What effect does water have on weight loss and should you also drink water while eating. Dietitian Lenny Versteegden explains. Question :You often hear that you have to drink a lot of water if you want to lose weight. Why is that? And I have another question about water:I sometimes hear that you s

Is my daughter anorexic? Its a tough question that too many parents struggle with. Should you just ask your child about it? A dietician answers. Question :My daughter (14) is strange with food. She is very slim, but suddenly doesnt want sprinkles on her bread anymore, but only apple. She drinks a

Since 1957, everyone has been given a tetanus shot. This jab will not protect you for the rest of your life. When is it wise to have a tetanus shot again? Infection Tetanus is caused by a bacterium, clostridium tetani. When this bacterium, which lives in street dirt, among other things, ends up in

We explain. Question :When I travel by plane, I always get bad earaches when I land. It shoots in and radiates to my neck. I swallow, yawn and chew gum, but nothing helps. Its much worse with me than with other people, I suspect. As a child I had tubes in my ears several times, maybe that has somet

Lumpy(s) in your breasts? Dont immediately think the worst. It can also indicate the harmless condition mastopathy. Mastopathy is a collective name for various benign complaints in your breasts. General practitioner Ingrid Kuiper:Almost one in eight women will develop breast cancer. Mastopathy is

Jolijn (35) tests for Santé The Best Diet In The World. Is her weight loss rescue near? Meet Jolijn and follow her experiences with The Best Diet In The World. Jolijn: Testers wanted for the Best Diet in the World, I read on Sante.nl. Salvation was near! I also knew that something had to be done a

Sometimes you have eaten enough, but you still feel hungry. How is that possible and what can you do about it? Question: There are days when four sandwiches for the whole day and dinner are enough, but there are also days when I seem insatiable and after six sandwiches I still dont have enough. Wh

This week the award for the best health app was presented. Check out the winning app. On one spot The app Do I need to go to the doctor? won the award and first place in the audience award. Based on a number of specific questions, the app assesses whether you should go to the doctor with your com

Do you also find Monday the hardest day of the week to get out of bed? You may be suffering from social jet lag. A survey found that 39 percent have a harder time falling asleep on Sunday evenings. It is often thought that it is due to the prospect of a new working week, but social jet lag also pl

In the past, amalgam fillings were used for cavities. When should you have them replaced with white fillings? My dentist has already advised me several times to replace my old fillings with white fillings. I doubt, because the old one doesnt bother me at all. But I hear from more and more people t

Can you restart your menstrual cycle if it is disrupted by being underweight? Question :I am a 28 year old woman. About four years ago I lost weight through a healthy diet and a lot of sports. But at some point I got lost in this. I continued to stick to the diet and exercise five or six times a we

Conscious, healthy and green living a hassle? Not at all. Meet our new bloggers Willemijn and Liselotte. With their platform BeBio , about living more consciously, they prove that it is a lot of fun. Good news:Willemijn and Liselotte will now share their tips with Sante.nl on a weekly basis. Their e

Do you hate that your parents and your partners parents give the children too much candy? Rightly so, it turns out. According to recent research, grandparents play a role in their grandchilds obesity. Children who are often cared for by grandparents are 22 percent more likely to be overweight, due

Many people find it difficult to talk to people with, for example, depression or burnout. Conversely, people sometimes say that they get inappropriate or uncomfortable reactions from their environment. It can be quite difficult for family, friends and colleagues to deal with someone with a mental

The importance of healthy eating is becoming increasingly clear to many women. 61 percent of American women consider a healthy body and healthy diet more important than a healthy relationship. 70 percent would rather her child eat healthy than her child get good grades in school. 60 percent think

It seems ideal for some, but being (too) thin is sometimes very annoying. Gaining a few pounds is often easier said than done. Dietitian Lenny Versteegden gives advice. Underweight In the past, a Body Mass Index (BMI*) of less than 20 meant you were too skinny, but nowadays the lower limit is 18

From the end of this year, every breast prosthesis will be registered. What do you think of this idea? The Dutch Society for Plastic Surgery is currently busy setting up the system. The system is being set up because of the issues surrounding the PIP implants. By registering everyone in a system,

The hiccups usually go away on their own. Impatient? Try these tips. Everyone has the hiccups from time to time; repeated, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm. It usually goes away on its own, but you can try these (not scientifically proven) tips to stop the hiccups. How to stop the hiccups

Q:My husband and I have always dreamed of having a large family. I am now 34 and we now have three children. The youngest two were born by Caesarean section. Now we really want another baby, but my gynecologist says that is not wise, because a third caesarean section would be too stressful for my bo

1 in 5 Dutch people suffer from heartburn every week. What can you do about it? Ingrid Kuiper (GP): Heartburn causes a burning sensation behind the sternum, which can rise into your throat. Heartburn problems are caused by stomach acid flowing back from the stomach into the esophagus:reflux. This