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Health and medical - Inside your body

Yum yum umami

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

Can you escape your genes?

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

Eat your way to a longer life

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

The facts on fatty liver disease

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

Your amazing digestive system

Dietitian Katrina Pace explains how your digestive system processes food.Did...

Smoking drops in NZ adults – data

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

Eating well when you’re in pain

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

Can you be healthy at any weight?

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

Eating to ease the pain of arthritis

Nutritionist Bronwen King offers practical advice to bring some relief...

Inflammation: What’s the buzz?

Inflammation is a buzzword right now and its shadowy presence...

Can food really be medicine?

With an ever-increasing interest in natural health and nutrition, the...

ASK THE EXPERTS

Ask the experts: The candida diet

Q. “I've been told I have candida and I've been given...