Sauces. You probably don’t even think about them as you add them to your meal for a ‘dash’ of flavour. But have you ever stopped to think about where that flavour comes from? Remember this stuff is designed to sit … Read More

Most Kiwis won’t kid themselves, they know chippies and hot chips are fake foods. But that doesn’t stop us eating them, nor indulging in the fantasy that ‘veggie chips’ are somehow a healthier option. Yes, we are looking at you … Read More

Alcohol already cops a bit of flak for the terrible toll it takes on our hospital A&E department early on Sunday mornings. However it also exerts a subtler, longer-term toll on our health that people don’t really understand. Alcohol accounts … Read More

Welcome to the twelve fake foods of Christmas! Now we don’t want to get all bah humbug about your Christmas celebrations, after all this is the one time of year you should be able to let your hair down a … Read More

Exercise: Don’t Sweat It   “Why don’t fat people just go for a jog?” This is one very popular response to a lot of the discussion on food, particularly when we start talking about taxing unhealthy food. We have already … Read More