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Lifestyle and environment - Myths

Fact or fiction? Health and nutrition myths busted by HFG experts.

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Fact or fiction: Oil is carcinogenic

Does cooking with olive oil change the oil and turn...

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Will foods high in cholesterol give me high...

If your cholesterol levels are normal, will eating foods high...

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Fact or fiction: I’m overweight because I have...

Many of us would love to think this was true....

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Fact or fiction: Your blood type affects the...

This diet plan became quite popular – but is it really...

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Fact or fiction: Homogenised milk is bad for...

This one crops up sometimes on the Internet. Is it...

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Fact or fiction: Wheatgrass

Is a shot of wheatgrass really the same as eating...

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Fact or fiction: Taking vitamins gives you energy

Vitamins give you energy – but will taking extra vitamins make...

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Fact or fiction: Hair test for food allergies

Can you test for food allergies via kinesiology or hair...

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Naughty or nice? The startling truth about everyday...

Nutritionist Rose Car has good (and bad) news on the...

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Fact or fiction: Meat rots in your gut

Does meat take longer than other foods to digest, and...

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Fact or fiction: Don’t eat protein and carbs...

Q We've heard that you shouldn't eat protein and carbs...

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Fact or fiction: You need to detox

You need to detox to clear toxins from your body...

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Fact or fiction: Additives banned overseas are used...

It's a commonly-held belief that some food additives banned overseas...

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Fact or fiction: Raw vegetables are better than...

Nutritionist Glen Cardwell talks about raw versus cooked vegetables in...

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Traditional remedies: Do they work?

Nutritionist Rose Carr investigates whether certain foods live up to...

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Fact or fiction: Microwaving plastic

Do plastic containers become toxic when you put them in...

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Fact or fiction: Freezing plastic

Can dioxins be released by freezing water in plastic bottles? There's...

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For better digestion, don’t combine protein and starch?

Senior nutritionist looks into the validity of the claim that...

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