About Me

Hello,

my name is Axel Brandt. Yes, you guessed it right: a typical German name. Indeed, I am a German passport holder but lived more outside of Germany’s frontiers than inside.  After working my butt off climbing the corporate career ladder, I left the rat race after 15 years (18 years ago) and emigrated to the fairest cape (Cape Town – South Africa) to follow my life long passion for health and fitness.

Together with my wife, I developed and managed ten years ago South Africa’s first upmarket holistic Wellness Center. One of it’s major services soon became dieting and detoxification, which is no surprise in view of the fact that over 50% of South Africa’s population – similar to the U.S. – is overweight or obese.

Therefore, to find solutions to this growing, epidemic problem and helping people made not only perfect business sense but at the same time motivated me to walk my talk: today my weight is again the same as 40 years ago – 82 kg at 189 cm (6’2″), body fat between 15% and 18% . How do I do it? With some proper understanding of how nutrition affects well-being and body weight/fat, by adjusting my eating patterns accordingly and with regular physical exercise.

I hope my blog can inspire the one or other reader to apply a similar principle.  A suitable, successful diet can become the motivator and turning point for a new lifestyle and leading to more joyful living. And that’s what this blog is all about in the first place!