Wellness has exploded into a global $3.4 trillion mega-industry in the last year. A deep desire to be free of disease, live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives is one of the very essences of who we are.

Diabetes has been known since the first century B.C.E., when a Greek physician, Aretus the Cappadocian, named it diabainein, meaning “a siphon,” referring to the excessive urination associated with the disease.

The danger of the Tim Noakes diet lies not in the diet itself, but in using it to lose weight and not as a permanent lifestyle change. The sad reality is also that using the diet as a permanent lifestyle is impossible for most normal human beings.

This is the first entry in the first Health Calendar on the first day of the first month of the new year. There are so many issues associated with health, it is almost impossible to know where to begin.

Stress management is not about suppressing stress, pretending we don’t have any. It is about using the natural gift of stress productively. It is about understanding ourselves and our bodies, our strengths and limitations a little better so that we can improve our overall wellbeing and with that live up to our purpose in life.

Resilience is that wonderful quality people have which allows us to be knocked down by life, and then bounce back, often stronger than ever. Research has shown that resilience is a very ordinary human quality, and it is common for people to be resilient.

Winter is a time for some introspection, taking stock of where we are, how we got here and how to launch fresh life when seasons start to turn long nights into longer days.

People usually eat yoghurt when they want to look after themselves, and especially their gut. Live-culture yoghurt is beneficially probiotic, and it is this probiotic benefit which we intend to receive when we buy yoghurt for ourselves and our loved ones.

We know painfully little about how our bodies work, and although many people will point out how many things can go wrong, I am just astounded daily how many things go right!