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.

It's thumbs down for the caveman diet.

Kiwi men are being encouraged to get off the couch and become more active in a new initiative being launched today.

Kiwis are very keen on crackers. Everyone likes a quick snack of crackers and cheese, and it should be a healthy snack.

Cured meats such as biltong and jerky are becoming increasingly popular because they give you a low-calorie meal of protein which is low in fat and carbohydrate free.

Coating chicken or fish with breadcrumbs is a great way to add flavour to your dinner.

I am a big fan of any food producer that attempts to replace sugar with a natural alternative.

I hope readers of this column spend a bit of time looking at ingredients when shopping for their food. But how many of us bother to spend the same amount of time checking out our pet's food?

With the UN warning sugar could be ‘the new tobacco’ because of its risks to health through obesity, you might think a diet that cuts it out would get the thumbs up from experts.

Herbalife shares fell the most in three months after billionaire Bill Ackman vowed to show Enron-like fraud at the seller of supplements and weight-loss shakes.

A leading New Zealand health researcher is calling on supermarkets to follow the lead of the UK's biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, and remove all sweets and lollies from checkout areas to remove temptation from impulse buyers.

When you're trying to lose weight it can be hard to give up sweet treats such as chocolate and ice cream.

Everyone knows about carbs these days. People go carb-free in an effort to lose weight, and athletes carb-load before a big event.

A delicious drink that includes plenty of fruit and green vegetables

Bircher muesli was invented in 1900 by the Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital where a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables was an essential part of therapy.

Eating like a caveman is getting costlier. The prices of beef, beans, bacon and nine other protein sources, has jumped 28 per cent in the five years through May.

New Zealanders trying to incorporate five servings of fruit and vegetables into their daily food intake do not have to break the bank.

This dip was mentioned to me by a friend who had bought it thinking it was vegetarian.

One baby has died and 14 others are fighting for their lives after being poisoned in NHS neonatal care units in the UK.