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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.

Eat well, spend less: Shopping lists

Eat well, spend less: Shopping lists

We explain the benefits to the wallet of having a...

Turn your family into healthy snackers

Turn your family into healthy snackers

Ideas and help on getting the whole family into healthy...

Overweight or obese children: Foods to choose and avoid

Overweight or obese children: Foods to choose and...

For children to get all the nutrients they need for...

Fighting cancer: Nutrition can help

Fighting cancer: Nutrition can help

Strategies and nutrition information on how to help fight through...

HFG guide to fruit and vege juice

HFG guide to fruit and vege juice

Nutritionist Rose Carr investigates what goes into juices, and which...

The secrets of eating out healthily: Decoding the menu

The secrets of eating out healthily: Decoding the...

Even the most health-conscious of us can be caught out...

Eat well, spend less: Christmas

Eat well, spend less: Christmas

Christmas can be such an expensive time. We show you...

Soy: The bottom line

Soy: The bottom line

Soy is often reported to have both beneficial and harmful...

What to do with filo pastry

What to do with filo pastry

Never used filo before? We help you expand your repertoire. The...

Fact or fiction: Additives banned overseas are used here

Fact or fiction: Additives banned overseas are used...

It's a commonly-held belief that some food additives banned overseas...

Fact or fiction: Raw vegetables are better than cooked

Fact or fiction: Raw vegetables are better than...

Nutritionist Glen Cardwell talks about raw versus cooked vegetables in...

Kids in the kitchen: Mother’s Day

Kids in the kitchen: Mother’s Day

Check out these easy, delicious ideas for treating your fantastic...

What’s really in your food?

What’s really in your food?

The term ‘food additive’ makes us think of scientists in...

Do older people need supplements?

Do older people need supplements?

As well as vitamin D and B12, the B vitamins,...

Top tips to transform your teen!

Top tips to transform your teen!

This article was written by Otago University nutrition student Jessica...

How to beat insomnia

How to beat insomnia

We reveal the culprits behind insomnia, the associated health risks,...

Turning over a new leaf

Turning over a new leaf

As much as $4 a bag in the shops, homegrown...

Sprout your own seeds

Sprout your own seeds

Alfalfa, mung bean, adzuki... with only a couple of tablespoons...

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