Health and medical - Inside your body

What’s going on inside your body? How to keep your body happy by eating healthy.

What a normal period is like (and 3 foods that can help)

What a normal period is like (and 3...

Menstruation is a bodily function as ordinary as any other...

10 ways to reset your gut health

10 ways to reset your gut health

Gut bacteria, microbiome, probiotics… what do they mean for our daily...

Optimise your body clock

Optimise your body clock

Most of us aren’t aware of how much effect sleep,...

Are you skinny fat?

Are you skinny fat?

You might look like you’re the picture of the health...

Yum yum umami

Yum yum umami

HFG editor-at-large Niki Bezzant takes a trip around our taste...

What’s your body trying to tell you?

What’s your body trying to tell you?

Sometimes, deciphering symptoms is a no-brainer: an itch that’s caused...

Eat slowly and lose weight

Eat slowly and lose weight

Are you a speed eater? Tim Crowe explains why slowly...

Autoimmune disease: What to do when your body fights itself

Autoimmune disease: What to do when your body...

An autoimmune disease is a condition where our own immune...

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...

What arthritis is and what can help ease the pain

What arthritis is and what can help ease...

Today is World Arthritis Day, an awareness day for rheumatic...

Vitamin B3 helps prevent miscarriage and birth defects in mice study

Vitamin B3 helps prevent miscarriage and birth defects...

A study using mice has shown that adequate levels of...

Can you escape your genes?

Can you escape your genes?

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

Eat your way to a longer life

Eat your way to a longer life

You may have never heard of telomeres but, given their...

The facts on fatty liver disease

The facts on fatty liver disease

What is fatty liver disease and how can you protect...

How your digestive system works

How your digestive system works

Dietitian Katrina Pace explains how your digestive system works to...

Smoking drops in NZ adults – data

Smoking drops in NZ adults – data

The number of regular adult smokers in New Zealand has...

Eating well when you’re in pain

Eating well when you’re in pain

In the grip of constant pain, it can be hard...

Can you be healthy at any weight?

Can you be healthy at any weight?

Imagine a world where the bathroom scales no longer exist,...