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Healthy Food Guide staff

Our team of experts bring you accurate, evidence-based and balanced information about healthy eating, plus delicious, nutrition packed recipes.

By Healthy Food Guide staff

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Health check chart

Print and fill out this handy chart each week to...

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Honey trap

Did you know the New Zealand Government has only just...

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Everyday choices: Vegetarian or traditional big breakfast?

Having a big breakfast at home or at a café...

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What’s the deal with seaweed?

What is it? There are hundreds of edible varieties of seaweed...

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How much sugar is in your drink?

When you knock back a fizzy drink, unless it’s a...

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How to choose kids’ breakfast cereals

Sending our kids to school on a full stomach sets...

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Portion distortion: Date scones

A delicious date scone is tempting when eating out, but...

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In season mid-autumn: Kiwiberry, butternut squash, Jerusalem artichoke

Kiwiberry As the name suggests, kiwiberries look similar to their kiwifruit...

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Try this: Sunflower seeds

Overshadowed by vogue-ish chia, affordable ‘plain Jane’ sunflower seeds are...

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Low carb vs low fat – it’s a...

New research adds to the body of evidence that neither...

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Brain-boosting yellow foods

Research at the University of Illinois has found that children...

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Probiotic promise for pregnancy complications

Probiotics taken during pregnancy at specific times potentially help lower...

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Home workouts just as good as gym

You don’t have to join the gym to live longer,...

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Super ’shrooms

Mushrooms contain higher levels of two antioxidant compounds, known as...

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Danger in your drink?

If you know an energy-drink-loving teen, it could be time...

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Wine glass size on the rise

Feel like you’re drinking more wine than you were a...

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Tipping the scales on diabetes

Could a strict energy-controlled diet really kick type 2 diabetes...

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Five reasons to eat in colour

Eating a rainbow of coloured foods maximises the variety of...

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