Nutrition

From healthy recipes for the family to immune boosting foods, this section will help you maintain a healthy eating plan.

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Nutrition

Bread recipes

Sliced bread was introduced in 1928, which means actress Betty White (92) is old enough to remember a time before sliced bread! Bake your own your own with these recipes.

Healthy Life

FAQs: Food and pregnancy

Are you a vegetarian? Just found out you’re pregnant yet still eating sushi? We answer some questions about eating for two.

Nutrition

Four breakfast recipes with eggs

Looking for ideas for a healthy breakfast? Try these healthy (and delicious) recipes using eggs.

Healthy Life

Fatigue: Too, too tired?

Pay attention to your body if you constantly feel fatigued.

Diabetes

Diabetic meals

Diabetic and award-winning foodie Abigail Donnelly shares three delicious recipes.

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Our hospitals have been awarded international accreditation for best practice in the management of environmental systems and practices.
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  • We found a practical solution to a shortage of theatre nurses by becoming a registered teaching institution.
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  • We have backup generators for our backup generators so that we can provide uninterrupted expert care.
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  • We install alcohol rub dispensers at our facilities to prevent the spread of pathogens.
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  • Mediclinic uses building materials that reduce background noise for minimal disturbance.
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  • Scrub areas in theatre are a minimum of 2.1m wide to accommodate at least two people at a time.
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  • Our nursing units are designed to minimise the distance between nursing staff and patients.
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  • Mediclinic has the highest number of internationally accredited facilities in Southern Africa.
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  • To prevent harmful bacteria being absorbed by mattresses we use protective under sheets made from polypropylene.
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  • Mediclinic Cape Town is accredited as a mother and baby friendly institution, having scored 100% at a recent external review.
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Nutrition

Healthy food for the family

Abigail Donnelly, group editor of Woolworths TASTE magazine, shares recipes that will get the kids involved!

Nutrition

Immune-boosting food

What you eat can help boost your immune system.

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Our radio-translucent theatre beds enable X-rays to be taken on the spot, without having to move the patient or disturb the procedure.
    #MediclinicFacts
  • We use the internationally recognised Oxford Vermont Network to keep our neonatal critical care units at the forefront of paediatric medicine.
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  • A jumping rope uses almost every muscle in the entire body during exercise.
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  • We use a yacht-mast design for our cabling and keep it safely wound up in our trauma pedestals to avoid any accidents.
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  • Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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  • Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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  • A baby weighing 390g survived thanks to the expertise of Mediclinic’s highly qualified paediatric staff and specialists.
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  • We place oxygen-releasing, toxin-absorbing plants, like Sanseviera Trifasciata, around our hospitals.
    #MediclinicFacts
  • The only one in Africa and one of only 13 in the world, the P-I BrÅnemark Institute of Excellence at Mediclinic Morningside, specialises in facial reconstruction.
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  • Some of our hospitals have operating tables that can support patients of up to 370kg in weight and 2.2m in height.
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Exercise

Seven ways to improve your lifestyle

Follow these seven tips to live a healthy lifestyle.

Nutrition

The low-down about food and medication

Here’s how your food can (and can’t) affect your medication.

Nutrition

Tips for strengthening your immune system

A healthy immune system is important for a healthy body. Here’s what you can do to strengthen yours.

Nutrition

Healthy takeaways this holiday – it is possible!

Eating out can be healthy when you make these food choices.

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