The lists keep changing, but do they?
“That’s not Banting.” “Is that Banting?” These phrases are littered all over the place. Facebook and Twitter are alive with low-carb vigilantes fighting the good fight, debating the Bantingness of products and ingredients. Phonies are regularly crucified by the Banting community for not being as pure as purists should be. Much like a religion, the […]
Anya’s Banting Story
“I won’t look back. My liver is almost cured, and I will never eat any other way.” Anya is 58 years old and has been struggling with liver problems since 2007. “Liver is a really terrible story, and it seems that they do not know how to diagnose it correctly, especially when there are viruses […]
Karen’s Amazing Banting Journey
I truly believe that Banting has saved my life! Here’s my story. I am 54 years old and married with two grown-up sons. I have been seriously overweight since infancy – the bullying that I experienced at school and comments from well-meaning adults seriously affected my confidence as I grew up.I have yo-yo dieted many […]
How Banting Can Help Your Children
My son asked me why he should eat this way, and I said that we’re on a mission to turn him into a little superhero, and he replied, “Let’s do it!” Christina and her family recently moved back to South Africa from England. Due to their Afrikaans heritage, she wanted to send her son to […]
10 reasons why kids should learn to pack a healthy lunch
It’s important for kids to start learning about food from as young an age as possible. The sooner they experiment, play with food and explore their taste buds, the sooner they can start to develop a healthy relationship with food. (Always remember to provide child-safe utensils and to supervise the proceedings.) Below, we provide even […]
Transforming mindless binging into mindful eating
The opposite of mindful eating is mindless eating. When we get into the habit of mindless eating we block out the reasons why we eat and what we’re putting into our mouths. This way, we detach ourselves from being accountable for what we put into our bodies. We willingly stuff our faces with junk food […]
Banting has blessed us with two bundles of joy
This is Lizel’s inspiring story: I had my first child at the age of 24, 12 years ago. I was diagnosed with endometriosis shortly before I found out that I was pregnant. When my daughter was about three months old, I suffered from severe postpartum depression. Every time my daughter fed, I ate as well […]
Choose to be more self-loving
Our task for you this week, as part of the 28 day “I’m Possible Challenge”, is to practice self-love. At the beginning of the week we spoke about self-awareness and how, without self-awareness, it’s not easy to figure out who you truly are and where you’re going in life. As one of the steps to […]
7 Steps to Self-Awareness
As part of the 28 day “I’m Possible” non-challenge challenge, we have asked you to decide what it is you want to achieve in these 28 days and for the rest of 2016. Our aim is to help you form habits to make this a reality. (If you haven’t thought about where you’d like to […]
7 Tips To Break Bad Eating Habits
In order to break bad habits, you have to avoid being “lead into temptation”. Figuring out what these triggers are and then severing all ties with them is the best way forward. This is by no means easy – think about how long you have been eating this way. It’s probably been quite a while. […]