Healthy or Hoax

Healthy or Hoax episodes:

• 02.27.2024

  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.

  
• 02.20.2024

  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 Healthy or Hoax.

  
• 02.13.2024

  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.

  
• 02.06.2024

  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 and technology could be the secret to getting a good night’s rest.

  
• 01.30.2024

  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 sneakers to find out.

  
• 01.23.2024

  Sound Healing: Restorative or ringing alarm bells?

  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...

  
• 01.15.2024

  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 the experts about hormone diets, light therapy, sound healing, sleep syncing and mouth taping, reverse...

  
• 04.05.2021

  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.

  
• 03.30.2021

  Gastric Banding: Surgical vs Virtual

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

  
• 03.23.2021

  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.

  
• 03.16.2021

  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 cryotherapy chamber.

  
• 03.09.2021

  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 missing a trick.

  
• 03.02.2021

  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 squeezing our tummies into shape is healthy or just a very uncomfortable hoax.

  
• 02.15.2021

  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 latest health fads.

  
• 08.31.2020

  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.

  
• 08.24.2020

  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 or even eating it?

  
• 08.17.2020

  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?

  
• 08.10.2020

  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 health or is it just a painful hoax?

  
• 08.03.2020

  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?

  
• 07.27.2020

  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 the claims are backed up by science.

  
• 07.20.2020

  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.

  
• 07.12.2020

  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!

  
• 07.06.2017

  Is raw food better than cooked?

  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?

  
• 07.05.2017

  Is raw food better than cooked?

  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?

  
• 06.28.2017

  Can you float your troubles away?

  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.

  
• 06.21.2017

  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?

  
• 06.14.2017

  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.

  
• 06.07.2017

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

  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?

  
• 05.31.2017

  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?

  
• 05.30.2017

  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...