The meat and diabetes link
A meat-based diet containing too much acid increases diabetes risk, research has shown.
A meat-based diet containing too much acid increases diabetes risk, research has shown.
The National Heart Foundation has come up with a new healthy eating guide, possibly spelling the end of the traditional healthy food pyramid. Health expert Dave Shaw deconstructs the new advice.
Lululemon has apologised for comments which implied that some women's bodies just aren't suitable for their yoga pants.
Expect to hear that baleful high hum above your bed more often this summer - a mild winter has meant mosquitoes are likely to be out in force.
Think about a healthy habit that you find easy to maintain. Hands up who brushed their teeth this morning?
New research shows taking regular exercise when pregnant boosts a newborn baby's brain development.
Scientists say they have made a breakthrough on possible treatments for diabetes and pancreatic problems.
A candid parent test highlighting the high and lows of motherhood is taking the internet by storm after being reposted on countless mothering blogs.
New Zealand children will wear cameras in a world-first study to monitor the daily advertising bombardment of junk food and other unhealthy products.
The mystery of why wounds heal more quickly in the young compared to the elderly may soon be solved following the discovery of two of the genes involved in tissue regeneration.
A lack of protein in the modern diet is a cause of overeating and is a big factor in causing obesity, an Australian university study has found.
New Zealand sport is saturated with junk food, undermining the sector's ability to promote healthy eating, researchers say.
We still don't know much about how labouring women experience that pivotal time when their bodies are working hard to push out their infants and deliver them into the world.
Australians are among the happiest people in the world, while Kiwis are just feeling average, according to a new study.
Eating at sporting games isn't the same as eating for sport - even though putting in a full day’s shift as a spectator can be rather exhausting.
There’s no doubt that some of the chemicals in tattoo ink have been associated with cancer – but it’s a bit more complicated.
A simple blood test could identify those patients whose melanoma has started to spread to other parts of the body, according to new research.
I was very excited to hear about the latest project from the healthy nuts at Little Bird Organics - the one-day Spring Clean cleanse.
In the right kind of home some older people would benefit from living as flatmates, Paul Charman reckons.
An IVF technique of injecting sperm directly into unfertilised eggs is being used too widely by some fertility clinics - with worrying affects on the offspring.
Weather provides a vivid language for describing our emotional atmosphere, but does it also influence it?
Weet-Bix and a sustainable dried banana product have come out on top in an inaugural kids food survey.
Yellow and orange-coloured fruit and vegetables improve men’s fertility, but the carrot produced the best all-round results, a new study reveals.
The public's fear of fat is slowly melting away. Consider the following fat facts to figure out how best to eat.
Parents who swaddle their baby should ensure the hips and legs have free movement, according to an expert worried about the increased popularity of the traditional full-body wrap.
"I'm fat". How many times have you heard that, either from your own lips or from a friend? Statement of fact. "I'm fat".