sleep.
July 12, 2023
Health is Wealth

Health is Wealth

Why does it seem like our financial status influences how long we live? How are these old-timers still playing golf so happily?

Let’s talk plainly here. The better our financial situation the more likely we are to live longer and healthier lives. The reason for this is twofold:

June 30, 2023
Longevity series: How to do more for longer

Longevity series: How to do more for longer

This is the first in our series on Longevity. Over the coming weeks, we will dive into what living a life with a longer healthspan means to you. We will look at factors in our everyday lives that impact our longevity and small (and big) changes we can incorporate into our lives to lengthen our healthspan.
May 26, 2023
How to choose your supplements

How to choose your supplements

What is your vitamin of choice? A multivitamin or separate hair, skin & nail vitamins?
Does your body respond better to whey protein or hemp? Or perhaps casein or pea? Which collagen works for you? Bovine, marine or poultry?
Navigating the health market can be overwhelming and confusing.

So here's a simple guide.
March 14, 2023
5 STEP BREAST SELF-EXAM

5 STEP BREAST SELF-EXAM

Breast self-exam, or regularly examining your breasts on your own, can be an important way to find a breast cancer early, when it’s more likely to be treated successfully.
October 05, 2022
Protect your crowning glory

Protect your crowning glory

We can all suffer from those bad hair days but for some people it can be even worse. Hair loss and thinning is a becoming more common in women and men at a younger age. This can be caused by hormonal changes, autoimmune diseases, thyroid disorders, and stress.

To end the suffering let’s look at 3 factors that damage your hair and what to do about them.

August 31, 2022
Snap, crackle, pop! It's time to start listening to your joints

Snap, crackle, pop! It's time to start listening to your joints

Joint pain placing you on the back foot? Literally…

Your alarm clock goes off early on a winter’s morning and you immediately dread getting yourself out of bed and feeling that dreaded hip pain or that lower back creaking in protest.

Sound familiar? Find out why joint deterioration does not have to be inevitable and how you can improve and repair joints to you can keep having the active life you want.
June 27, 2022
Live in the moment and focus on your food

Live in the moment and focus on your food

Have you ever caught yourself mindlessly eating for no apparent reason? Feeling yourself escaping your day or your thoughts by using food? This is a common behaviour for many people. It can take catching yourself mindlessly eating and understanding the behaviour before you can start to apply the opposite – mindfulness.
May 25, 2022
How to create healthy habits... that actually stick

How to create healthy habits... that actually stick

Urgh! Why is it so difficult to stick with healthy habits?

We’ve all been there before. We start to become healthy. We do a few work-outs, buy and cook a few healthy meals, or get a few days of really good sleep.

May 03, 2022