Niki Bezzant

Niki Bezzant

Founding Editor

Niki Bezzant is a writer, speaker, editor and commentator. She’s the founding editor (now editor-at-large) of Healthy Food Guide magazine, a columnist for the Herald on Sunday and a frequent contributor to broadcast media. Niki has been involved in the food media for nearly 20 years. She is currently president of Food Writers New Zealand and a proud ambassador for the Garden to Table programme which helps kids learn how to grow, cook and share food. She is a member of the Council of Directors for the True Health Initiative, a global coalition of health professionals dedicated to sharing a science-based message of what we know for sure about lifestyle and health. Niki is on the Board of the NZ Nutrition Foundation.

By Niki Bezzant

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It’s time to ditch the scales

Have you hopped on the scales yet this year? Many of us, now...

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Food labels are a minefield!

We’ve just wrapped up the January issue of Healthy Food Guide (yes, we...

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Is your diet setting you up for failure?

Recently I met a nice man who was trying to lose weight. To...

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It’s time to treat health like wealth

How important to you is your health? Stop for a minute and really...

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How do we really measure our health?

Spring’s here – so how about doing a personal health ‘warrant of fitness’?...

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CORRECTION: HbA1c levels

At Healthy Food Guide we do our best to get the facts straight...

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Go nuts for great health

October 21st is National Nut Day. It’s a good opportunity to think about...

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Paleo? Raw? Clean? What are all these diets, and should you try them?

There’s a lot of confusing information out there about nutrition, especially if you...

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Sugar – don’t forget the big picture

When it comes to healthy eating, so much is about context. I’ve been...

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We don’t have to have a fat, sick future

Well, the election is just a month away, and still the media is...

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Have our ideas about treat foods become warped?

I remember when I was a kid (and this will make me sound...

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There’s something we need to talk about…

They say it’s not a good idea to talk about religion or politics...

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What headlines tell us about healthy eating (and what they don’t)

The other day we were having a discussion in the office, when I...

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Is gluten really the problem?

Interesting research released recently suggests that the real reason many people who eat...

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Can fat make you thin?

Diet is never far from the headlines. In particular, our increasing obesity problem,...

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Are vegetarians really healthier?

An interesting piece of research came across our desk last week. A study from...

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Is protein really as bad as smoking?

If you’ve been following the news recently, you could be forgiven for feeling...

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Are you eating more than you think (without realising)?

Unless you are extraordinarily disciplined with your eating, chances are that you eat...

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