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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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Behind the science: Getting your gut back to normal

HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr has advice for those suffering from tummy trouble. For...

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Quiz: Is your diet ageing you?

The foods you eat can help you hold back the years. Take our...

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Should you detox?

It’s about this time that we start to see some familiar headlines: a...

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Is there a perfect diet?

There are a lot of diets and eating ‘lifestyles’ that claim to be...

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Fuel for school!

With these nutritious lunchbox ideas kids will stay healthy and have more than...

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Don’t believe the hype

While carefully curated websites and blogs promote ‘beautiful’ lives, endless positivity and share...

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Behind the science: Alkaline diets

What are alkaline diets and is there anything in it for us? HFG...

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How to be sugar smart

Does sugar deserve all the negative publicity it gets? Can sugar be included...

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Your guide to bread

Once a household staple, bread has been singled out as the villain by...

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The pleasure principle

Our environment is saturated with delicious food. Don’t beat yourself up when enjoying...

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Meals in a flash using frozen and canned vegetables

Canned and frozen vegetables are time and money-savers when you need to put...

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The sleep diet

Our hectic modern lives mean we are sleeping less than ever before. We...

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Pregnancy myths

Pregnancy is an incredible journey and a time when you experience ups and...

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Essential nutrients your family could be missing

Research shows that popping vitamin and mineral supplements isn’t necessary if you’re eating...

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10 years of nutrition trends

Nothing in science stands still, and that’s certainly true of the science of...

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Explore the Mediterranean

Dip into this traditional cuisine and reap lifelong rewards. Stephanie Osfield reports on...

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The allergy epidemic

About one in 10 New Zealand children has a food allergy. New research...

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Too healthy for your own good

There’s an increasing trend to stick to a rigid ‘healthy’ food regime. Sounds...
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