Advice

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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Are we scared to be hungry?

I recently had an interesting conversation along these lines with our team of...

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Is your job making you fat?

Whether night-shift work is a necessity or a lifestyle choice, the altered sleep...

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Double your kid’s nutrition

All we want is for our children to be healthy, right? But getting...

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Winter bugs: Your best defence policy

You wake up with a tickle in your throat and it hurts to...

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What’s your body trying to tell you?

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

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Are you eating for health or eating for weight loss?

Registered nutritionist Nicola Jackson shares her thoughts on the difference between eating for...

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Ask the experts: Reduced-fat foods and added sugar

Q. I have heard that products that are fat-reduced have had sugar added...

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Below the line: Poor choice or poverty of choice?

I spent a week of last month hungry. Not starving, tummy-rumbling, painful hungry,...

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Build better immunity: The secret weapon of a healthy gut

Dietitian Katrina Pace looks at the role our gut bacteria play in helping...

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Are the naysayers milking it? Full fat vs low fat

Are dairy products good for your health or linked to issues such as...

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How to boost fertility and what to eat when you’re expecting

Nutrition plays a vital role in healthy conception and pregnancy. Dietitian Melanie McGrice...

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Open wide: We’re looking at mouth ulcers

Lots of us get them, but it’s often unclear why. GP Dawn Harper...

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Menopausal symptoms… talk about a hot topic!

For any woman enduring the double trouble of hot flushes and night sweats,...

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Fussy eater to foodie: How to turn an unadventurous eater around

It’s not just toddlers turning up their noses at your healthy meal offerings....

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It’s a wrap!

Stop worrying about lunches, wrap your laughing gear around these. Tuna and corn wrap In...

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Eat slowly and lose weight

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

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Iron and protein values of common vegetarian foods

Here's a handy quick-reference guide to the amount of protein and iron present...

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A simple guide to antioxidants

Antioxidants are molecules that can delay or inhibit cellular damage by free radicals....
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