HEALTH
Get your BMI right!
Lebogang Masemula
Being fit does not depend on the size you wear but your
BMI (Body Mass Index) score.
Welcome back to yet another year of s(u)ccess. I trust
you all enjoyed yourselves and had appropriate fun. But
it`s now that time of the year were we all have to work
our butts off!
Why not kick our academic year with a healthy lifestyle?
It only takes eating a balanced meal portion of everything and a thirty minute exercise at least 3 times per
week for one to be on the “safe” side.
Body Mass Index is a measure of body fat based on
height and weight that apply to adult men and women.
One major advantage of a healthy BMI score is that it
protects you from numerous risks associated with obesity or a high BMI.
tor to consider in your fitness plan.
During my first year, I really thought walking to Building
24 was truly torture, but quite frankly; it was great exercise. In construct, exercising is not only going to a gym
or jogging in the morning. A simple walk, dancing, and
10 squats per day can make a huge impact.
Pertunia Madonsela, a second year BCom CA student
feels that everyone should live a healthy lifestyle. She
says it’s good for the immune system, and a healthy
immune system means that you won’t easily get sick.
She however emphasized that living a healthy lifestyle
makes one feel good about their bodies and it boosts
their self-esteem.
The other day I was watching Kabelo’s Boot Camp on
Mzansi Magic. He said something very profound: “Sixpacks are made in the kitchen, not in the gym. It`s 70%
diet, 20% exercise and 10% genetics”. According to Kabelo Mabalane, what you eat is the most important fac-
To sum up, s(u)ccess depends on the second letter.
Evaluate your knowledge and learn a new healthy recipe every day. Denis Whitley once said “The real risk is
doing nothing”. Now get up from that chair and get your
BMI right!
Reduce the risk of Cancer
Kamogelo Madikwane
Cancer doesn’t choose who we are,
where we come from whether we are
rich or poor, white or black. Did you
know that we were all born with cancer cells in our bodies?
Cancer was discovered in 1911 by
Peyton Rous, when a farmer brought
him a hen with a large lump in her
breast, he then diagnosed the lump
as a sarcoma- a tumour of cells in the
connective tissue. Cancer cells are
abnormal and multiply out of control,
it is easier to treat the cancer when it
is in its early stages. There are more
than 200 different types of cancers,
which can develop in different parts
of your body, and on average a human being has 60 organs where cancer can develop.
There are various treatment options
that are available for cancer. Treat-
ment options are different depending on which type of cancer you
carry and how far it has grown and
spread, amongst these treatments
there is surgery, chemotherapy and
radiation. If the doctor sees the necessity for the tumour to be cut out
a surgery will be suggested, Chemotherapy treatment uses various
types of drugs to kill the cells. Radiotherapy is a treatment that uses high
energy beams of radiation which are
focused on the cancer tissue.
After chemotherapy cancer patients
go through a traumatic stressful period where they feel numb, hair falls
off and they don’t even have taste
buds. They go through a very stressful and emotional period, especially
when their close family and friends
see them for the first time after their
therapy they feel embarrassed and
often don’t want to be seen that way.
Nobody wants to go through such
pain although we don’t choose to
have the disease but we can reduce
the risks of getting it.
5 HEALTHY TIPS ON HOW TO REDUCE CANCER
1. GREEN TEA
Drinking green tea fights against
various cancers. The antidioxants in
the tea helps protect against a few
number of cancers including breast
cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer etc.
green tea induces cancer cell death
and starves the tumours by curbing
the growth of the new blood vessels
that feed them.
2. BROCCOLI
Steam your broccoli instead of microwaving it; broccoli is a cancer
preventing food, one we should eat
frequently. Eat it as a snack or add it
to soups and salads.
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