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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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Sensational summer dressings

Find salads a bit dull and boring? A delicious, healthy salad dressing can...

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Do you know how many calories you’re drinking?

Drinks – both alcoholic and sugary – have been in the spotlight recently....

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Is it time to change your taste buds?

Apart from the odd blue cheese and crackers moment and a delicious piece...

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One in five Kiwis are at risk: are you one of them?

Look around next time you are in a group, on the bus or...

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Gluten-free cookbooks and websites

There’s a wealth of websites, blogs and cookbooks out there for gluten-free people....

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Gluten-free blueberry crumble cake

This is a favourite Healthy Food Guide recipe that Niki Bezzant asked me...

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Could you eat healthily just from takeaways?

Recently I was booked on a trans-Tasman flight with my husband, when our...

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Love a good curry?

Here are some delicious, healthy recipes you just have to try! I adore spicy...

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Should you give up grains?

I notice low-carb diets are doing the rounds again, in various guises. Some encourage...

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Gluten-free summer – the joy of barbecues

Before I was diagnosed as gluten-intolerant, I wasn’t very fond of barbecues. Now,...

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Tired? Struggling to lose weight? You might be missing something…

Did you know that most New Zealanders are mildly iodine deficient? I was speaking...

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Six easy steps to reset your health

The other day I read an article in a women’s magazine about how...

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Eight ideas to make healthy cooking quicker

Here are my top eight ideas to help make quick and easy meals...

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Cuisines of the world

Being gluten-free doesn’t mean that you have to restrict the types of cuisines...

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Time for blokes to ‘man up’ and get healthier

It’s Blue September, which means men will hopefully be getting the message that...

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Power planning – the secret to success

To be quite honest, planning is a really, really important tool if you...

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The wonders of modern technology for the gluten-free cook

I am an old-fashioned kind of person. I like to do things the...

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Grumbly tummy? IBS? You’re not alone…

I spent a few days recently in Hamilton, where I spoke at the...

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