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Boost Your Beans

Learning to make legumes the feature of at least four of your main meals each week could be one of the simplest dietary strategies to help you reap major health rewards.
Healthy Hearts with CHIP

Seventh-day Adventist churches in New Zealand are changing the health of their local communities through a simple lifestyle program. Paul Rankin reports.
How to Lose Weight Permanently

Many people think it’s impossible to lose weight and keep it off. But research shows that at least 20 per cent of overweight people are successful in losing the flab for the long term.
Fancy a Fruit Juice?

Is fruit juice a health food or a glamorised, sugary drink?
Omega-3 for Vegetarians

While vegetarians may have generally lower intakes of cholesterol and saturated fat, are they getting enough omega-3?
Fats: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

How do you discern between good and bad fats? A simple way is to check their origin. Are they plant- or animal-based? And how processed are they?
Foods for Mums-To-Be

Mothers, what you eat during pregnancy influences not only your own wellbeing but that of your baby. Your diet can program your baby's future risk of developing obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Smart Breakfast Ideas for Kids

Breakfast is brain food for kids. While skipping breakfast is a bad idea for anyone, kids will feel the impact more. They have a higher ratio of brain weight to liver weight, which means that their brain's overnight demand for glucose more quickly outstri
Heal the Planet

Victor Parachin believes we can all help heal the planet by simply becoming vegetarian.
Magic of the Mediterranean diet

Western diets are making us sick, but certain traditional eating patterns can deliver both health and flavour on the one plate.
Does God Care What We Eat?

Charles Mills asks an interesting question: What's on the menu when God fixes the meal? Charles' answer may surprise you!
Had a Gutful?

Do you suffer from unresolved symptoms of irritable bowel, such as bloating, gas, pain, diarrhoea or constipation? New research brings hope: limiting or avoiding FODMAPs in your diet may help.
Fight Obesity in Kids

Obesity in childhood strongly predisposes to obesity in adulthood. Yet many parents are oblivious to the fact that their child is carrying around more than just puppy fat, and they assume their child will simply grow out of it.
A Lacto-ovo Vegetarian Diet Versus a Vegan One

Most people think of a vegetarian as someone who doesn't eat meat. But Dr Ross Grant* points out other kinds.
Sugar Shock!

New research reveals that a sweet tooth may be more of an addiction than mere predilection, says Pam Mellskog.
The Perils of Twilight

A new occult thriller has hit the theatres, grabbing the attention of teens. Steve Wohlberg explains its sinister significance.
Soy for Healthy Bones

Many women are fearful of developing cancer but hip fractures are more common than cancer of the breast, cervix and uterus combined. While calcium has stolen the spotlight, researchers have discovered that soy and other plant foods may also be vital ingre
Low-GI Eating Can Control Your Sugar

Millions of overweight people around the world have above normal blood sugar levels, but few realise how dangerous this is.
50 Amazing Years in Space

Robert Wearner takes a look at space travel past-and future.
Should you go vego?

Appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may help in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases
Winter Health

With the cold and flu season upon us, it's time to look at ways to boost your immune system. By building up resistance, your body will be better prepared to defend itself when the dreaded winter bugs arrive. Personal trainer Andrew Cate gives five practic
Sweet Relief

Sugar is sweet to the taste, but it wrecks havoc on the body. Elizabeth Casey looks at the dangers.
Overcome the Top Dieting Pitfalls

Eating right has numerous enemies. Kelly James-Enger reveals four pitfalls that derail healthy diets.
Top 10 Health Mistakes

Online weight-loss coach Andrew Cate looks at the top 10 health mistakes and ways to make better choices today.
Smart Beach Eating

If you've worked for months to fit into that bikini, don't blow it once you get to the beach by giving in to greasy takeaways and sugary drinks. Research shows it's very easy to regain lost weight- especially on holidays-so make every mouthful count while
Tackling Childhood Obesity

Obesity is an epidemic, with many children also overweight or obese. Health and fitness expert Andrew Cate shows what can be done.
Long-term Weight-loss Secrets

Losing weight may seem easy when compared to weight-loss maintenance.
Sue Radd: Every Mouthful Counts

What you eat affects you more than you may think, nutritionist Sue Radd tells Lee Dunstan.
The Real Cost of Upsizing

Bigger portion sizes make you eat more, even if you think the food tastes terrible, according to a new study from Cornell University. Portion size is now thought to be as influential as taste, in determining whether we overeat.
Eat more, Weigh less

People who choose low "energy-dense" diets eat more food (by weight) but consume fewer calories, helping them to better regulate their weight, according to a new study of more than seven thousand Americans published in the American Journal of Clinical Nut
A Healthy Farm for Healthy Food

A diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains sounds healthy but as Susan Johnstone has found, how that food is farmed makes a big difference.
Six Dieting Myths Busted

Health-and-fitness writer Andrew Cate takes a closer look at six dieting beliefs that shape up more like fairytales.
Is Stress Making You Fat?

What's eating you could be controlling what you're eating. Kelly James-Enger suggests that stress may be the most fattening thing in your diet.
Steps to Health

Kelly James-Enger introduces some simple changes for more healthful living.
Dying to be Thin

Jennifer Schwirzer serves up the deadly truth about eating disorders.
A Gout-Prevention Guide

A study of some 47,000 male health professionals has confirmed long-standing suspects-beer and red meat-as significant factors in increasing the risk of gout.
Nature's Pure Drop

Rather than water, too often we choose carbonated, high-sugar or caffeine-laced beverages. We also confuse thirst with hunger and eat instead.
Dieting Pitfalls

All-or-nothing approaches to dieting don't work in the long run. They can even be dangerous in the extreme. Better to try something that allows success over the long term, proposes nutrition expert Kelly James-Enger, keeping a balance and with higher prob
Detox Dilemma

"Detox" diets are a dime a dozen, but are they worth that much?
Fit to Marry

Everyone wants to lose weight. And what better motivation than your wedding? Exercise expert Andrew Cate gives a plan to look and feel your best on that special day.
Time to Tackle Obesity

Health and fitness expert Andrew Cate looks at the current and growing problem of obesity, as not so different to the smoking debate of three decades ago.

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