Inflammation is the biological reaction to a harmful stimulus (infection or tissue damage), in which a movement of blood, especially white blood cells, move about the area of the problem, and these changes, along with our immune systems both destroy harmful tissue and heal necessary tissue. There is acute inflammation, which refers to a short-lived …Read More

Why is it that people dieting on starvation rations so often just cannot shift the extra fat, while some people who eat like horses, stay thin? The answer hit clinical dietician, Tabitha Hume like a bolt from the blue: sugar is not the enemy…fat is. Sugar doesn’t make you fat…fat does. The way to banish fat, …Read More

This is commonly known as High Blood pressure, and is characterised by a blood pressure (taken 3 times by your medical professional) of 140/90 mmHg or more. It causes a problem because there is too much pressured blood pushing against the heart and blood vessels, and can cause damage to the smaller blood vessels, as …Read More

Having a child that is overweight / obese is an increasingly common problem in today’s society. Treating the child is very different to treating the adult. Tabitha Hume incorporates a strongly empathetic approach with regards to the treatment of children. Depending on the age of the child, Tabitha usually integrates the following important aspects into …Read More

Otherwise known as ‘high cholesterol’, this disorder is actually multi-facetted, and is treated quite differently, according to the type of cholesterol problem. When there is too much cholesterol in the blood, there is more ‘sticking’ to the insides of the blood vessels (building an atherogenic plaque), and ongoing build-up of lots of sticky cholesterol can …Read More

Tabitha Hume is a clinical dietician, fully registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa. (Registration Number: DT0011193) Her qualifications are a BSc (Physiology) in Medical Physiology, and followed by a BSc (MED)(HONS) Nutrition & Dietetics, U.C.T.  After the 5 years of study, Tabitha is a fully-qualified dietician, and NOT a nutritionist.  She has …Read More

“Hi there, Today I came across your email and smiled. I should have written to you years ago to thank you for changing my diet and my life (and those around me) Your diet works! I have lost 15 kg’s on low GI diet and kept it off for years even though I munch on …Read More