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Dr Mosima Mabunda, Head of Wellness at Discovery Vitality, says fast food like fizzy drinks, chips, chicken nuggets and sausages contain high amounts of saturated fat, salt and sugar, which can be bad for your health.
CORRECT EATING HABITS

Overnutrition can lead to obesity

Let’s talk about overnutrition and the role of ultra-processed foods (UPFs)

  • Discovery Vitality
3 min read
Meat consumption is relatively high in South Africa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Meat-eating South Africa, is it time to slow down?

Meat consumption is relatively high in South Africa

  • Ozayr Patel
4 min read
Animal-friendly: Cells from an animal are taken and kept under the same conditions, 37°C, given nutrients, amino acids and sugars. The product can be shaped into patties, bacon or fish fillets. Photo: Gregor Rohrig
ANIMALS

In 24 months you will be able to buy lab-grown meat

Cultivated meat producers could run into the same legislative hurdles as the manufacturers of plant-based meat alternatives

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
Made from plants: Products that look, taste and feel like meat include smoky bacon and biltong. Photos: Delwyn Verasamy
ANNEKE MALAN

There’s a place for the herbivore at the braai

There may not be a lot of South African vegans, but it seems many still want a taste of the plant-based life

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
Local plant-based food pioneer has been drawn into a dispute with the department of agriculture, which has a beef with how meat alternatives are labelled
AUSTRALIA

What’s the beef: Government tussles with plant-based Fry’s

The Local food pioneer has been drawn into a dispute with the department of agriculture, which has an issue with how meat alternatives are labelled

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read