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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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Fact or fiction: You can spot-reduce fat

Remember the 'hip and thigh diet'? And we've all seen the magazine articles:...

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Back to basics: Mince

Here's everything you need to know about cooking a family staple: mince. The basics ...

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How to choose stock

How to pick the right stock for the meal, the occasion and health. We've...

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Are you intolerant to common foods?

Uncomfortable bloating after eating may not be just the result of a huge...

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Is your child overweight or obese?

Thirty-one per cent of NZ children aged 5-14 years are overweight or obese. But...

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Fact or fiction: MSG is bad for you

MSG's taken a bad rap, and you may have heard that it's a...

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Is MasterChef right?

Niki Bezzant shares some ideas on how to cut the salt from your...

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How to add flavour without adding fat or kJs

Nutritionist Bronwen King shows us how to make meals delicious, without compromising our...

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What to do with new potatoes

Get your low-fat carbohydrate kick with new season potatoes – perfect for summer's...

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Why you should eat garlic

Garlic is antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antithrombotic and anticarcinogenic. Quite an impressive list...

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Can food really change your mood?

Did you know that your brain relies on the food you eat to...

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Five fast meal ideas

These tasty meals can be whipped up in no time at all, and...

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Types of rice

Confused about all the different types of rice available? This will help you...

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Food and sex: Can certain foods lift libido?

Senior nutritionist Rose Carr investigates so-called aphrodisiac foods.AvocadoThe Aztecs saw the avocado fruit...

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How to choose yoghurt

Advice on finding a yoghurt that suits you.As a nutritionist it's always reassuring...

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How to choose pesto

We guide you through the growing range of pesto products on the shelves...

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Beat those bugs

To enjoy plentiful fruits (and vegetables) from the garden, it's important to keep...

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Fact or fiction: Cellulite is a build-up of toxins from a bad diet

Don't we all hate this statement? Cellulite isn't even a disorder! It's just...

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