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The Health Hub

Newstalk ZB

Live well and live long with Newstalk ZB ‘s Health Hub.

Tapping into New Zealand’s leading practitioners, the Health Hub explores all you need to know about food, sleep, health, fitness and mental wellbeing. Live life to the full and add good vibes to your day with the Health Hub.

356 - Greg Pain: High tech sports equipment v making do with the basics
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  • 356 - Greg Pain: High tech sports equipment v making do with the basics

    The London Marathon took place on April 21, and a record number of runners were using carbon-fibre shoes. 

    How important is it to have the best sporting equipment? Can you make do with the basics? 

    Sports Biomechanist Greg Pain joins The Weekend Collective to discuss. 

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    Sun, 28 Apr 2024
  • 355 - Kent Johns: Connections between stress and weight gain

    Is there a connection between stress and weight gain?

    Plus in a time when most of us are tightening the belt, there are ways we can get fit without a gym membership.

    Health coach Kent Johns joined the Weekend Collective to discuss.

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    Sun, 21 Apr 2024
  • 354 - Dr Alex Bartle: Do supplements help with healthy sleep?

    Melatonin has emerged in recent years as one of the most popular sleep supplements, given its reputation for being effective as well as safe.

    Nearly two-thirds of adults say they’ve turned to melatonin to help them sleep, according to a 2023 survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

    But can you over-rely on sleep supplements? Dr Alex Bartle from SleepWell Clinic joins us to give us his thoughts.

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    Sun, 14 Apr 2024
  • 353 - Dr John Cameron: When does dieting become an issue?

    Is there such a thing as the "optimal weight?" When does dieting become disordered eating? 

    Dr John Cameron joins Tim Beveridge with the answers.

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    Sun, 07 Apr 2024
  • 352 - Hannah Eriksen: How important is breakfast?

    Breakfast cereal giant Sanitarium says consumer habits are changing, as it plans to cut production of muesli, granola, flake, clusters and puff cereals by June 2025.  

    So is breakfast as important as its made out to be?  

    Registered dietitian with Mission Nutrition Hannah Eriksen joined Tim Beveridge to discuss. 

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    Sun, 31 Mar 2024
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