Fancy 3 days of drinking only liquids and no solid food? Claimed to thoroughly‘cleanse’ your body, juice cleansing subscribers consume only organic fruits andvegetables squeezed from cold-pressed juicers and ingest a calibrated quantitybased on a pre-drawn timetable. Currently in vogue in Singapore, with manycompanies offering 3 to 6 days juice cleansing programmes to modern junk food-eaters in need of a detox.

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Think twice if you thought a cave man diet is the sexy equivalent to dirtybulking. Paleo Diet follows a strict dietary discipline of sticking to only organicfruits and vegetables, grass-fed meat and hormone-free fish. It is basically adiary/pesticide/gluten/soy/sugar/grain-free diet that is said to allow you to livelonger and healthier.

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While it is not something you can eat, this DIY Fruit Mask machine hasgenerated a craze in Korea, Taiwan and is expected to hit Singapore anytimesoon. The special machine allows you to create your own facial mask byplacing fruits and vegetables into a blender-like device, wait a few minutesand voila! A sheet of mask with no preservatives, ready to slap on the faceNow you can select only those ingredients that is suitable for your skin type.Durian is not one of them.

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Harnessing the power of microbes to transform the flavors and textures of food –cabbage into Kimchi, soybeans into Tempeh, and milk into creamy yogurt,fermented food has been turned into a diet superstardom due to its beneficialbacteria – the probiotics. Probiotics has shown to improve the digestive system,improve immunity and even help slow or reverse certain diseases. Not tomention fermented food are budget friendly as well.

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What’s the difference between pepper and chia seeds? One has an exotic,spicy taste and the other no taste at all but cost ten times as much.Historically used by Mayans and Aztecs for its healing properties and asenergy booster, chia seeds contains healthy omega-3 fatty acids, protein, fiber,anti-oxidants and calcium. These superfoods are usually added to yogurts,salads, smoothies and sometimes even consumed whole.

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Similar to Paleo diet but more flexible and less torturous, the idea of cleaneating is about being mindful of the food’s pathway between its origin andyour plate. While Paleo diet eliminates entire food groups such as dairy andgrains, cutting away essential nutrients like calcium, eating clean requires abalanced diet that includes all major food groups except sugar and unhealthysnacks.

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Fame for possessing the most antioxidants than other available berries in themarket, Acai berries are touted as a superfood with anti-aging, free-radicalreduction and even weight-loss properties. An indigenous berry commonlyfound in the rain forests of the Amazon, this exotic fruit has been used forcenturies as a healing, immune-stimulating fruit.

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This is a super health food that has a marketing crisis. The first hurdle is itspronunciation (keen-wa), the second is its categorisation. Broadly referred toas a grain and consumed as such, though technically the quinoa plant is in thesame family as beets and spinach. Other than that, quinoa is packed withhealth goodness including omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidant phytonutrients,fiber, vitamins B and E, and essential minerals like magnesium, iron, calcium,zinc and copper. There is no reason not to incorporate this into your palate.

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The next time someone offers you a glass of red wine you know he/she iscaring for your heart and more. Within the alcohol itself contains a substancecalled resveratrol which help prevent heart disease, reduces low-densitylipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the ‘bad’ cholesterol), prevents artery damageand blood clots. If you’re adverse to the strong bitter taste or feel awkward todrink in the morning, pop a pill-shape supplement down for a no-guiltingestion.

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Considered the most recognisable health food in the market, when youconsume salmon you’ll unconsciously associate it with omega-3. Omega-3 hasa long record of benefits – lower risk of heart disease, antidepressants, curbjoint pain, boost visual development, improve lung function, decrease cancerrisk, and improve mental skills. Not least to say salmon is delicious too, be itgrilled or in sashimi form, so you can easily incorporate this power fish intoyour palate. If you’re not into the fishy taste, there’re a wide selection ofomega-3 supplements found in the pharmacies, mostly sourced from salmon.With all these health benefits, this salmon fad is the least likely to fade.

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