Red velvet cake has been around for many years and in the old days it used to get its deep, red colour from beetroot juice.

Michael Mansell was an addict, but it wasn't alcohol, gambling or drugs he was addicted to.

Apple has hired a swathe of leading biomedical experts prompting speculation that the technology giant is planning a major expansion into the health sector.

Eating fast food and consuming sugary drinks renders the most common asthma inhaler ineffective, a study warns.

Kiwis are drinking more alcohol and eating more bread, red meat and takeaways than a year ago, data from Southern Cross shows.

This product falls under the "why on earth is it here?" category.

A majority of Kiwi adults have shown some support in a survey for controls on how much sugar can be fed to us by the soft-drink industry.

A new fad diet, called "teatoxing", is gaining popularity in New Zealand and prompting concern among dietitians and eating disorder advocates.

School starts across most of Australia this week, so parents and carers are breaking out the lunch boxes once again.

It used to be that sugar was the sweetest, most useful thing in our larder, a crystalline ambrosia that could make almost any food taste better and last longer.

The future wellbeing of millions of Africans may rest in the unlikely hands of a vegan hippy scientist working for a sweet company who plans to map and then give away the genetic data of 100 traditional crops.

Children who eat the same meals as their parents are far more likely to have healthy diets than those who do not, according to research.

People reaching for a protein bar, thinking it's a healthy snack, may be unwittingly adding to their waist lines.

Today, we know that lifestyle and environment interact with diet to affect our health, writes Charlotte Martin.

I was asked to look into Nutella by a reader whose children consume "vast quantities" of this spread every day and who is concerned it might be bad for them, despite the fact that it is made out of hazelnuts.

Vincent Chen brews up a brilliant idea in the form of the world's most pure tea, grown here in Waikato.

The Government is more interested in Prince Charles' visit than in finding ways to combat the "major epidemic" of diabetes, nutrition and diabetes expert Prof Jim Mann says.