Special wellness issue
* Winter 2015
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wellness
Sugar:
From farm to
fun
are you addicted?
Healthy holidays outdoors
Gym special The power of group classes
win
Mango flights worth R5 000!
Master the gym floor
money: break your bad habits
food: sustainable fish recipes
home: detox your living space
travel: sunshine in the south of France
editor’s letter
Welcome
W
inter is not just on its way, it’s here… So time to focus on your health as the chill sets in. Here’s a sneak peek of what you can expect from our annual wellness edition of Reality. With health at the forefront, we’ve gone BIG on exercise: check out our guide to getting started at the gym (pg 3) and read about cool new group training options (pg 14). Plus, find out whether your home is healthy (pg 8) and tackle your financial fitness in our bad money habits feature (pg 9). You also can’t be healthy if you’re not relaxed. So be inspired by our travel features this issue: try out a local wellness retreat (pg 12), get back to nature at a farm stay (pg 4) or escape the winter chill with a magical trip to the south of France (pg 6). Enjoy! Jane Smith Editor
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WELLNESS 03 Master the gym floor TRAVEL 04 Down on the farm 06 A sun-kissed corner of France
HOME 08 Detox your home MONEY 09 Tackle your bad money habits and prosper
WIN 10 Mango tickets valued at R5 000
TRAVEL 12 Go well WELLNESS 14 Exercise loves company TASTE 16 ‘Green’ fish 18 On the web 20 Contact us
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Master the gym floor Get the most out of your training time with our quick guide – consider it a gym GPS. By Michael Harrison 1. Plan – get appropriate gym kit
2. Fuel up properly – eat before you train and as soon as possible after a session
3. Do some recon – become familiar with the training area
4. Circuits for the win – use the gym timer to work your way round a circuit
5. Rise of the machine – use the weight machines
6. Remember your gym manners – be considerate
7. Don’t touch me on my studio – join a class to stay motivated
8. Keep it exciting – change things up to avoid boredom
60 The limit (in minutes) of your workout length. Train for longer, and you start to cannibalise muscle tissue for energy if you aren’t getting in any protein and carb fuel. Source: Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
USE YOUR SANLAM REALITY BENEFIT Train for less at Planet Fitness with your Sanlam Reality benefit. Join now and pay no activation fee – that’s an immediate saving of R850! Find out how to join at www.sanlamreality.co.za.
farm Down on the
1. Penwarn Country Lodge KwaZulu-Natal
2. RiverStill Guest Farm North West Province
3. S pringbuck Lodge Eastern Cape
travel
Pack a big straw hat and your trendiest dungarees‌ and head for the platteland. Staying on a farm can offer an informal, outdoorsy holiday that’s affordable and great for families. Justin Fox visits five special ones.
USE YOUR SANLAM REALITY BENEFIT Hit the open road and travel into the countryside with Tempest Car Hire. As a Sanlam Reality member, you pay from as little as R199 per day, including unlimited mileage. Find out more at www.sanlamreality.co.za.
4. Boschendal Estate Western Cape
5. K uilfontein Farm Northern Cape
A sun-kissed corner of
FRANCE If you’ve set your travelling sights on the south of France, your two best options are glamming it up on the coast, or heading for the hills. Justin Fox picks his favourite nooks of the French Riviera and Provence’s back country.
travel
The air is shrill with cicadas, and the occasional helicopter making a breakfast run for croissants from the deck of an anchored superyacht.
T
he French Riviera holds an irresistible allure. With it’s postcard beaches and warm sea, olive groves and vineyards, medieval towns and tangled alleyways, travellers have been drawn to its beauty for centuries. The Riviera stretches from
Nice to Monaco along a spectacular coast, with cliffs plunging into the sea, vertigoinducing roads, secret coves, hilltop villages and some of the best cuisine in the world. It can be expensive, but it’s one of those places you’ve got to visit at least once in a lifetime.
Getting there and around You’ll need a Schengen visa if you’re on a South African passport. Nice and Marseille airports have daily flights to and from major hubs such as Paris and London. Check out www.travelstart.co.za for good deals on flights, especially with budget airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet. All the top car-hire brands (Avis, Hertz, Europcar) have outlets at the main airports and towns.
USE YOUR SANLAM REALITY BENEFIT Heading overseas? Reality Plus members can enjoy free access to the Bidvest Premier Lounge at SA’s major airports – don’t forget to use your voucher codes received via email to get access.
home
Detox your home
Are we unwittingly turning our homes into toxic traps? Gillian Warren-Brown takes a closer look at the chemicals and other nasties that can affect your family’s health, and offers some alternatives. Why not give these options a try? Cleaning agents • White vinegar or cider vinegar mixed with water in a spray bottle will do a great job of cleaning most surfaces and killing certain bacteria. • Bicarbonate of soda is an effective oven cleaner and removes odours from your home, and half a cup mixed in a bucket of water works well for cleaning tile floors.
