Remedies for colds and flu
There are plenty of claims about which remedies keep colds and flu at...
Can a daily multivitamin improve your memory?
Don’t we all want to do what we can to reduce the impact...
Magnesium: What you need to know about this important micronutrient
There’s been a lot of chat on social media over the past few...
5 everyday super foods that won’t break the bank
Whilst 'superfoods' are a clever construct of marketing, there are foods that include...
Nine vegetables that are healthier for you when cooked
Raw food diets are a fairly recent trend, including raw veganism. The belief...
Natural remedies for hot flushes in menopause (what works, what doesn’t)
Niki Bezzant, Healthy Food Guide founding editor and author of This Changes Everything:...
4 key nutrients to watch on a plant-based diet
Vegetarian, vegan, flexitarian or pescatarian? Make sure you don’t run low on these...
Vitamins D2 and D3: what’s the difference and which is best?
Vitamin D is important for maintaining health, as it has many roles in...
Low folate may increase dementia and early death risk in older people
It’s well known that folate is important for growing healthy babies, but new...
How to support a vegetarian child
So your child wants to become a vegetarian? Before you press the panic...
How to get the nutrients in seafood without eating fish
Dietitian Professor Catherine Itsiopoulos examines what nutrients people who don’t eat seafood might...
The classic mistakes made on special diets
Have you gone ‘dairy free’? Need to avoid gluten? Trying to lose weight?...
Which is healthier – regular or sweet potatoes?
The humble potato is often pushed aside for the lower-GI sweet potato/kumara.
We...
The health benefits of mussels
Dietitian Caroline Trickey takes a look at the health benefits of mussels and...
Good nutrition may help boost COVID vaccine protection
If we’re going to rely on COVID-19 vaccines to bring an end to...
Anti-nutrients: What they are and their benefits
Maybe you’re trying to eat healthier these days, aiming to get enough of...
More folic acid needed to prevent birth defects
Birth defects, such as spina bifida, may be greatly reduced if women significantly...