Myths

Fact or fiction? Health and nutrition myths busted by HFG experts.

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Fact or fiction: Oil is carcinogenic

Does cooking with olive oil change the oil and turn it carcinogenic? We asked...

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Will foods high in cholesterol give me high cholesterol?

If your cholesterol levels are normal, will eating foods high in cholesterol affect...

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Fact or fiction: I’m overweight because I have a slow metabolism

Many of us would love to think this was true. We ask endocrinologist...

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Fact or fiction: Your blood type affects the food you can eat

This diet plan became quite popular – but is it really true? According to this...

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Fact or fiction: Homogenised milk is bad for you

This one crops up sometimes on the Internet. Is it true or false? The...

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Fact or fiction: Wheatgrass

Is a shot of wheatgrass really the same as eating 2kg of green...

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Fact or fiction: Taking vitamins gives you energy

Vitamins give you energy – but will taking extra vitamins make you more energetic? We...

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Fact or fiction: Hair test for food allergies

Can you test for food allergies via kinesiology or hair testing? Food allergies and...

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Naughty or nice? The startling truth about everyday foods

Nutritionist Rose Car has good (and bad) news on the foods we always...

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Fact or fiction: Meat rots in your gut

Does meat take longer than other foods to digest, and does it just...

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Fact or fiction: Don’t eat protein and carbs together

Q We've heard that you shouldn't eat protein and carbs together and fruit...

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Fact or fiction: You need to detox

You need to detox to clear toxins from your body – we hear it...

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Fact or fiction: Additives banned overseas are used here

It's a commonly-held belief that some food additives banned overseas are still used...

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Fact or fiction: Raw vegetables are better than cooked

Nutritionist Glen Cardwell talks about raw versus cooked vegetables in his book Stop...

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Traditional remedies: Do they work?

Nutritionist Rose Carr investigates whether certain foods live up to the medicinal properties...

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Fact or fiction: Microwaving plastic

Do plastic containers become toxic when you put them in the microwave? There is...

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Fact or fiction: Freezing plastic

Can dioxins be released by freezing water in plastic bottles? There's an email attributed...

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For better digestion, don’t combine protein and starch?

Senior nutritionist looks into the validity of the claim that combing starch and...

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