Pesticides • To keep mosquitoes at bay, burn citronella or lemongrass scented candles or essential oils. • Spray ants and cockroaches with soapy water or sprinkle diatomaceous earth (from a home or garden centre) in insect hideouts.
money
prosper
Tackle your bad money habits and
Bad money habits can mean the difference between gnashing your teeth during sleepless nights and forging ahead in life. Helen Ueckermann explains how to aim for the latter. For richer or poorer if you are married or living with someone, use the power of two to get ahead financially: • Define your shared money goals. This leads to peace of mind and a healthier relationship. • Stick to your money plan. Life happens and you need to adjust to unexpected or planned changes. A plan reminds you of your aims and how to reach them. Update your financial plan annually to make sure you’re still on track towards reaching your dreams. • Share the costs. From purchasing a home to going grocery shopping, combining incomes and sharing expenses make life easier. • Discuss your needs. Both partners need to be involved in decisionmaking to avoid disappointment and bitterness later on.
USE YOUR SANLAM REALITY BENEFIT Want to take control of your finances? Then it’s time to talk to a financial adviser – call 0860 732 5489 and our agents will put you in touch with one.
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Go well
Among its many benefits, travel keeps us young and healthy. Tracy Melass tracks down some of the best spots to go, whether it’s for personal R&R, family bonding or much-needed couple time.
USE YOUR SANLAM REALITY BENEFIT Get away from it all for less by using your travel benefits. Save up to 35% on Mango flights anywhere in SA. Find out more at www.sanlamreality.co.za.
travel
1. Mount Grace Country House & Spa (Magaliesburg, Gauteng)
2. Anysberg Nature Reserve (Klein Karoo)
3. K ruger National Park (Mpumalanga)
5. T he High Rustenberg Hydro (Stellenbosch, Western Cape)
6. T emenos Retreat Centre (McGregor, Western Cape)
7. R ocktail Beach Camp (Northern KZN)
4. iKhayalamafu Mountain 8. W hale Trail (Overberg region, Southern Cape) Hideaway (Champagne Valley, KZN)
Exercise loves
company
Use the latest group training trends to become healthier, fitter and happier‌ Here are two of the options Michael Harrison suggests. More in the full article.
wellness
Running
Spinning
If you love the feel of your feet hitting tar or trail, but need some group motivation, then consider joining the Park Run phenomenon (www.parkrun.co.za). It’s taken off quickly globally, and it offers a free plan to get into decent running shape. Every week a 5km time trial is held around the country in parks and open community areas – all you need to do is sign up and they’ll provide your times each time you take part.
For cyclists, mountain bikers and triathletes who can’t get their two-wheeled fix in the outdoors – or just want an intense, quick leg-burning session – there are a few gym options to get your cadence and heart rate up. Planet Fitness has its popular RPM classes and Virgin Active offers daily spinning classes. Either way, you get a high-paced energetic workout combined with motivational music that’ll leave you breathless (and with shaky legs).
‘Green’ fish Who thought a recipe book could be both responsible and entertaining? Well, Star Fish is: responsible because all the recipes use only the top 10 most sustainable fish species off the SA Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) green list, and entertaining because Daisy Jones’ quirky style turns everything into an adventure.
Exclusive to Sanlam Reality members
ONE OF FIVE COPIES OF STAR FISH
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Daisy Jones uses only the top 10 most sustainable fish in a wide range of tasty meals. Her book is available at most bookstores. Sanlam Reality and Quivertree Publications are offering five members the chance to win a copy of Star Fish. Simply SMS the word FISH to 31108 with your name and membership number before the closing date of 1 September 2015. Standard SMS rates apply. You can also email promotions@sanlamreality.co.za using the subject line ‘FISH’.
USE YOUR SANLAM REALITY BENEFIT Feel like seafood? Try one of the more than 500 Sanlam Reality-listed restaurants for a fix of fish. Reality Plus members save up to R120 on a second main meal ordered. Book on www.sanlamreality.co.za.
taste
Hake bobotie Serves 6 500g hake (or other white fish) 1 thick slice white bread 200ml milk 65ml butter 1 large onion, coarsely chopped Juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp curry powder 2 tbsp seedless raisins 2 tbsp chopped blanched almonds (or almond nibs) 1 tsp salt Milled pepper 2 large eggs 2 bay or lemon leaves
If the hake is uncooked or frozen, steam it until it’s just cooked through. Preheat oven to 190°C. Flake the cooked hake and place in a bowl. Soak bread in the milk. Melt butter and sauté onion for 5 minutes, or until transparent. Add the lemon juice, curry powder, raisins, almonds, salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute. Add hake. Squeeze the milk from the bread and reserve it. Add bread to fish mixture and combine well. Beat eggs, add reserved milk and blend well. Pour fish mixture into a medium-sized, greased ovenproof dish. Pour egg mixture over the top with the bay or lemon leaves. Bake for 35 minutes or until custard is set.
STAR FISH IS PUBLISHED BY QUIVERTREE PUBLICATIONS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY CRAIG FRASER.
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Go to www.sanlamreality.co.za and log in using your Sanlam Reality membership number or your ID number; then select the ‘Nu Metro Movies’ benefit tab.
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