News and blogs: Food and nutrients
You will have seen the list of NEEDN’T foods released recently by researchers at the University of Otago. The list was developed as part of a treatment programme for obesity, and has 49 foods...
Like many people, I am a lover of savoury, salty flavours.
Salt, of course, enhances and brightens flavours in cooking, one of the reasons why it’s beloved of chefs. Salt also performs an...
Of all the research studies that cross my desk, the most common recurring theme reinforces something we all know naturally already: eat more vegetables.
It’s something every nutrition...
Lamb is my favourite meat. Given the choice, I’d always have lamb over any other red meat on offer.
But for a while there I all but gave up cooking it, because lamb prices seemed to skyrocket...
Low-carb diets are last year’s news but while Dr Atkins and his diet may be dead and buried, new evidence is emerging that diets high in protein do assist weight loss.
This is because they...
When the Christmas decorations start to go up in early November, it feels ridiculous – Christmas is months away, right?
But now here we are and we’re on the downhill slide to the...
It’s always exciting to be introduced to new foods, especially when they’re super-healthy, versatile and taste great, too. A ‘new’ category of food that’s become very...
YOUR SAY: HFG reader Terry Harris of Mangawhai Heads writes...
"Good heavens Niki! Your magazine is simply falling to bits and you have the time to gad off to Aussie.
As New Zealand’s...
If you’re like me, over the summer holidays you may have slipped into an easy habit of drinking alcohol every day... that cheeky glass of wine at 4pm, maybe a beer over lunch in the sun.
This...
According to new research, men who eat apricots and mangos have more luck making babies than those who don’t.It seems certain antioxidants (like vitamin E and beta-carotene) may help boost male...
Join Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant and nutritionist Claire Turnbull as they answer your nutrition and healthy eating questions, and deal with hot nutrition topics.
This week the topics...
Join Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant and nutritionist Claire Turnbull as they answer your nutrition and healthy eating questions and deal with hot nutrition topics.
This week the topics...
Join Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant and nutritionist Claire Turnbull as they answer your nutrition and healthy eating questions and deal with hot nutrition topics.
This week the topics...
A recent study showed that consuming two kiwifruit a day for four weeks improved the bowel function of IBS sufferers with constipation.Kiwifruit is believed to shorten colon transit time, increase...
Are you one of those who believe carbs are bad for weight loss? Do you cut out bread and pasta or restrict them after 5pm thinking this will help you lose weight?
Carbs have had a lot of bad press...