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Vegan<br />
Plant-based<br />
All of us are into healthy living and eating clean, but which is better – a vegan or<br />
a whole plant-based diet? Krugersdorp’s dietitian, Chene van Rensburg spills the<br />
beans on the good, the bad and the ugly of both diets.<br />
Sharing her extensive experience in community nutrition,<br />
clinical medical nutrition therapy, food service<br />
nutrition therapy and nutrition research, Chene is<br />
making the <strong>West</strong> Rand a lot healthier, one meal at<br />
a time.<br />
She is a registered dietitian and although many<br />
people see dietitians as ‘food police’, Chene can be<br />
tempted with a pizza any time. We are glad to hear<br />
that just like any person who loves food (... who<br />
doesn’t?) dietitians do enjoy the occasional<br />
guilty pleasure.<br />
‘I have worked in the industry<br />
for seven years.<br />
I am the new Pure<br />
Health Dietitian<br />
in Krugersdorp<br />
and the new<br />
Living Links<br />
Dietitian<br />
in Randfontein. In addition, I am part of an amazing<br />
dietetic team at Netcare Krugersdorp Private Hospital.’<br />
Chene is a people person and uses her passion for the<br />
science of nutrition to make an immense contribution<br />
to the community through nutrition advocacy, education<br />
and clinical nutrition interventions.<br />
‘The best overall health tips I can give someone is to<br />
avoid processed foods and go back to fresh, whole<br />
foods without added sugar, salt, preservatives, colourants,<br />
flavourants and chemicals.’<br />
She believes that a whole plant-based diet that excludes<br />
processed foods and food products will be one<br />
of the most prominent health trends in <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
‘I think diets like the Mediterranean Diet will make a<br />
huge comeback since it is the ultimate example of a<br />
whole plant-based diet where meat and animal products<br />
are consumed in small amounts and not daily.’<br />
Details: Pure Health Centre, Krugersdorp on 011 954 6091<br />
or Living Links, Randfontein on 076 611 1131.<br />
Chene van<br />
Rensburg<br />
Hot tip: Chene suggests that if you want to make the<br />
switch to a vegan or whole plant-based diet, you should<br />
start by gradually reducing meat and dairy intake, eating<br />
an entirely plant-based meal once a week or swapping out<br />
one animal product for a plant-based one.<br />
22 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
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