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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.

Barbecue special: Sizzling swaps

Barbecue special: Sizzling swaps

Dietitian Brooke Longfield shows how to sizzle your way to...

Health check: How to have stronger bones

Health check: How to have stronger bones

It’s not possible to prevent the loss of bone density...

Get well, fast… intermittent fasting for health and weight

Get well, fast… intermittent fasting for health and...

Advocates laud intermittent fasting as a weight-loss breakthrough, and scientists...

Why detoxes don’t work

Why detoxes don’t work

The 23 October 1967 issue of The New Zealand Woman’s...

Make this your year

Make this your year

Ten tips for an active new year. Welcome to the new...

Seven ways to survive the slog to Christmas

Seven ways to survive the slog to Christmas

Isn’t strange how, as you get older, time whizzes by...

Day 7: What I’ve learnt from a week of vegan eating

Day 7: What I’ve learnt from a week...

A week of vegan life is not long enough to...

10 of the best healthy gift ideas for Christmas

10 of the best healthy gift ideas for...

Christmas is coming. The supermarkets have been reminding us for...

A marathon effort

A marathon effort

Discovering a love of exercise encouraged Dunedin banker Rachael Masterton...

Hair repair

Hair repair

Is your crowning glory less than lustrous these days –...

What to eat to slow ageing

What to eat to slow ageing

Ageing is a fact of life but there are things...

Where to from here?

Where to from here?

Fitness expert Sarah Cowley challenges you to create new goals...

How to eat well while saving for a house

How to eat well while saving for a...

Saving up for a house doesn’t have to mean cutting...

Bring back the joy of eating

Bring back the joy of eating

Eating is one of life’s great pleasures but for many...

The nutrition crisis our elderly face

The nutrition crisis our elderly face

When we think of malnutrition, it brings to mind images...

Survive holiday season food traps

Survive holiday season food traps

Healthy Food Guide nutritionist Claire Turnbull has tips to keep...

From burnout to balance: Should I buy a house?

From burnout to balance: Should I buy a...

Around the time of our flag referendum, economist Bernard Hickey...

Day 6: How to eat a balanced vegan diet

Day 6: How to eat a balanced vegan...

An important thing about any special diet, vegan included, is...

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