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Health and medical - Heart

Expert advice on healthy eating and exercise to protect and improve your heart health.

Sugar – should we stop eating it?

Sugar – should we stop eating it?

Everyone’s talking about sugar at the moment. It comes in...

Where’s salt really hiding – and is some salt healthier?

Where’s salt really hiding – and is some...

Like many people, I am a lover of savoury, salty...

Ask the experts: The sodium-potassium balancing act

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Ask the experts: The sodium-potassium balancing act

HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr investigates the lesser-known, but equally...

Ask the experts: Potassium for heart health

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Ask the experts: Potassium for heart health

Q: "I have recently learned that as well as reducing...

Ask the experts: Chocolate to reduce cholesterol

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Ask the experts: Chocolate to reduce cholesterol

Q: "News reports recently quoted research from the American Heart...

Ask the experts: Blood pressure

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Ask the experts: Blood pressure

Q: "I am looking for ways to lower my husband's...

Ask the experts: Raw nuts

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Ask the experts: Raw nuts

Q: "I've been hearing a lot about eating raw nuts...

Ask the experts: Saturated fat and heart disease

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Ask the experts: Saturated fat and heart disease

Q: "I've heard people say there's no evidence that saturated...

Ask the experts: Indigestion

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Ask the experts: Indigestion

HFG senior nutritonist Rose Carr answers questions about indigestion. Q: Is...

Metabolic syndrome: Could you have it and not know it?

Metabolic syndrome: Could you have it and not...

Nutritionist Bronwen King explains an increasingly common issue that many...

10 easy ways to lower your cholesterol every day

10 easy ways to lower your cholesterol every...

Nutritionist Zoe Wilson shows us 10 easy things we can...

A grain of salt

A grain of salt

It’s our most common food additive and some say the...

Citrus fruit

Citrus fruit

We all know citrus fruits contain a good amount of...

Get your omega-3 from fish

Get your omega-3 from fish

Nutritionist Rose Carr explains why we need to include omega-3...

What your body is trying to tell you: Body signs you shouldn’t ignore

What your body is trying to tell you:...

HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr delves into some of the...

Measuring heart health

Measuring heart health

Part 2 of the 3-part series on measuring your health. While...

How does your heart health rate?

How does your heart health rate?

How is your heart health? Take the National Heart Foundation's...

Heart to heart

Heart to heart

Heart disease kills one New Zealander every 90 minutes yet...

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