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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.

Restore your fitness

Restore your fitness

Healthy Food Guide fitness expert Sarah Cowley challenges you to...

Healthy ways to snack

Healthy ways to snack

Some snacks can contribute to expanding waistlines. Dietitian Catherine Saxelby...

Easy ways to get more iron

Easy ways to get more iron

Too little of this essential mineral can leave you feeling...

Resistance band exercises

Resistance band exercises

Healthy Food Guide fitness expert Sarah Cowley is full of...

Gut microbes: The new frontier in weight loss

Gut microbes: The new frontier in weight loss

What if an infusion of good bacteria could have a...

Raising our children not to binge drink

Raising our children not to binge drink

Paediatric dietitian Anna Richards offers ways to help young adults...

Eat to cheat brain ageing

Eat to cheat brain ageing

It’s not a myth – the right foods can supercharge...

All Blacks and Arnott’s: Association raises questions

All Blacks and Arnott’s: Association raises questions

This is one of those columns where I will probably...

What helps with asthma?

What helps with asthma?

Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways (the tubes...

Eight ways to read beyond the headlines

Eight ways to read beyond the headlines

Most of us want to be healthy and we pay...

Two nutrition trends to avoid

Two nutrition trends to avoid

In the quest for optimal health, it’s easy to be...

Flavour saviours!

Flavour saviours!

Create delectable dishes from around the world… and discover clever...

Protein: Should we be eating more?

Protein: Should we be eating more?

First, it was protein balls and shakes. Now, even some...

Why we need folate

Why we need folate

Also known as vitamin B9, or folic acid in supplement...

How foods can beat stress

How foods can beat stress

One of the best chill pills for stress may be...

Can you escape your genes?

Can you escape your genes?

How do our genes shape our health outcomes? And is...

How I danced away type 2 diabetes

How I danced away type 2 diabetes

Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes gave Yvonne Appleby a...

Obesity: A vital election issue

Obesity: A vital election issue

Three years ago, I wrote a story for Healthy Food...

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