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There are a number of reasons why juicing has become so popular at the moment. Top of the list is that fresh juices taste seriously delicious, especially as you can tweak each recipe to suit your own tastes. Plus, freshly prepared juices are bursting with health boosting vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, trace elements and plant nutrients to make you feel great and look fabulous.

Our livers work extremely hard everyday to protect us from adverse affects from toxins and often it is easy for our livers to become overworked compromising our health significantly. Here are 7 common foods you can include daily to help cleanse your liver naturally.

Discover easy ways to increase the amount of high-quality protein in anyone’s diet.

Juicing is an easy and powerful way to take control of your health, mood, and energy levels and live a more youthful, vibrant lifestyle

The hottest new drink craze, coconut water is taking the healthy world by storm. Many celebrities have replaced many of their diet drinks with the new “natures sports drink” with a bottle or carton of coconut water.

Protein is the most abundant substance in the body after water. It is found in every cell throughout the body and is a major structural component of cells, especially muscles. It is also found in the body’s internal organs, hair and skin. Because it is such an abundant nutrient, it’s not hard to see why protein is so important for the body.

Would you believe it if you heard that eating chocolate can help fight fat, reduce your risk of developing cardiovascular disease or slow the aging process? It probably sounds too good to be true. But current research says chocolate may actually be one of the healthiest treats in your kitchen.

Modern society is obsessed with weight. And yet many people don’t even fully understand what it means to be overweight, let alone obese or even underweight. Every day we are bombarded with conflicting messages about weight.

“Keeping in the habit of using deep breathing, yoga, meditation, sports, music therapy or whatever other stress-reducing exercise you enjoy will be of great benefit during high-stress times.”

Have you ever eaten an entire meal and by the time you stood up from the table you were wishing for more because you weren’t satisfied? Some foods are better at satiating you than are others. Here are five healthy foods that are sure to leave you feeling satisfied so you can make it to the next meal without needing to visit the vending machine at work for an unhealthy snack.