PODCAST · health
Healthy or Hoax
by RNZ
We test the latest food & fitness trends. Are they good or gobbledygook?
Episodes
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Hormone Diets: Clickbait or the key to weightloss?
Forget all the others, hormone diets claim to be the secret to fast, easy weight loss. But are they really just preying on our insecurities? Healthy or Hoax host Stacey Morrison finds out. Can eating for your hormones help you lose weight? When it comes to weight loss, everyone is looking for the...
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Functional Fungi: Mushroom marvel or Money pit?
Love them or hate them, could mushrooms be the key to good health. Stacey Morrison focuses on functional fungi in the latest episode of Healthy or Hoax. Functional fungi are the hot new thing in health and wellness circles. Many would say all fungi are functional, but in this case it refers to...
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Light therapy: Does red mean GO for getting rid of wrinkles?
Stacey Morrison puts the spotlight on light therapy for anti-aging and acne in the episode of Healthy or Hoax. Healthy or Hoax host Stacey Morrison puts the spotlight on the latest in anti-aging skin treatments - light therapy. The history of light therapy Denise Ryan, vice president of global...
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Sleep syncing & mouth taping: The solution to sleeplessness and snoring?
Dreaming of taping a snorer's mouth shut? Struggling to snooze? Stacey Morrison finds out if mouth taping, sleep syncing and the latest apps and technology could be the secret to getting a good night's rest. We spend a third of our lives sleeping and yet so many of us have trouble with it. So…
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Retro Walking: Fitness Find or Fad?
Could walking backwards be the key to taking your fitness forwards? In this episode of Healthy or Hoax, Stacey Morrison laces up her sneakers to find out. One of the slightly bizarre new fitness trends doing the rounds is retro walking. Basically, walking backwards. Stacey Morrison, host of RNZ's...
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Sound Healing: Restorative or ringing alarm bells?
To kick Season 4 of Healthy or Hoax off with a bang - or a gong - Stacey Morrison heads off for some sound healing. Can sound really fix what ails you? Let's find out. The idea of using sound for healing seems to have been around for a very long time. But what does it all mean and what does it…
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Healthy or Hoax is back for Season 4
Stacey Morrison takes a look at current health and wellbeing trends and finds out if they're really good for you. In season four Stacey asks the experts about hormone diets, light therapy, sound healing, sleep syncing and mouth taping, reverse walking and functional fungi. Go to this episode on...
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Collagen: Can pins or pills improve your health?
Stacey Morrison find out the best way to increase our collagen and keep our skin looking healthy and radiant. There's no doubt collagen plays a key role in keeping our bodies healthy. The question is, how do we get more of it? Dr Louise Reiche, head of the Dermatological Society of New Zealand…
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Gastric Banding: Surgical vs Virtual
Stacey Morrison discovers whether a virtual gastric band is as good as the actual physical one. Imagine if imagining weight loss could make it happen. Virtual Gastric Banding (VGB) has been around for several years the idea is that you are put in a hypnotic state and convinced that you have a…
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DNA: Will a DNA-based diet help you fit your jeans?
Stacey Morrison finds out just how reliable home-based DNA tests for health and fitness really are. You can buy just about anything online these days, including the key to living your best life. Apparently. Online DNA tests which claim they can give you insights into how best you can stay healthy...
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Cold Immersion Therapy: Will freezing free you up?
In a classic case of 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...' Stacey Morrison confronts her serious aversion to the cold and enters a cryotherapy chamber. In a classic case of 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...' Stacey Morrison confronts her serious aversion to the cold and enters…
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CBD & Hemp: Can these contentious plants improve our skin?
CBD beauty products are being hailed as a 'beauty game-changer' overseas, but they're still illegal here. Stacey Morrison finds out if we're missing a trick. Cannabidiol beauty products are illegal in New Zealand, but overseas they're being described as a 'beauty game-changer'. Lauded for their...
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Waist trainers: Do they really work?
Kim Kardashian made waist trainers popular and the recent Bridgerton Netflix series saw a bump in corset sales. Stacey Morrison discovers if squeezing our tummies into shape is healthy or just a very uncomfortable hoax. Waist trainers claim to help you lose weight and tone your tummy, but these...
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Healthy or Hoax: Season 3 is on its way
The new season of Healthy or Hoax is on its way. Stacey Morrison not only hosts the show, but also faces her fears to trial some of the latest health fads. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Fermented Foods: For or Against?
