Food and health > Food and drink > Nutrition

Supermarket diet foods

We talk to the experts about popular diet brands and whether they can really help you lose weight.

7 May 2013 | Are diet foods from popular brands such as Weight Watchers, McCain Healthy Choice or Coles Simply Less really a healthier choice than regular foods?

Food and drink

Bottled water
7 Jun 2013 | Drop for drop, bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water, so what are we paying for?
Supermarket and bakery bread review
4 Jun 2013 | Modern bread processing methods have completely changed the way our daily loaf is made.
What's your caffeine intake?
20 May 2013 | Do you know how much you’re actually consuming?

General health

Contraception options expert guide
13 Jun 2013 | CHOICE reviews long term and short term contraception, including new generation pills, rings, implants and injections.
Medical procedures under the knife
12 Jun 2013 | The safety, efficacy and cost of some common medical procedures has been called into question
Endocrine disrupting chemicals
23 May 2013 | Find out which common chemicals in household and personal care products have been linked to causing some cancers and reproductive abnormalities.

Labelling and advertising

Palm oil labelling
20 May 2013 | How can we make healthier and sustainably sound choices if manufacturers don't make it clear that their products contain palm oil?
The rise of nutritional branding
20 Nov 2012 | Pure, natural and healthy or laden with salt, sugar and saturated fat?
Free range eggs
30 May 2012 | What does 'free range' really mean, and are consumers being misled?

Diet and exercise

Fitbit One first look
3 May 2013 | The Fitbit One tells you how many calories you've burned and the number of stairs climbed, but we reveal whether there's room for improvement.
Do diet detox products work?
8 Jan 2013 | Can herbal pills and fruit-based liquids really remove toxins, or is it all just marketing spin?
Choosing a personal trainer
12 Dec 2012 | Look for someone who's qualified, registered and with good interpersonal skills.

Beauty and personal care

Is laser and IPL hair removal safe?
20 May 2013 | We expose a number of untrained operators aiming lasers at the public's body parts.
Animal testing labelling
6 May 2013 | Can you trust a cosmetic company's claims that its products aren't tested on animals? If it sells them in China, possibly not.
Non-surgical anti-ageing treatments
19 Apr 2013 | Is knifeless surgery too good to be true?

Cook's CHOICE

Fennel salad
2 Mar 2011 | A fresh and delicious salad.
Vegetarian bean dip
2 Mar 2011 | A great entree for a dinner party
BBQ mushrooms
2 Mar 2011 | A great vegetarian option at your next barbecue

Request a
CHOICE test

Tell us what you need

CHOICE Radio

Hear what CHOICE experts are chatting about this month.

CHOICE Radio.

Get access to all CHOICE BENEFITS
$1.91/wk
*Billed quarterly

E-newsletters

First name

Last name

Email Address

Blogs - Food and health

Polls

Should there be a national standard for free range eggs?

94%

Yes

Read the full report
509 votes

View all polls

Video gallery

Kids and Baby Council - Advertising
A panel of experts has discussed hot topics affecting Australian parents at the inaugural CHOICE Kids and Baby Council - 2012. Here they discuss advertising.
Fitness experts
Karina Bray talks to three types of exercise experts - a fitness trainer, a sports physiotherapist, and an exercise physiologist.
The Hard Word-August 2010
Kat takes her regular look at the funnier side of advertising, with misprints and misrepresentations sent in by CHOICE readers.

Sign in

E-newsletters

Video gallery