Tabitha Hume
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Tabitha Hume is a registered dietician, having completed the full 5 years of dietetics study and gained a BScNutrition and Dietetics from UCT in 1995.
Tabitha Hume is the author of several best selling books which are available for download in a PDF eBook format.

She owns and runs a private practice in Fourways, Johannesburg, giving private consultations to patients. She has also published the best-seller in the Czech Republic (see Dieta X) Tabitha now practices, consults to the media, writes and lectures with an affable chutzpah that is both catchy and welcoming. Tabitha has the natural ability to take complicated, medical and physiological information and turn it into fun, easy-to-understand metaphors, finally allowing the layperson to understand the body and how to feed it. While still losing body fat, stabilising blood sugar levels and lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. Where else can you find a weight-loss lifestyle that includes Spaghetti Bolognese, bangers and mash, creamed spinach or banana custard? All of Tabitha’s recipes have been tried and tested (on men over 50 years ensuring that the meals pass the test of even the most fussy eaters!!) Losing weight, reducing cholesterol levels and controlling blood sugar levels are finally possible with Tabitha’s practical translation way of eating very low fat and Low GI. It is characterised by insulin resistance, and leads to many health problems that used to be treated individually. Now we know that they can all develop from the same insulin malfunction, and as such, we can now treat the insulin, and treat the many diseases. It uses the principles of NOT controlling calories as a thrust, but rather placing emphasis on how to control insulin production (and thus treat all of the disorders from the source). Plenty of fresh fruits, salads, vegetables and fat free dairy products. The current obesity problem in the world today is an epidemic, and much of the problems are caused by inactivity and high-calorie, fatty diets. However, it is also becoming widely accepted that the development of obesity is a multi-facetted problem, including abnormalities of hormones, genetics, appetite control, psychological and psychiatric (brain chemical) problems. It is for this reason, that Tabitha works very closely with doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists and biokineticists. Most people who have dieted many, many times before, have usually NOT been to a metabolically-trained registered dietician, but have visited doctors, weight loss clubs, personal trainers or nutritionists. Unfortunately, none of these people are trained to treat disorders in a dietetic capacity (otherwise they would be registered dieticians, not nutritionists! This approach works very effectively in the short-term, but is being shown to lead to long-term complications in insulin control, diabetes and obesity, as well as certain depression and anxiety problems. Healing the body, brain and mind so that weight loss/plasma sugar or cholesterol levels are controlled in the long-term. Teaching practical lifestyle skills to empower the patient to live the lifestyle easily and with knowledge behind WHY the changes are required. These skills include label-reading, cooking methods and recipes, dining out, visiting friends and entertaining. The X Diet returns the sexiness and fun to food, eating and health, and makes it easy, quick and manageable to live a slim, healthy and social lifestyle whilst maintaining weight, plasma sugar levels, cholesterol and moods like a Pro! She outlines why she is so excited about what she does and the success she has in her practice.