In this episode of The Health Wrap podcast, multimedia medical consultant and sports physician Dr Darren Green explores some popular dieting fads. Are they truly the answer we’ve been looking for when it comes to weight loss or are they more fiction than fact? Brittany Johnson and Bianca Hamilton from Imagine Dietitians at Mediclinic Stellenbosch join him in-studio to discuss intermittent fasting, the microbiome diet and the juice detox diet.

Some notable moments:

[00:03:25] The role social media plays in weight management

[00:05:06] What is intermittent fasting?

[00:06:34] The effects of intermittent fasting

[00:08:16] Who could benefit from intermittent fasting

[00:10:18] What is the microbiome diet?

[00:13:17] What are prebiotics and probiotics?

[00:14:21] The pitfalls of the microbiome diet

[00:15:48] What is the juice detox diet?

[00:17:39] The benefits of fruit and vegetable juices

[00:18:46] How the body naturally gets rid of toxins

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