Daily Health Digest
Vitamin K: The Nutrient New Zealand Labels Rarely Explain
By Only Health Editorial Team
Vitamin K sits quietly in green vegetables, newborn injections, and calcium-plus-K2 supplement blends, yet most shoppers never learn that K1 and K2 do different jobs or why warfarin users are told to keep their vegetable intake steady rather than low. Here is what the two forms actually do, what the bone and heart research supports, and how to read a New Zealand supplement label before adding another capsule.
Vitamin E: What the IU on the Label Actually Means
By Only Health Editorial Team
Vitamin E bottles still mix IU and milligrams, natural and synthetic forms, and antioxidant marketing that outruns the evidence. Here is what alpha-tocopherol actually does, why the SELECT trial changed how researchers view high-dose vitamin E, and how to read a New Zealand label before you add another capsule to your routine.
Vitamin B6: What the Label Doesn't Warn You About
By Only Health Editorial Team
Vitamin B6 sits quietly in magnesium blends, energy formulas and multivitamins, and most buyers never add up the milligrams. Here is what pyridoxine actually does, why regulators in New Zealand and Australia have both tightened the rules on it, and how to read a label before symptoms show up in your hands and feet.
Folic Acid in New Zealand Bread: What Mandatory Fortification Actually Changed
By Only Health Editorial Team
Since August 2023, nearly every loaf of non-organic bread-making flour sold in New Zealand carries added folic acid by law. Here is why that rule exists, what it does and does not cover, and how a folate or folic acid supplement fits around it.
Iodine in New Zealand: Why the Fortified Bread Story Isn't Finished
By Only Health Editorial Team
New Zealand fortified bread with iodised salt in 2009 to fix a re-emerging deficiency, but national data still shows adults sitting close to the deficiency line. Here is what iodine actually does, how much you need, and how to read a supplement label without overshooting the upper limit.
Selenium in New Zealand: What Low-Selenium Soil Means for Your Supplement Choice
By Only Health Editorial Team
New Zealand soil carries less selenium than most of the world's farmland, and that fact shapes the supplement aisle more than any marketing claim does. Here is what selenium actually does, what national surveys say about intake, and how to read a label against Medsafe's dose cap and NIH's safety ceiling.
Fiber and Gut Health: The Daily Habit Worth Getting Right
By Only Health Editorial Team
A source-backed, food-first guide to dietary fibre: how much you actually need, why gradual increases matter, how to read the label, and when bowel symptoms need more than more bran.
