The Slimtrack Advisory Panel
All Slimtrack content, including our regular news features on nutrition and fitness, must adhere to scientific standards. In keeping with this policy we are served by an advisory panel consisting of dietician Lila Bruk and fitness expert Derek Archer.
Lila Bruk
Lila Bruk is a dietician and nutritional consultant in private practice in Illovo, Johannesburg. She has a B.Sc in Microbiology and Biochemistry and a B.Sc Medical (Honours) in Nutrition and Dietetics, both from the University of Cape Town. She also has an M. in Nutritional Sciences from Stellenbosch University in the field of body image in pre-adolescent girls. Besides Slimtrack, Lila also serves as an advisor to Fitness and Health Intelligence magazines. She has contributed general and health-related articles for the likes of O magazine, FairLady, Femina, Essentials, Marie Claire, YOU, COSMOPOLITAN and Food & Home. Her main areas of interest include nutritional management of lifestyle diseases. Lila is the chairperson of the Gauteng South branch of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA).
Derek Archer
Derek Archer is a co-director of the Institute of Fitness Professionals in Sandton. Derek has been in the fitness and health industry since 1996. He is a graduate of the University of Johannesburg (then RAU) and is a certified Personal Trainer. He is also a former fitness trainer at Moroka Swallows Football Club. He runs the Institute of Fitness Professionals with his wife, Lee Archer, who is also a fellow fitness expert.
