Healthy or Hoax

Stacey Morrison looks at the latest food & fitness trends asking what's hype and digging into what the science says. In short: Do they work?

Hosted by Stacey Morrison

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Sound Healing: Restorative or ringing alarm bells?

Season 4 / Episode 1
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 what ails you? Let's find out.
Woman playing on a crystal bowl.

Retro Walking: Fitness Find or Fad?

Season 4 / Episode 2
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.
Stacey Morrison on a treadmill at the movement neuroscience laboratory at the University of Auckland with Pablo Ortega Auriol and Professor Winston Byblow.

Sleep syncing & mouth taping: The solution to sleeplessness and snoring?

Season 4 / Episode 3
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.
Man sleeping and turning off alarm clock

Light therapy: Does red mean GO for getting rid of wrinkles?

Season 4 / Episode 4
Stacey Morrison puts the spotlight on light therapy for anti-aging and acne in the episode of Healthy or Hoax.
Close up of Stacey Morrison, host of Healthy or Hoax, lying under a Celluma light therapy device with red and blue lights on her face.

Functional Fungi: Mushroom marvel or Money pit?

Season 4 / Episode 5
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.
Bowl of assorted types of mushrooms

Hormone Diets: Clickbait or the key to weightloss?

Season 4 / Episode 6
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.
Diet choice concept with bright handwritten notes with names of trendy diets and healthy eating concept, with sneakers, tape measure, dumbbells on bright pink background.

Healthy or Hoax is back for Season 4

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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 walking and functional fungi.
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