Fermented foods have been around for longer than refrigeration, but recently they have developed a reputation for having numerous health benefits. We find out if that reputation is founded in reality. By Liz Garton The popularity of kombucha and other fermented foods, like kefir, kimchi and…
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Essential Oils: Can we live with or without them?
Can something make us feel better just by smelling nice? And if it can do that, could we get even more benefits from rubbing it on our skin or even eating it? By Liz Garton Essential oils have been used for thousands of years, but more recently we are seeing them used as home remedies for…
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Turmeric: Too Good to Be True?
Turmeric is supposed to help a range of ailments from arthritis to Alzheimer's. But is this spice the real deal or just fool's gold? By Liz Garton If you google 'health benefits of turmeric' you're going to come up with hundreds of articles proclaiming the spice as a new wonder drug. But that...
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Shakti Mats: Pain or Gain?
Shakti Mats made a big splash when they arrived in New Zealand a few years ago. But does lying on thousands of tiny spikes improve our health or is it just a painful hoax? By Liz Garton The Shakti Mat's arrival in New Zealand is a classic yarn. Jonathan Heslop and his university mate George Lill...
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Fasting: The Quick Way to Better Health?
Studies show fasting could improve outcomes for a huge range of medical conditions... in mice. Do those benefits cross over to humans too? By Liz Garton Associate Professor Alexander Tups from the Neuroendocrinology and Brain Health Centre at Otago University said fasting looks promising for...
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Charcoal: Black gold?
Charcoal is credited with getting rid of gas, bloating, hangovers and generally helping us cleanse and detox. Healthy or Hoax finds out if the claims are backed up by science. By Liz Garton Experts say we're witnessing a hijacking with the current trend of putting activated charcoal in our foods,...
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Coolsculpting: Can you really freeze your fat away?
Stacey Morrison puts her body on the line to find out if coolsculpting - a non-surgical fat removal technique - can help you get the perfect figure. By Liz Garton Saddlebags, mummy tummies, bra pockets, double chins, hips, jibbly jobbly bits. There are so many terrible names for the fatty bits…
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Introducing: Healthy or Hoax Season 2
It's been a long time coming, but the long-awaited second season of Healthy or Hoax is on its way with new host Stacey Morrison. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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Is raw food better than cooked?
Would you be better off eating food raw, rather than cooking it. I mean, who needs fire? By Kate Pereyra-Garcia Raw food advocates say food not heated above 40 degrees Celsius is more 'alive'. A raw food diet is a pretty extreme way of eating for those of us used to cooking dinner every night.…
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Can you float your troubles away?
Carol Hirschfeld gives flotation pods a try to see whether they could be an answer for those looking to de-stress. By Kate Pereyra-Garcia Watch a video segment from the episode here On the surface, flotation pods sound a bit wacky: enclosed bath tubs with 30 centimetres of water and a lot of…
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Getting milk out of an almond
A raft of new dairy substitutes are turning up on supermarket shelves, but in part four of Healthy or Hoax we ask: can they really be called milk? By Kate Pereyra Garcia On the surface almond milk is a pretty innocuous, even healthy, alternative to dairy milk. But the name - those two words...
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What's really in your smoothie?
Greens powders are firmly entrenched as part of the smoothie craze, but in episode three of Healthy or Hoax we find out there's one ingredient in there you might not expect. By Adam Macaulay I usually have lots of fresh greens as part of my regular diet and you know what, I rather like eating…
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Is high-intensity exercise too much of a good thing?
Carol Hirschfeld hits the gym for some High Intensity Interval Training and finds it can take you up a notch... If you fit the bill. So is HIIT right for you? By Kate Pereyra Garcia Watch a video segment from the episode here Anyone who belongs to a gym has probably done it. Even those who don't...
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Coconut oil - miracle cure or marketing hype?
Kate Pereyra Garcia documents her three weeks eating coconut oil in part one of Healthy or Hoax, a new podcast series looking at the facts behind current health trends. Does it live up to the hype? By Kate Pereyra Garcia The proponents of coconut oil make a lot of promises. So when someone was...
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Introducing: Healthy or Hoax?
Healthy or Hoax is a new podcast series from RNZ that looks at the new-fangled fads and tempting new trends and asks if they're really up to much. In short: Do. They. Work? Presented by Carol Hirschfeld, with help from food writer Niki Bezzant and a host of experts, the series will report on the...
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We test the latest food & fitness trends. Are they good or gobbledygook?
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