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BODY
21 NEW BEAUTY
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24 THE BEST IN ANTI-AGING
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of choice
28 THIS ISSUES MUST-HAVES
Boost your beauty rituals,
boost your mood
32 THE TRENDING TREATMENT
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treatments for looking healthy
and happy this winter
36 BEAT THE WINTER BEAUTY
BLUES
Fortify Your Hair, Skin & Nails
44 AAMSSA Report
COVER: Melinda Bam
PHOTO: Nick Boulton
52 WE TRIED IT
Suspension yoga at Virgin
Active Classic Collection clubs
ON THE COVER
14 MELINDA BAM
58 YOUR DAILY REBOOT
Stretching for better health
46 ANTI-AGING
TREND
The Nefertiti Lift
49
HAIR BE GONE
Is laser hair
removal really
permanent?
55 ACTIVATE DON’T
HIBERNATE
How to manage
your weight over
winter
IN EVERY ISSUE
4
HEALTH ACTIVIST
Gisèle Wertheim
Aymes on this month’s
topics
6
BEHIND THE SCENES
Meet our contributors
HEALTH RADAR
What’s on our radar
this month?
64 LONGEVITY
REVIEW
The Saxon Spa
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70 EAT TO BEAT
COLDS & FLU
133 SPECIALIST DIRECTORY
Your essential health
and wellness directory
108 FOOD TO FIGHT
FATIGUE
140 THE LAST WORD
WINS & EVENTS
63 WIN
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a two-nights’ stay at the
magnificent Southern Sun
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116 READERS EVENT
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being a woman by joining
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CHIEF EDITORIAL OFFICER
Gisèle Wertheim Aymés [[email protected],
Twitter: @giselewaymes]
MANAGING EDITOR
Kim Bell [[email protected], Twitter: @Kimmarybell]
MIND
ART DIRECTOR
Susan Gray
DESIGNER
Bonolo Ramathebane
74 WIN AGAINST
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE
DISORDER
BEAUTY EDITOR
Marina Wildt
HEALTH WRITER
Savannah Freemantle
78 THE KEY TO STRONG
IMMUNITY
The importance of your
lymphatic system
COLUMNISTS
Dr Mehmet Oz (@DrOz], Dr Michael Roizen,
Prof Marion Nestle [@marionnestle],
Rich Mulholland [@RichMulholland]
SUB-EDITOR
Joy Capon [Edit SA]
82 YOUR GUIDE TO
ALLERGIES & ASTHMA
PROOFREADER
Stephanie Sterner
BUSINESS MANAGER
Louise Birkner 082 411 2902 [[email protected]]
86 THE YOU DOCS
Don’t stop taking your
multivitamin!
BUSINESS MANAGER: MARKETING AND DIGITAL
Ryan Sorgente [[email protected]]
MARKETING
Jeanine Fonseca [[email protected]]
Lungile Nkosi [[email protected]]
88 HEALTH INVESTIGATION
Why artificial intelligence
is changing healthcare
SALES AND ADMIN MANAGER
Fay Graham-Parker (JHB) 010 591 7431, 083 417 6125
([email protected]]
92 GREEN HERO
Life-saving, eco-friendly
gardening
NATIONAL SALES EXECUTIVES
Howard Heymans (DBN) 072 854 5537 [[email protected]]
Bernice Blundell (CT) 021 712 5945 ([email protected]]
GENERAL ENQUIRIES
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96 SEXUAL HEALTH
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again
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Dunkeld, 2196
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SUSTAINABLE LIVING
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HEALTHY RECIPES
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FOOD TO FIGHT
FATIGUE
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FINANCIAL HEALTH
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HEALTH PRODUCTS
WE LOVE
WOMEN & THE WEB
VIRTUAL VIOLATION:
Revenge porn,
sextortion and the
pitfalls of dating sites
TURNING FEAR INTO
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How a house built a
family
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ACTIVE TRAVEL
Treehouses, farm
cottages and haunted
houses of the northern
Karoo
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health activist
By Gisèle Wertheim Aymés
FORTIFY
YOURSELF
WITH
Longevity
WE HAVE DEDICATED
THIS ISSUE TO THE
MANY WAYS IN
WHICH YOU CAN
FORTIFY YOUR HEALTH
AND BUILD YOUR
STRENGTH THIS
COMING SEASON.
THIS IS ONE OF
MY PERSONAL
FAVOURITES:
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id you know that a simple coldwater technique, practised daily,
can improve your ability to
manage stress? If your nerves
are getting the better of you,
take a deep breath and splash
some cold water over your face.
Studies have shown that you can
trick your body into thinking
it’s fully immersed in cold water.
The instant effect allows you to
use oxygen more efficiently, boosting your mood and relieving
anxiety.
And if you want a greater long-term benefit, you should
take a cold shower or bath daily. While just the thought of this
may leave you stone-cold, it will do wonders for your longevity.
Standing under a cold shower will ensure your blood circulates
more rapidly throughout your body. Dr Joseph Mercola is a great
believer. He says: “Exposing your whole body to cold water for
short periods of time is used to promote ‘hardening’. Hardening
is the exposure to a natural stimulus, such as cold water, that
results in increased tolerance to stress and/or disease.”
