Reset Your Metabolic Health
What is it? A 4-week online doctor-led and community-centric journey to manage your weight, reverse disease processes, optimise energy levels, sleep better, and live with more vitality simply by understanding your body’s glucose responses. Next Start Dates: 5…
Food is Medicine Soups
I'm so excited to bring you this compilation of Food is Medicine soups that I cook in our house almost every month. Just a quick (and important) note before we start: I don't use stock in all my…
Dr. Rav James Inc. – Notification of Price Change Effective 1 May, 2023
I would like to thank all of my patients for the continued support of my root causes, Functional Medicine approach to health and healing. I am so grateful for your belief in my practice and in the greater…
Not Sure About Pooping in a Tube? Here’s How It Could Change The Way You Live
Question: Why poop in a tube? Answer: Because while chia seeds, cherries, and chickpeas might be one person’s superfood, they’ll be another’s poison. And sometimes, that poison can more dangerous than you might think, affecting not only how…
4 Life Changing Things I Learnt by Attaching a Glucose Monitor to My Arm
A while ago I attached a glucose monitor to my arm for 14 days. You’ll all know that a glucose monitor is a useful tool for diabetics, but can it be life-changing for non-diabetics too? With more and…
Dr. Rav’s 3-Month Functional Medicine Weight Management Program
What is it? A comprehensive 3-month doctor-designed program focused on fundamentally changing the way that you approach sustainable weight management and metabolic health, starting with hormones, not calories. Next Start Dates: Online: 23 January, 2023 *This is not…
8 Blood Panels You Should Be Testing For Optimised Health & Early Detection
Vitamin D. Most doctors don’t test for this very important hormone (not actually a vitamin) even though we know it plays a really important role in immune health and bone health, to name just two. But let’s name…
As a Functional Medicine Doctor, I’m Focusing on These 10 Healthspan Categories in 2022
In 2022 we know more about how to extend healthspan (defined as the number of years we live free of chronic disease) than ever before. Not only does the latest medical research on anti-aging and longevity continue to…
Bush Braaiing Done Right
A braai (barbecue) can be extremely bad for your health. Or it can be medicine. You choose. December in South Africa is certainly NOT a picture of health: High quantities of meat, including boerewors, which is a processed…
25 Food Medicine Photos… To Get You Inspired
This last month has been one of my best. Teaching and sharing about the healing power of food always gets me revved up. And as I have come together with people around food – in my Consultation Room,…
For You, Is Food a Chore or is Food Medicine?
How do we value food? Functional Medicine specialist at Hanya House, Dr. Rav James, often hears people saying: “But to eat healthy is expensive.” Alcohol is also expensive. Fashion is expensive. Ready made meals and fast-food. Cosmetics. Fancy…
Food is Medicine with Dr. Rav: 4 Quick & Easy Breakfast Ideas
For people looking to track a “food is medicine” approach to their life, one of the hardest meals to change is breakfast. I don’t ask all my patients to cut out sugar, gluten, dairy, and eggs forever, but…