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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.

The pleasure principle

The pleasure principle

Our environment is saturated with delicious food. Don’t beat yourself...

Meals in a flash using frozen and canned vegetables

Meals in a flash using frozen and canned...

Canned and frozen vegetables are time and money-savers when you...

The sleep diet

The sleep diet

Our hectic modern lives mean we are sleeping less than...

Pregnancy myths

Pregnancy myths

Pregnancy is an incredible journey and a time when you...

Essential nutrients your family could be missing

Essential nutrients your family could be missing

Research shows that popping vitamin and mineral supplements isn’t necessary...

10 years of nutrition trends

10 years of nutrition trends

Nothing in science stands still, and that’s certainly true of...

Explore the Mediterranean

Explore the Mediterranean

Dip into this traditional cuisine and reap lifelong rewards. Stephanie...

The allergy epidemic

The allergy epidemic

About one in 10 New Zealand children has a food...

Too healthy for your own good

Too healthy for your own good

There’s an increasing trend to stick to a rigid ‘healthy’...

10 things I’ve learnt

10 things I’ve learnt

Healthy Food Guide is 10 years old this year. I’m...

How to choose potatoes

How to choose potatoes

Potatoes are inexpensive, readily available and one of the most...

Shopping for cooking oils

Shopping for cooking oils

Which oils should you use for what cooking, and which...

Gut and mood: The surprising connections

Gut and mood: The surprising connections

Boasting a huge network of nerve cells, your gut literally...

10 years of nutrition myths

10 years of nutrition myths

An interesting feature of the past decade has been the...

Chewing the fat

Chewing the fat

With supporters of popular diets such as Paleo and LCHF...

New mums: The first weeks, how to stay healthy when your world changes

New mums: The first weeks, how to stay...

Is there anything more life-changing than caring for a new...

Beware of the bubble

Beware of the bubble

How can the average person decipher science-ish sounding information in...

A guide to antioxidants

A guide to antioxidants

Heard all the chat about antioxidants and free radicals and...

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