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Healthy or Hoax

RNZ

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

Episodes

20 of 29 episodes

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?...

00:13:33Feb 26, 2024

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 Heal...

00:12:44Feb 19, 2024

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 M...

00:12:24Feb 12, 2024

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...

00:12:10Feb 6, 2024

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 sneaker...

00:12:22Jan 29, 2024

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 wha...

00:13:10Jan 22, 2024

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...

00:00:43Jan 14, 2024

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...

00:23:52Apr 5, 2021

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...

00:34:21Mar 29, 2021

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 t...

00:26:24Mar 22, 2021

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 c...

00:22:28Mar 15, 2021

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...

00:16:16Mar 8, 2021

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...

00:19:54Mar 1, 2021

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 late...

00:02:29Feb 15, 2021

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 ben...

00:34:28Aug 31, 2020

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...

00:20:06Aug 24, 2020

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...

00:23:51Aug 17, 2020

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 healt...

00:23:05Aug 10, 2020

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? B...

00:34:00Aug 3, 2020

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 t...

00:26:19Jul 27, 2020