Episodes

  • Introducing: Healthy or Hoax?

    Introducing: Healthy or Hoax?
    May 30 2017
    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.
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    1 min
  • Coconut oil - miracle cure or marketing hype?

    Coconut oil - miracle cure or marketing hype?
    May 31 2017
    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?
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    21 mins
  • Is high-intensity exercise too much of a good thing?

    Is high-intensity exercise too much of a good thing?
    Jun 7 2017
    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?
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    12 mins
  • What's really in your smoothie?

    What's really in your smoothie?
    Jun 15 2017
    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.
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    19 mins
  • Getting milk out of an almond

    Getting milk out of an almond
    Jun 21 2017
    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?
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    19 mins
  • Can you float your troubles away?

    Can you float your troubles away?
    Jun 28 2017
    Carol Hirschfeld gives flotation pods a try to see whether they could be an answer for those looking to de-stress.
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    18 mins
  • Is raw food better than cooked?

    Is raw food better than cooked?
    Jul 5 2017
    Would you be better off eating food raw, rather than cooking it. I mean, who needs fire?
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    16 mins
  • Introducing: Healthy or Hoax Season 2

    Introducing: Healthy or Hoax Season 2
    Jul 12 2020
    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.
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    2 mins