Nutrition in the workplace

Having a canteen at work is very convenient, however, how healthy is the food that it serves?

• Healthy snack and lunchbox ideas
• 10 rules for a balanced diet

Boobs out for the babes

Chris McEvoy can't understand how people can see breastfeeding as creepy.

• Breastfeeding - The African way
• Does Beyoncé make public breastfeeding cool?
• ‘Boobs in the loo!’

Strict diets increase reward value of food

The more successful people are at caloric-restriction dieting, the greater difficulty they will face in maintaining the restriction.

• Personality traits probed in high-res brain scan
• The 10 most crazy diets ever
• Smartphones the new way to lose weight

Breastfeeding and nipple tattoos

'Tittooing' is the latest craze but could it affect breastfeeding your baby?

• Breastfeeding on Instagram
• ‘Boobs in the loo!’
• Is shared breastfeeding wrong?

Is organic food better than non-organic food?

The debate rages on about whether organic food is better than non-organic food and the jury is still out on this topic.

Mercury exposure may raise diabetes risk

Researchers suggest selecting seafood known to have lower levels of the metal.

• 6 quick tips for diabetics
• Diabetes linked to low sleep hormone levels
• Great new SA Food Guide

Great new SA Food Guide

Do you remember the Food Pyramid? The SA Food Guide is the latest visual guide to what healthy, balanced eating should look like. DietDoc explains more.

• Nutrition basics in a nutshell
• Malnutrition

Nestles buys US medical nutrition company

Swiss food giant Nestle says that it had acquired Pamlab, as the company pushes further into what it considers a growth segment.

• Nestlé to buy Pfizer baby food unit
• Nestlé buys 60% of Chinese confectioner
• Nestle earnings up 8.9%

Making food fun for fussy eaters

Some great tips on getting your fussy kid to eat healthy.

Lunchboxes with oomph

Some tips on how to make your kids lunchboxes both exciting and healthy.

Facts on bladder leaks

Oops! Bladder leaks can happen to anyone.

5 ways to look younger in two weeks!

Age catching up to you? Try these surgery-free tricks and reveal a younger, more vibrant you in just fourteen days!

• 5 ways to feel sexier
• 10 steps to a longer life
• Sexy Stars over 40!

"I'll pay you to marry my lesbian daughter"

Father offers bounty of more than HK$500 million to find husband for gay daughter.

• “My 7-year-old is gay!”
• Gay teens and the suicide risk
• “Act less gay.” Seriously?

Is my child too skinny?

Some kids are all skin and bone, but how skinny is too skinny?

Father’s Day – the good, the bad and the ugly

Why use Father’s Day as a chance to air your bitterness, wonders Marlon Abrahams.

Shared meals nourish family health

When we are so busy or so alienated from our families that we no longer have time to sit down together to share a meal, we lose our identities and also our health, writes DietDoc.

Nutrition basics in a nutshell

If you’re completely confused by all the dietary advice you get all over the place, here are the basics in a nutshell. And it’s specifically aimed at South Africans.

“Through me, I see you, mum.”

A reflection on Mother’s Day, mothering and being mothered.

Nothing but pizza for 8 years!

When a child eats only pizza for breakfast, lunch and supper for 8 years who is to blame?

Mom ridicules obese 7-year-old

Mom subjects her 7-year-old to public humiliation and extreme dieting.

What's in pills?

Watch out for side effects from buffers, binders and fillers in meds.

Bear Grylls' top 10 for kids

Here’s adventurer Bear Grylls' list of top ten things to do before you’re ten.

Banana myths

There's a lot of weird hype doing the rounds about bananas.

Bread high in salt

Much of the salt we eat comes from hidden sources like bread and cold meat, says the Centre for Disease Control.