{"id":9617,"date":"2022-10-10T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/durban\/?p=9617"},"modified":"2022-10-25T21:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:11:11","slug":"fresh-samfa-so-many-good-outcomes-october-is-powerful-in-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/durban\/fresh-samfa-so-many-good-outcomes-october-is-powerful-in-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh mushrooms, so many good outcomes: October is Powerful in Pink!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One pink punnet of fresh mushrooms \u2026 so many good outcomes!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Science is on the side of the good guys with research increasingly showing that healthy food really is happy food. So, the South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association is delighted to power up the positives of living this October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, by helping more, giving more and supporting more by buying and adding fresh mushrooms to more of our meals!<\/p>\n

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As you know, The South African Mushroom Farmers\u2019 Association (SAMFA)\u2019s Power of Pink campaign has been running for well over 10 years with a simple objective\u2026. to donate to the much-loved NGO, Reach for Recovery in support of their Ditto Project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And, as they do every year, they invite you once again to do your bit by simply popping into any Pick n Pay store nationally where you\u2019ll find pink punnets of fresh mushrooms. R1 from each punnet purchased goes to the Ditto Project, which provides breast prostheses to cancer survivors who can\u2019t afford them.<\/p>\n

One pink punnet of fresh mushrooms \u2026 so many good outcomes!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We particularly love this recent study, conducted at the University of Kent and the University of Reading, which indicates that it\u2019s not the sneaky chips and chocolates that bring us happiness; it found that uplifting your own health by eating good-for-you mushrooms, fresh vegetables and fruit, and taking part in regular exercise, can indeed make you a happier (and healthier) person! In fact, the research says that an overall balanced and healthy lifestyle is the best defense against developing diseases like breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Even better is loads of findings around the globe that indicate that when you are kind, giving, generous and supportive towards other people, it\u2019s good for your own health and mood! And that\u2019s what the Power of Pink campaign offers all of us every year; a chance to reevaluate, a chance to take care of ourselves physically and a chance to do good to others!<\/p>\n

\u201cReach for Recovery\u2019s overall mission is to provide emotional and practical support to every breast cancer patient who needs it,\u201d says Reach for Recovery\u2019s National Management Board Chairperson, Stephn\u00e9 Jacobs.<\/span><\/p>\n