3 Courses for Mothers Day!

Let mom have a well-earned rest this weekend as you cook up a lovely Mother’s Day Sunday lunch! Here is a delicious yet easy to put together menu for you to share on Sunday! Menu: Starter: Asparagus & Ham packages Main: Delicious Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Spinach Dessert: Raspberry Tiramisu Asparagus & [...]

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Survey result- Women prefer wines they know to be more expensive

A recent survey shows that women prefer wines they know to be more expensive. According to research by the Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard University women attach more value to pricey bottles of wine than the actual taste. Research showed that disclosing the price of the wine before it was tasted generally resulted in [...]

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A glass of wine a day can help you stay slim

Forget punishing gym regimes and endless salads. The key to keeping trim could be cracking open the red wines. Women who enjoy a glass or two of wine a day put on less weight than those who stick to mineral water or soft drinks, research shows – with red wine particularly forgiving. The finding, from [...]

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Health drinking this season

The festive season is famous for bringing family and friends together. This will undoubtedly result in more social eating and of course drinking. Here are some principles to apply this season: Know your limits: Safe and healthy alcohol intake levels are 30g/day for men and 20g/day for women (women generally have less of the enzyme [...]

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Festive season traps

The holiday looms, and so does Christmas. All you want to do is chill out after what’s been a hard year. But that’s not always the easiest thing to do – you know the bit about life being “the thing that happens while you’re making other plans”. For some, chilling out may mean booking a [...]

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Unspoken communication- Men and women think differently

Bill Cosby once said that men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy. This cartoon shows that men and women think differently.

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A glass a day keeps the mid-life crisis away

According to new scientific studies it seems that moderate wine intake can lead to ‘successful ageing’. New research suggests that middle-aged women who enjoy a couple of glasses of wine a day have a healthier old age. Scientists suggest that moderate drinking can lead to ‘successful ageing’, and cut the risk of stroke, reports the [...]

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Research: Do men have shorter attention spans than women?

Do men have shorter attention spans than women? Men don’t have a shorter attention span; women are just biologically wired to pay attention to different things than men. Researchers have found that male brains tend to be attracted to things that are analytical (sports scores) and visual (Heidi Klum), while female brains focus more on [...]

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What’s next for Charlize?– Princess Di or the Wicked Queen

South Africa’s beloved Holywood star Charlize Theron was linked to a few possible movies. The gossip is that she is in the inside lane to be in the next Batman movie or maybe play the role of Lady Di. Charlize is a South African icon and although her movies are followed with interest in SA, [...]

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A drink a day keeps fat at bay

Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the kilos off than women who do not drink at all, according to a  recent study conducted in Boston. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston asked more than 19 000, normal-weight US women aged [...]

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