jenny von gogh

@RobynPorteous My sister’s husband cannot see to read anymore. Sometimes she reads to him. Othertimes they listen to audio books together. It takes the relationship to a new level when you share a book.

Husbae and I recently decided to read the same book and it resulted in the two of us, sat alongside each other each evening, reading. I loved it. Hoping it’s a habit we can continue! Screen time is down and the TV hasn’t been turned on for weeks.

@gugurine23 @Jason2bartlett I’m a white South African and this is the only flag I udentify with. I’m proud of it.

@Jason2bartlett The Red color represents the bloodshed we experienced from your race.... You contributed towards this flag you're running away from calling yourself a victim...... VOETSEK!!!

As a white South African I don’t have a flag that represents me in any shape or form in South Africa Hence it has been easy to assimilate with the American people and honor the flag that has given us security and safety from the terrible persecution against the white minority

@BiggestComeback @drterrysimpson 2..Eat very low carb, fast 16/8, walk post meals & it works. No doc or dietician ever told me that’s the key! I’ve lost 8kg in 2 months

@BiggestComeback @drterrysimpson 73 yr , overweight for years, thought time to do something. Learned all I could from the low carb experts and realised insulin control is the key to weight loss. I do everything I can to keep my glucose from spiking. /2

Your doctor measures cholesterol because it predicts who gets carried out of the hospital. Insulin, by contrast, mostly predicts who will buy a glucose monitor on the internet. LDL has causal evidence, randomized trials, and therapies that reduce heart attacks and death. Insulin has influencers, fasting curves, and arguments about what “optimal” even means. We don’t ignore insulin—we measure its consequences: glucose and HbA1c. Because medicine prefers endpoints over vibes. If insulin were as actionable as cholesterol, it would be on every lab panel already. It isn’t. That’s not a conspiracy—it’s a clue.

@BiggestComeback I started low carb on 1 Feb this year and I feel great, way less joint pain, walking every day and I’ve lost 8kg. I’ve known for years this is the way to go, but never really implemented it before.

I adopted a well-formulated low-carbohydrate diet 2,998 days ago. That simple decision I made as I sat down for dinner in a Mexican restaurant changed my level of health and fitness, and ultimately transformed my life in countless ways. I started with chicken and cheese, and didn’t touch the salsa, chips or tostadas… Still going strong…

@Rajjath24 A white potato bush, which flowers almost year round. Behind it is a fever tree and the grey duikers like to rest under the bush.

sometimes, if you are lucky, there will be a tree outside your bedroom window, it’s important that you romanticise that tree as much as possible.

@BiggestComeback South Africans keep sticks of biltong and droëwors ( dried sausage) handy for snacks. No need for sugar filled protein (soy?) bars.

Working on a new line of protein bars that shouldn’t get anyone mad😂

@VeganLinked @ElieJarrougeMD @grok, what do you say to this? Fat causes insulin resistance

@ElieJarrougeMD I don't know what your motive is behind having such a shallow understanding of the mechanisms. Fat causes insulin resistance. Ignoring this is like turning the fire alarm off to put the fire out. Here is the truth youtu.be/BqcvtBjfxOA?si…

Conventional dietary advice keeps you just sick enough to need medications. After 9 years as a hospitalist and 5 years reversing metabolic disease, I can tell you this isn’t an accident. Here’s what they tell you, and what actually works: 🧵

@ngwenyathabs @luphumlongcayis You are right. We have totally different cultures here. I say plural, because there are a number of cultures in South Africa. We mostly don’t wear black to funerals, even white people.

@luphumlongcayis Their style of dressing at funerals and we can have our own dressing style wearing different colors what's the big deal

@LikeLi_LiLi @Longevity_EDU @SeekWiser_ @grok. What science backs up this theory?

@Longevity_EDU @SeekWiser_ Ways. either they're acidic forming or alkaline forming when metabolized. The reason acidic forming foods cause inflammation is because the acid causes bad mucus in the body and that’s how disease(s) thrive.

Inflammation is a silent killer. It skyrockets your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer (without you even realizing). Here are the top 12 science-backed foods to reduce inflammation (bookmark this): 🧵 1. Red meat

@SizweLo Children learn languages easily when they are small. Many children can speak two laguages from the get go. The thing is to be consistent. Maybe Dad speaks English, Mom the vernac, or what ever works best for your family and circumstances.

