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Our team of experts bring you evidence-based health advice you can trust, covering everything from food and nutrients, specific health and medical topics to exercise, weight loss, diet trends and mental health.

Fact or fiction: Your blood type affects the food you can eat

Fact or fiction: Your blood type affects the...

This diet plan became quite popular – but is it really...

How to use avocado

How to use avocado

This rich, creamy fruit is used for everything from guacamole...

Help: My toddler won’t eat

Help: My toddler won’t eat

Most toddlers go through stages of eating less food, but...

Extreme makeover: White and cheese sauces

Extreme makeover: White and cheese sauces

Traditional white and cheese sauces can add a lot of...

Stopping the weight gain: Menopause

Stopping the weight gain: Menopause

Menopause is well known as being a time when weight...

Breastfeeding mums: Eating for maximum energy

Breastfeeding mums: Eating for maximum energy

When it comes to feeding and nurturing your baby, nutritionist...

Fact or fiction: Homogenised milk is bad for you

Fact or fiction: Homogenised milk is bad for...

This one crops up sometimes on the Internet. Is it...

Artificial and natural sweeteners

Artificial and natural sweeteners

Depending on who you talk to, artificial sweeteners are a...

Healthy habits that could be harming you

Healthy habits that could be harming you

We’re always hearing health advice and ‘rules’ for eating healthily....

Health assessment: Margaret

Health assessment: Margaret

Our nutrition and exercise expert looks at Margaret's eating and...

Tips for getting kids to eat fruit and vegetables

Tips for getting kids to eat fruit and...

Fruit and veges are inexpensive, healthy and delicious and too...

Overcoming weight-loss roadblocks

Overcoming weight-loss roadblocks

Nutritionist Bronwen King has advice for those times in the...

Foods to boost vitamin A

Foods to boost vitamin A

How much? Vitamin A comes as pre-formed vitamin A (often called...

Get moving!

Get moving!

Time to shake off some weight? Here are some ideas...

Why you should eat kumara

Why you should eat kumara

In New Zealand, kumara is an age-old crop which remains...

What to do with Asian greens

What to do with Asian greens

Not sure what to do with Asian greens? Here are...

The ethical cook: What to do with food waste

The ethical cook: What to do with food...

In New Zealand, around 40% of the average household's waste...

How your hormones affect your health

How your hormones affect your health

Eating well, exercising and still struggling to slim down? If...

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