Studies have also suggested that drinking cold water, taking
cold showers, as well as other types of cold-water or ice therapy,
may also help to boost your fat-burning abilities. (Managing
your weight is another key factor to enjoying a longer, healthier
life.) The process speeds up your metabolic rate, as your body
must work to raise the temperature of the water, and there are no
adverse side-effects.
And if you think this is some strange modern-day trend,
think again. For 60 years, Thomas Jefferson was known to pour
himself a cold foot bath every morning, in order to maintain his
good health. Hollywood actress Katherine Hepburn lived a full
and very active life, she attributed her good health and vitality to
taking a daily cold shower from a young age.
As long as common sense prevails, cold water in any or many
of these forms can only be good for you.
Finally, we really hope you will enjoy our new design and
layout. It has been a great team effort, but particular thanks go
to our talented designer, Susan, who has interpreted our grand
ideas into the pages of this month’s edition.
Enjoy!
Follow me on Twitter @giselewaymes and don’t forget to visit www.longevitylive.com. You can now buy a digital version of your favourite magazine.
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behind the scenes
SOME FAMILIAR
FACES AND SOME
NEW VOICES
WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS ISSUE
Meet our contributors
Yoga shoot
To help you “fortify yourself for
winter”, we wanted to share some
easy, helpful stretching techniques
that you can do at home to boost
your strength and immunity.
So we asked Casey Chiang,
a qualified ISHTA international
yoga instructor, to show us some
of her favourite techniques at her
studio, ZEN Hot Yoga World. The
pictures are really practical and
easy to follow thanks to Candice
Askham Photography. We also
want to give a shout out to Kyle
Henderson, owner of Liquid Salts
Active Wear, who supplied the
great kit. And when Casey is not
doing yoga, she is exercising her
brain as an advocate.
Cover shoot
For this issue, we chose local
health and beauty inspiration
Melinda Bam. A former Miss
South Africa, Veet ambassador,
TV presenter, entrepreneur and
wife, Melinda sets the bar when
it comes to sharing her health
and beauty secrets.
And to capture the essence
of her warm personality and
natural beauty, we commissioned
renowned photographer Nick
Boulton. We had a fun day
spent with him and the team and
we also got to know another
half of the Bam family - Melissa
from Melissa Glam Bam Hair
& Makeup, who did her sister
Melinda proud.
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SANDRA AMANDIO –
contributor
MANDY MYERSON
– contributor
When not perched on the lip of
Victoria Falls or on one of her
many African explorations, Sandra
commutes between Johannesburg
and Nigeria, drumming up creative
concepts in broadcasting. With
34 countries pinned on her travel
map, she’s rounded off her next
big adventure – penning her first
Longevity travel feature.
Founder of humanWaking, Mandy is
passionate about connected living.
A mother of two, developer of the
Awake superfood snacks and social
entrepreneur, she is on a journey
of Waking up, hoping to inspire
others towards conscious living. Find
out more about humanWaking on
Instagram, Facebook and at
www.humanwaking.com.
DR ALAIN SANUA
– expert
DR COBUS VAN NIEKERK
– president of the AAMSSA
Dr Sanua qualified as a medical
doctor in Belgium in 1982. He currently practises integrated medicine,
combining homeopathy, acupuncture, nutritional advice, mineral and
vitamin supplementation, traditional
Chinese medicine and functional
medicine. He likes to use iridology
and advanced laboratory testing as
diagnostic tools. Dr Sanua believes
harmony within the digestive system
is primordial in the prevention and
cure of chronic disease. He has a
particular interest in treating persistent conditions (irritable bowel
syndrome, headaches, insulin
resistance, chronic fatigue, allergies,
adrenal exhaustion, attention deficit
disorders), as well as hormonal
imbalances and their consequences:
endometriosis, PMT, menstrual disorders, menopause, osteoporosis, acne
and thyroid problems. Dr Sanua has
great experience in treating back
and neck problems, and combining,
if necessary, spinal adjustment with
acupuncture and mesotherapy.
Dr Cobus van Niekerk is a general
practitioner with a special interest in
aesthetic medicine and wellness. He
is the President of the Aesthetic and
Anti-aging Medicine Society of South
Africa (AAMSSA), recently obtained his
Advanced Diploma in Aesthetic Medicine
(Cum Laude), and is the owner of his own
practice, Wellnessthetics.
MARINA WILDT
– beauty editor
As a writer for Longevity, Marina has had
the opportunity to work with some of the
best medical and health professionals
in exploring the science behind looking
healthy, radiant and revitalised. She
looks forward to tackling her new role
as beauty editor, sharing the industry’s
leading innovations from around the
globe. Her aim is to be a pillar for
reliable, trustworthy and scientifically
backed advice on all things beauty.
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esearchers say they are on the verge of cracking the aging
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Scientists from the Maximum Life Foundation
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cure aging. They also believe this combination will keep
us healthy and young. These fields are artificial intelligence and gene
therapy.
Researchers at Scicog Systems are creating an “Artificial Scientist”.
They say it will essentially be the smartest scientist in the world.
The researchers say that in approximately three years they will have
gathered every bit of aging research available. They will then programme
this into the Artificial Scientist.
The Artificial Scientist will be able to comprehend and dissect the
quadrillions of chemical reactions that occur in the human body. It
will also unravel the code of the 20 000 human genes, and identify the
patterns that are unrecognisable to humans.
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