One Week Is Not Enough to Promote Breastfeeding: It Is That Important

Research has shown that a longer exposure to breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of the child developing type II diabetes in later years. The same goes for obesity, as well as certain cancers such as leukaemia.

NUTRITION & COVID-19: Managing your health during a pandemic

With all the information, misinformation and scaremongering taking place during this pandemic, it is easy to become disoriented, overwhelmed, and outright confused. Yet it is important to remember that maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including diet, exercise and stress management will remain an effective way to boost your immune system and protect against a range of …

Diet and HIV: There is No Recovery without Quality Dietary Diversity

People with access to diverse diets providing adequate macro-and micronutrients have been shown to not only gain weight but achieve significant immune recovery whilst on treatment

Try Not to Panic: Why Stress might Kill You Before COVID-19 does

Stress affects how your immune cells respond to a coronavirus infection. The global response to the coronavirus pandemic seems like nothing we have witnessed in our lifetimes. Many countries are still on lockdown or heavily restricted, many borders remain closed or highly regulated, people are unable to see friends and family, several businesses have shut …