News and blogs: Health and medical
Everyone’s talking about sugar at the moment. It comes in the wake of media reports of US researchers describing sugar as ‘toxic’, and stories of seemingly miraculous weight loss...
Do you have ‘tummy trouble’? About 15 per cent of the world’s population suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and it is much more common in women.
It’s not fun to talk...
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...
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...
What’s the best diet in the world? Is there such a thing? It was not much of a surprise to hear of a new study recently, showing a Mediterranean-style diet is effective in cutting the risk of...
Next week is Coeliac Awareness Week. It’s fair to say that most of us are a lot more aware of coeliac disease – and the related gluten-free diet – than we once were. When we first...
For parents of children who cannot have gluten, birthday parties can be an absolute nightmare. And if you’re hosting the party, it can be even worse trying to cater for everyone. Here are some...
Winning the battle of the gluten-free school lunchbox.
We’re into the start of the school year, and for the first week or two, I always have trouble getting my head around what to put in the...
Our second gluten-free recipe collection is available now bringing together another 100+ healthy, delicious gluten-free recipes from the pages of Healthy Food Guide magazine.
Recipes include...
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...
YOUR SAY: HFG reader Don Donovan of Albany, Auckland writes...
"Child obesity starts with adult obesity – overweight parents are unlikely to apply dietary disciplines to their children....
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...
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...


