René Janse van Rensburg
B.Dietetics (UP), PG DIP DM (USW), Dipl in Magazine Journalism (SAWC)

As the owner and founder of Midwell Dietitians, Rene qualified at the University of Pretoria with a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics. Her passion for diabetes and scientific information, led her to complete a post graduate diploma in diabetes, through the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. This certified her to become a Diabetes Educator for various Medical Companies and she is affiliated with Diabetes Educators Society of South Africa (DESSA).  She is also a registered Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology (CDE) provider.

She is qualified to perform Vitality Nutrition Consultations and DNAlysis nutrigenomic assessments. Rene is committed to science based care and is a member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and the Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA),.

She is a certified and published magazine journalist as well as yoga and spinning instructor. As co-owner of CrossFit Artaxes in Middelburg, René is passionate about an all-round healthy lifestyle.  As a wife and a mother of three wonderful, curious little boys, she knows that life can get busy, but making the right lifestyle choices always pays off.

Midwell Dietitians is also offering prenatal classes, as René has a keen interest in the prenatal, postnatal and lactation arena.   She is currently completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Perinatal Care through WITS University,