Episode 80: Eat Well or Die Slowly
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An interview with Estrelita van rensburg
27/06/23
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SPEAKER Bio
estrelita van rensburg
Estrelita van Rensburg, a qualified physician-pathologist spent the first part of her professional career as a professor in laboratory medicine/virology at the University of Stellenbosch and Pretoria in South Africa. After a decade and a half, she moved into the pharmaceutical industry where she held a senior global position at a large pharmaceutical research organisation. More recently her focus shifted away from treatment-based medicine into the field of nutrition and preventative medicine. This shift was caused by the deterioration of her own health and that of close friends and family. She embarked on researching the topic of nutrition, a subject very poorly supported in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Her discovery of the extent of disinformation and incorrect national nutritional guidance from government, the medical and academic communities as well as organisations such as the diabetes and heart foundations, was the motivating factor to develop a practical teaching programme for individuals on the correct nutrition to improve their metabolic health.