What’s your body trying to tell you?
Sometimes, deciphering symptoms is a no-brainer: an itch that’s caused by a mosquito...
Eat slowly and lose weight
Are you a speed eater? Tim Crowe explains why slowly savouring each mouthful...
Autoimmune disease: What to do when your body fights itself
An autoimmune disease is a condition where our own immune system attacks us....
Get well, fast… intermittent fasting for health and weight
Advocates laud intermittent fasting as a weight-loss breakthrough, and scientists have started uncovering...
What arthritis is and what can help ease the pain
Today is World Arthritis Day, an awareness day for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases....
Vitamin B3 helps prevent miscarriage and birth defects in mice study
A study using mice has shown that adequate levels of vitamin B3 (niacin)...
Eat your way to a longer life
You may have never heard of telomeres but, given their potential role in...
The facts on fatty liver disease
What is fatty liver disease and how can you protect your liver best?...
How your digestive system works
Dietitian Katrina Pace explains how your digestive system works to process the food...
Smoking drops in NZ adults – data
The number of regular adult smokers in New Zealand has dropped by 22.5...
Can you be healthy at any weight?
Imagine a world where the bathroom scales no longer exist, because your health...
Eating to ease the pain of arthritis
Nutritionist Bronwen King offers practical advice to bring some relief to arthritis sufferers.
It...
Inflammation: What’s the buzz?
Inflammation is a buzzword right now and its shadowy presence is being held...
Can food really be medicine?
Nutritionist Nicola Jackson looks at whether food can heal what ails you.
Q Can...
Ask the experts: The candida diet
Q. “I've been told I have candida and I've been given quite a strict...
Ask the experts: Candida
HFG senior nutritionist Rose Carr answers your questions about candida.
I’ve been told I...