Many Black South African parents raise their kids to speak English as their only language, maybe with some Afrikaans thrown in, because this is how they feel they can improve the kids’ future career prospects. The reasoning is often along the lines of “what will speaking our native language help with?” This often results in the kids being unable to fit in with their extended families who generally do not use English as a medium of communication. So, even though the rest of the family and community may speak and hear English, language goes beyond exchanging sentences and pleasantries, it’s a whole culture and way of seeing the world. And if a parent cannot leave a child alone with family in the township or in the rural areas, then it’s a matter of time before the child becomes detached from that group, a group which is fundamentally the his roots. S/he essentially becomes a tourist in her own lineage. From a more cynical perspective, one could say the parents are forced by the system to raise their child to become a high-functioning unit for a corporate machine, at the expense of cultural continuity. Of course, we cannot disregard the fact that this choice is a trauma response to a history, and even a current culture that penalises native tongues. Because of this, the parents see English as a shield. In their minds English equals mobility, escape from poverty, and maybe most importantly, a lack of accent-based prejudice. Meanwhile, the mother tongue and its ancestral connection unfortunately have limited horizons, in a strictly capitalist sense. The tragedy is that parents often don’t realise that this isn’t a zero-sum game. Research consistently shows that additive bilingualism, that is, learning an additional language is not only possible, but actually improves cognitive flexibility and academic performance. But the narrow view is how you arrive at a quarter life crisis, where a young admits find it out that they are too Black for the corporate spaces they were raised for, due to structural racism, but too White linguistically and culturally for the community they belong to by blood. You then end up with a generation of lost people unable to fully enter the house of their ancestors, or the house of their employers.

@UnathiAfrika @BiancavanWyk16 Ag, shame.

Guys come this side. The Amerikaners strike again. Turns out the racist refugee program is not refugeeing at all. @BiancavanWyk16 must see this.

@DanisaSkayTroy @SizweLo 😂😂😂😂😂

@SizweLo Helen Zille

Without Google or AI, can you guess which African leader said this?

@RobynPorteous Also board of piss

It’s obviously meant to be“Bored of Peace”.

@Troll_SAfootbal This is great. I’d love to see the results. She’ll never forget her first day of school.

Best Mom in South Africa❤👌🏽. All angles are COVERED🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mesnojob @TheRealThelmaJ1 No. The good in South Africa stays here.

@TheRealThelmaJ1 Nothing good comes from South Africa.

Our country is actually run by three psychopathic South African billionaires and we wonder why we have problems.

@JoeyMannarino Gaan kak in die mielies!

Listen, I have never really supported independence movements, as I respect the national unity of countries. However, given the reported discrimination against and killings of white people in South Africa. I support the independence of The Western Cape which includes Cape Town. With its significant white minority (around 16% per recent census data), strong governance, and economic potential.. An independent Cape could become easily the “Singapore of Africa” a REALLY prosperous, efficient hub for the continent!!!

@zilevandamme @grok They seem to be there. I scrolled for quite a while

.@grok What could be the possible reasons that I can only see a handful replies to a post that currently has 130?

This post has 129 comments & I can only see a handful. I tried the various reply display options & same same. Please check whether you see all 129 from your side? I thought there would be a lot of bot-like anon accounts responding, and that I cannot see them? Something is off.

@ShareenSingh8 @bocasho_braaf @philcraig2 It would be lovely if Phil Craig buggered off back to where he belongs.

@bocasho_braaf @philcraig2 Only if his citizenship is revoked

It would be lovely if South Africa held Russia, China, & Iran to the same standards as the US Nobody does hypocrisy quite like the ANC news24.com/politics/invit…

@VeeJay17 @IOL It would just be a waste of time and money.

@IOL What is he afraid of? Surely if the idea has no support then there is no risk for him? Do it. Let the vote decide.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has made it clear: no referendum will be held on secession in South Africa. #SouthAfrica #Ramaphosa #Secession #Unity #Leadership #BreakingNews Read on tinyurl.com/rb3kcupd