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Our team of experts bring you evidence-based health advice you can trust, covering everything from food and nutrients, specific health and medical topics to exercise, weight loss, diet trends and mental health.

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How to cook seafood

Sarah Swain demonstrates how to prepare tasty prawns, mussels and squid. Mussels Scrub mussels in...

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Smart snack solutions

Healthy Food Guide nutritionist Claire Turnbull gives us new ideas for every snacking...

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Money-saving secrets from Grandma’s kitchen

When money's tight, it pays to look back to learn how others managed...

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How do they produce potatoes?

Kiwis love potatoes! Niki Bezzant looks at how our favourite vege is grown...

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Guide to cooking oils

HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr has a look at the oil shelf to...

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How to choose dairy food

There is a wide range of dairy food in the chiller. Some are...

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Quiz: What’s your nutrition IQ?

As a Healthy Food Guide reader, you have regular access to practical, science-based...

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Carbs, protein, fats: The new rules

Like all science, the study of nutrition is ever evolving. Senior nutritionist Rose...

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Mix and match noodle salads

Combine ingredients and flavours to make a quick and delicious meal. Step 1: Pick...

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Gardening diary: Early summer

A bit of forward planning will benefit future harvests. David Haynes explains. As winter...

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Guide to cider

Cider has a long history in the UK, France and Spain but in...

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How to choose snack bars

Nutritionist Brigid Chunn sifts through the heap of snack bars available to find...

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Enjoy Christmas without the weight gain

Keen to avoid that sinking feeling that follows a holiday spent over-indulging? Natalie...

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Eating for breastfeeding

Breastfeeding can provide optimal nutrition and health benefits for both mum and baby,...

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Gardening diary: Late spring

Late spring  is a time of great growth in your garden. David Haynes...

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Guide to tea and herbal infusions

After water, tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world. And...

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Childhood obesity

It can be difficult keeping up with making good food choices for children....

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Behind the science: AGEs — the everyday substances that age us

We all love a barbecue, but could that chargrilled meat or roasted chicken...

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