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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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Ask the experts: Cheese and trans fat

Q: "I have been happily making more vegetarian meals, which...

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Ask the experts: Storing coffee

Q: "Some years ago we were told to store ground...

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Ask the experts: Body composition

Q: "What are the different techniques available for working out...

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Ask the experts: Dinner and exercise

Q: "Growing up, I was regularly told of the importance...

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Ask the experts: Old fridges

Q: "I have an old fridge, and it has recently...

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In season mid-summer: Blueberries, radishes

Blueberries This summer fruit is available right up until April, but...

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In season early autumn: Apricots

Apricots are harvested in New Zealand from late December through...

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In season late summer: Cucumbers

There are several varieties of cucumber: English/common, telegraph, apple, Lebanese...

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In season early winter: Navel oranges

Oranges are such a staple fruit in New Zealand that...

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In season early winter: Yams

These funny-looking knobbly tubers may not be the most attractive...

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In season late autumn: Passionfruit

Buying Look for deep-purple coloured skins as these are most ripe...

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In season late autumn: Leeks

Buying Choose leeks with medium-sized stems. Look for fresh green tops...

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Tips to prolong the shelf-life of food

A recent New Zealand survey of 1000 New Zealanders revealed...

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In season mid-autumn: Nashi

In New Zealand, speckled and yellowy-green nashi are commonly grown...

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In season mid-autumn: Turnips

Compared to the larger, yellow or orange-fleshed swede, the turnip...

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Are you really getting your five-plus-a-day? (And how...

By now, most people have received the five-plus-a-day message loud...

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In season early autumn: Celery, celeriac

Celery belongs to the plant genus Umbelliferae, along with carrots...

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In season early autumn: Apples

Buying Look for firm unblemished fruit with rich colouring. A damaged...

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