Many of us are notorious for eating lots and ditching all our self-imposed diet and exercise rules on the weekends.

COMMENT: Pete Evans has said people should stop eating dairy because it will remove calcium from bones. For the record, the experts say this is nonsense.

Fast-growing Comvita doesn't just want to rely on honey - it is adding olive leaf extract and Omega-3 fish oils to its portfolio of natural health products.

Eating processed foods with little nutritional value may be making us mad as well as sick, new research shows.

Kiwi athletes will tuck into an international smorgasbord of gold medal-winning meals as they chase Olympic glory in Rio.

When you add or subtract something from your diet, it's important to consider the other side of the equation in order to remain nutritionally balanced.

From energy drinks and 'rubbish food day' to vege gardens and lolly bans, a new survey of lunchboxes exposes two tales of eating behaviour in NZ schools.

COMMENT: Mental illness is on the rise. Figures reveal crisis referrals from 2010 to 2015 have increased, often substantially.

Gluten-free Weet-Bix and frozen mango have topped Healthy Food Guide magazine's annual awards.

When Chloe Van Dyke concocted her first batch of chia seed drinks three years ago, the target market was her sports-mad family.

There is a scene in the 2013 film Escape Plan where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone face off against one another in a canteen.

A NZ health organisation is urging restaurants to offer healthier meals for children after research revealed a lack of nutritious food options.

Health Ministry advises striking coconut-oil from recipes for good of our arteries.

An online test has been created to reveal your risk of serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease or bowl problems.

You may be throwing out some of the best parts of fresh produce. Here's how to get more out of your veges and ease up on waste.

A breakfast treat once thought to be bad for your health has now been shown be part of a healthy, well-balanced diet.

The author of a controversial Paleo cookbook for baby and toddlers has defended a recipe which critics say has the potential to kill a child.

"I'd previously done juicing in the past and I could never make it through a whole day, let alone a whole week. I could soup for five days and when I'm done I want more."

Many will have a memory of sitting miserably at the table being forced to eat what was on the plate before being allowed to get up, Niki Bezzant writes.

If we try to solve the obesity crisis by prioritising exercise programmes over strategies to change the way we're eating, we will get nowhere.

Not only do some forms of tofu have crazy amounts of calcium sulfate but tofu may also be lowering my sex drive, worries Jack Tame.

Change needs to come from the boardrooms of the people who produce the sugary food which is slowly poisoning our children, writes Paul Little.

Hands up if you know someone who's "gone paleo". Yep, thought so. This diet is like a new religion.

Intermittent fasting may have anti-ageing benefits.

Nutrition celebrities often promote "fad diets". In fact, they often demonstrate a misunderstanding of biochemistry and other basic nutrition science.

Every month it seems a new diet trend pops up, promising to answer all of our health, weight and bloating issues. Social media is awash with self-proclaimed health experts and celebrities with "revolutionary" theories about new ways of eating.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.