Author name: Deepa Sannidhi

I am a board-certified family medicine, obesity medicine and lifestyle medicine physician. Trained in preventive medicine, I provide chronic disease management and also help people prevent and treat disease through lifestyle and integrative medicine.

Crying in the What Now crowd

Crying in the What Now crowd

This article comes from thespinoff.co.nz team Alex Casey has a wonderful Sunday morning in the studio of Aotearoa’s longest-running children’s show. You’d think we were in the middle of a spectacular home birth. “Does anyone have more towels,” someone shouts from the room, chasing a bright pink and orange towel. “More towels?!” someone pleaded with

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'It's always hard not to put your best work': Adi Nevgi kicked out of the MasterChef kitchen

‘It’s always hard not to put your best work’: Adi Nevgi kicked out of the MasterChef kitchen

When the chefs entered the kitchen they were met with several petri dishes containing pearls of different colors. Like something from Willy Wonka’s factory, the judges explained that the odorless balls were full of flavor, making our chefs try something unique but very difficult. “It looked amazing, first of all,” Adi told 10 Play, “you

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Where they grow snails

Where they grow snails

Ōhiwa Oyster Farm has been operating in the Bay of Plenty for 55 years. As of last week, it is entirely Māori. East of Whakatāne is perhaps one of the country’s most famous harbours: Ōhiwa. The traditional names of the port, Te kite kai a Tairongo and Te umu tao noa a Tairongo, reflect the

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Million Dollar Pigeon: A fascinating doco that takes us into the brutal world of pigeon racing

Million Dollar Pigeon: A fascinating doco that takes us into the brutal world of pigeon racing

Review: For many people around the world, they are talking about the problems that plague city streets. But, for a few, these “little birds with pea-sized brains” are truly special. Using their ability to find their way “home” from afar, pigeon racing has been described as “the sport of kings and queens, presidents and commoners,

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