Well Wednesday

As food technology reshapes everything from what we eat to how we track our health, a quieter but equally important question is emerging. Are we moving forward while leaving our food heritage behind? From personalised nutrition and AI-powered health tracking to gut health, functional foods and sustainable eating, the global food conversation is evolving rapidly. But as South Africa marks Heritage Month this September, the real question is whether African diets should be more deeply rooted in our local environment, indigenous foods, cultural traditions and natural rhythms.

Registered Dietitian and "The Urban Dietitian" Mbali Mapholi joins the show to unpack the latest forces reshaping our plates and to make the case for why going forward might actually mean looking back. Because sometimes the most powerful nutrition advice is not found in the latest app or supplement, but in the wisdom of what our grandmothers already knew.