medical
nutritional institute
we are a healthcare organisation that specialises in the prevention and treatment of disease.
Latest press releases
To the LightHouse – an innovative strategy for addressing obesity.
8 July 2011: The worldwide increase in weight gain and obesity is having a major impact on personal health, putting individuals at greater risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. However, the obesity epidemic also has some ominous implications for the workplace. [more]
Lowering your cholesterol - the ultimate anti-ageing strategy.
14 June 2011: With nearly 200 South Africans dying every day from cardiovascular disease, modern-day thinking around cholesterol management is that we’ve been doing “too little too late”. [more]
Stress: are you taking it seriously enough?
12 May 2011:The Medical Nutritional Institute (MNI) is encouraging all South Africans to make 2011 a mentally healthy year by taking a much more proactive stance to managing stress levels. [more]
The year I got my life back into shape
15 April 2011:Two years ago, 45 year old software designer Jacques Theron realised he was dangerously overweight and needed to do something about it. [more]
Upgrading your mind
10 March 2011:Psychologists are historically focused on ways to elevate a patient's negative mental state from minus five to zero, for example, with zero considered the benchmark of 'normal'. A modern scientific ambition is to elevate one's state of mind from zero to plus five. [more]
Breast cancer versus heart disease. Woman perilously misguided!
15 February 2011:With one in four South African women developing some form of heart condition before the age of 60, many women don't seem to realise that they are nine times more at risk of developing a heart condition than breast cancer. [more]
Complimentary medicine: what’s the harm?
3 January 2011:The use of complementary medicines continues to rise, yet many consumers are being duped into buying products that are not only ineffective, but also potentially harmful. So what should South Africans be doing to protect their health and wallets? [more]
