Evan Sung

BluePrintJuice is now available at Whole Foods markets across Florida.

First came Jugofresh. The popular juice shop opened in South Beach one year ago and since then has announced plans of expanding into Wynwood, where it pops up now and again, and Lemon City, where owner Matthew Sherman will launch a 22,000-square-foot facility with a hydroponics lab, a commercial juicing kitchen, office space, and a 500-square-foot yoga studio.

Each 16-ounce portion of cold-pressed, raw, organic juice costs about $8 to $11.

See also:
- Jugofresh Expands to Wynwood, Lincoln Road and Lemon City
- Jugofresh Features Organic Juices, Opens Today in South Beach

Then came CPR, which stands for Cold Press Raw. The cleanse, featuring six juices a day, costs $65 per day. The juices are available in select locations, including Green Monkey yoga studios.

And now, one year after the debut of Miami's juice-cleansing craze, nationally acclaimed, blue-capped brand BluePrintJuice will be sold in Whole Foods markets across Florida.

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We're almost two months into 2013, and some of us are already losing sight of our New Year's resolutions. Eating healthy is hard when all you do is eat out. Hell, even cooking healthy is no walk in the park. Good thing we've got some news to share with your palate, belly, and heart.

Michael Boles, managing partner and owner of Haven, has teamed up with U-Fit owner and trainer Cody Patrick to present chef Todd Erickson's food to calorie-counting health freaks. OK, that's a bit insulting. Let's call them people who love eating out but have problems fulfilling dietary restrictions. Yeah, that's better.

You've likely heard of the paleo diet. In case you haven't, it's based on eating wholesome, contemporary foods from the food groups of our hunter-gatherer ancestors during the Paleolithic era, or the Stone Age. No wonder our ancestors were in such great shape.

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Diets are always trendy, especially in the beginning of the year and in Miami, where it's always sunny. The problem with doctors, diets, and workout regimens is that they are just that -- a trend, and are therefore constantly changing and evolving according to the latest information and breakthroughs in medical research. This has inevitably caused the dieting process to be like a magic trick gone bad, where the only thing that disappears is your cash. Lot's of it too. So what do you gain? More cravings for the things you've been told to stay away from.

Or they urge you to do what worked for J-Lo. Did you see her in that Golden Globes dress? Bitch.

Jenny from the block may not be the best example, but the point here is that what works for J-Lo may not work for you. Why? Genetics. Dr. Genetics to be exact, or Dr. J for short.

Genetics play a huge factor in the way each of us ingests, digests, and processes food. Besides being something we love and can't stay away from, food is ultimately energy, and a necessary source for a healthy and happy life.. Some people really do need a lot. It's not the calories, it's the DNA.

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- Dr. William Davis: Wheat Is Cause of Obesity and "Most Perverted Food on Store Shelves."
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Interview: Dr. Oz Responds to Uproar Over Time Article, Clarifies Stance on Organics and GMOs
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Could this save your diet?

It's a tough battle overcoming the bulge -- especially when you can't quite overcome the binge.

A new study published yesterday by the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that individuals trying to diet should pay attention to the unhealthy foods they eat, not the healthy stuff.

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via CNN

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a pair of goggles that trick the mind and stomach into thinking a person has consumed more than he or she really has.

So far, 80 percent of participants have been successfully tricked.

If research develops further, and the goggles become commercialized, the prospects for global weight loss could very well surpass the ever-increasing problem with obesity.

But how do they work?

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When you absolutely need a fix: there's an app for that.

​There's that old Greek maxim, "Know thyself," but if a person hasn't figured out how to maintain a caffeine buzz, luckily there's an app for that.

Introducing Caffeine Zone, an application developed by two scientists at Penn State University. It tells the user when and how much tea or coffee to drink during the day to keep the buzz rolling, or when to stop drinking it altogether.

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It's no stretch to guess that 85 to 90 percent of people tomorrow night will make a resolution to diet. But it's also no stretch to guess that around that same percentage of resolution diets will quickly be ditched.

We've developed five ways to extend those two months to maybe six months or maybe even a lifetime. If you're planning on a diet resolution for 2012, strip down to your skivvies and take a good, hard look at yourself. Devise a plan to fix whatever problems you see, and add these nifty tips to enhance it:

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Camille Lamb

Two cigs? She must be on the Love Diet.

Where do love and crash dieting intersect? If you're a typical guy, this question may sound like jibberish. If you're one of the five women in the country who can eat half a strawberry cheesecake at three in the morning and never gain an ounce, it may confound you, too. But if you're like many appearance-driven Miami women (and gay men), you've probably already been on what Short Order calls "The Love Diet."

The Love Diet is driven by involuntary hormone production and conscious food deprivation. When a woman meets a man she finds desirable, a natural chemical rush ensues. In an article titled Defining the Brain Systems of Lust, Romantic Attraction and Attachment, biological anthropologist Helen E. Fisher, Ph.D., wrote about a stage of love called "romantic attraction," in which people (women and men) tend to feel "psychophysical responses, including exhilaration, euphoria, increased energy, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, trembling, a pounding heart, and accelerated breathing." Basically, it's comparable to shooting pure cocaine in your arm. Some women say that when they experience the suppressed appetite as a result of meeting a new beau, they take advantage of the boost and turn their high into full-fledged crash dieting.

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