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Carol Hirschfeld looks at the latest food & fitness trends to discover what's good for you and what's gobbledygook. In short: Do they work?

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    • Feb 26, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    Hormone Diets: Clickbait or the key to weightloss?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 13:33


    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.

    Functional Fungi: Mushroom marvel or Money pit?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 12:44


    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.

    Light therapy: Does red mean GO for getting rid of wrinkles?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 12:24


    Stacey Morrison puts the spotlight on light therapy for anti-aging and acne in the episode of Healthy or Hoax.

    Sleep syncing & mouth taping: The solution to sleeplessness and snoring?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 12:10


    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.

    Retro Walking: Fitness Find or Fad?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 12:22


    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.

    Sound Healing: Restorative or ringing alarm bells?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 13:10


    The popular podcast Healthy or Hoax hosted by Stacey Morrison is back for its fourth season. To kick the series off with a bang - or a gong - Stacey heads off for some sound healing. Can sound really fix what ails you? Let's find out.

    Healthy or Hoax is back for Season 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 0:43


    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 therapy, sleep syncing and mouth taping, reverse walking and functional fungi.

    Collagen: Can pins or pills improve your health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 23:51


      Stacey Morrison find out the best way to increase our collagen and keep our skin looking healthy and radiant.

    Gastric Banding: Surgical vs Virtual

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 34:20


    Stacey Morrison discovers whether a virtual gastric band is as good as the actual physical one.

    DNA: Will a DNA-based diet help you fit your jeans?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 26:23


    Stacey Morrison finds out just how reliable home-based DNA tests for health and fitness really are.

    Cold Immersion Therapy: Will freezing free you up?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 22:27


    Stacey Morrison faces a serious aversion to the cold to try cryo-therapy, to discover a classic case of 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...'

    CBD & Hemp: Can these contentious plants improve our skin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 16:15


    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.

    Waist trainers: Do they really work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 19:53


    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.

    Healthy or Hoax: Season 3 is on its way

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 2:28


    The new season of Healthy or Hoax is on its way. Stacey Morrison not only hosts the show, but also faces her fears to trail some of the latest health fads.

    Fermented Foods: For or Against?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 34:17


    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.  

    Essential Oils: Can we live with or without them?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 19:54


    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?

    Turmeric: Too Good to Be True?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 23:46


    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?

    Shakti Mats: Pain or Gain?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 23:01


    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?

    Fasting: The Quick Way to Better Health?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 33:55


    Studies show fasting could improve outcomes for a huge range of medical conditions... in mice. Do those benefits cross over to humans too? 

    Charcoal: Black gold?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 26:13


    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.

    Coolsculpting: Can you really freeze your fat away?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 29:24


    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.

    Healthy or Hoax: Season 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 2:09


    It's been a long time coming, but the long-awaited second season of Healthy or Hoax is on its way!

    Is raw food better than cooked?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 16:05


    In episode six of Healthy or Hoax, Carol Hirschfeld wonders whether we would be better off eating food raw, rather than cooking it. I mean, who needs fire?

    Can you float your troubles away?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 17:43


    In part five of Healthy or Hoax, Carol Hirschfeld gives flotation pods a try to see whether they could be an answer for those looking to de-stress.

    Getting milk out of an almond

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017 19:12


    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?

    What's really in your smoothie?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2017 18:32


    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.

    Is high-intensity exercise too much of a good thing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2017 12:14


    In part two of Healthy or Hoax, 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?

    Coconut oil - miracle cure or marketing hype?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 20:36


    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?

    Healthy or Hoax?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017 0:58


    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 latest things in food, fitness and leisure and ask if they're all hype or if they're actually good for you. And because we're all busy, she'll do it in under 20 minutes. It's out soon. Here's a taste.

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