Hypertension? Drink Blackjack Tea
WATCH: how a simple weed can help lower your high blood pressure levels.
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Diabetes
What is our cultural food?
WATCH: Vox pops looking at the foods South Africans define as cultural.
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Diabetic battles to eat right despite amputation
Despite having undergone the amputation of half of her right foot three years ago due to diabetes, Morongwa Tsatsi (65) of Alexandra township still battles to follow the healthy diet required for her condition.
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VIDEO: Hungry for Education
This is Kabelo and Keabetswe's story about how a daily feeding scheme impacted their ability to perform at school.
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Plates over Pills: Alternative eating for better health
After seeing lifestyle diseases sweep through South African society, medical doctor Tracy Mavhungu Nelwamondo is now using indigenous African grains, seeds, fruits and vegetables to treat her patients.
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WHO Commission criticised over sugar taxes in new report
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs' new report, Time to Deliver, called for urgent action against chronic diseases and mental disorders, the globe's leading cause of death and ill-health, but failed to include a recommendation on taxing sugary beverages.
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Diabetes rising in African females of childbearing age
JOHANNESBURG - As increasing numbers of African people embrace Western life over traditional customs, so they are exposed to a number of new chronic conditions and illnesses.
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‘Food apartheid’ is stoking violence
Hunger is driving violence and entrenching the social divides created by apartheid, as under-nourished children are unable to catch up to their peers.
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VIDEO: A hungry, violent South Africa
Studies find there are links between the rising levels of hunger and violence in South Africa.
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Myth-busting the new sugar tax
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the sugar tax which was officially implemented on April 1. The tax, equivalent to a levy of about 11 percent on can of coke, is aimed at tackling South Africa’s obesity epidemic and the diseases associated with it. Health-e News busted five common myths.
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Sugar tax: The fight against sugar is just beginning
South Africa is less than two weeks away from implementing the hard-won tax on sugary drinks. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said now that "we've got a foot in the door" he will strengthen the government's fight against the negative health impacts of sugar by pushing for a higher tax.
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Ramaphosa’s morning exercise: A ‘powerful’ message for South Africans
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi argues that the political leadership shown by newly elected president Cyril Ramaphosa is a powerful tool in the fight against a growing “explosion” of lifestyle diseases, writes HEALTH-E’s Amy Green.
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What’s for breakfast Jozi?
Over half the population has unhealthy levels of body fat. At Johannesburg's three busiest taxi ranks, energy drinks, chips, pap and meat are the most popular morning purchases. But what influences these choices? Cost? Taste? Accessibility? Health-e News's AMY GREEN and THABO MOLELEKWA try to find answers.
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Parliament finally passes sugary drinks tax
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) today passed the tax on sugary drinks, which is part of the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Revenue Law Amendment Bill.
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Collision of HIV and NCDs
Elizabeth Meyer was first diagnosed with HIV in 2002, but has managed to keep the virus in check for many years and only started ARV treatment a couple of months ago. She is far more troubled by her diabetes and hypertension.
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