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So, you think you’re a serious juicer? (I’m referring to fruit and vegetable juicing, and not the steroid kind that gets you suspended for 50 games in Major League Baseball, obviously.) Have you taken a juice vacation? Because that’s the new standard for real juicers.

Hotels from New York State’s Catskills to Southern California now offer long and short "juice vacations." A good pre-Labor Day example for anyone who’s been going too heavy on the burgers recently: the one-day Bikini Jumpstart Juice Package at Santa Monica’s Shore Hotel.

Real juicers, here are more trends to stay on top of:
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If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen - or just don't turn on the stove.

Troy Guard is chef/owner of Tag and Tag Raw Bar in Denver, Colorado - where the latter is mostly serving up, as the name may have indicated, ingredients just the way nature intended them.

Five Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared to Eat Things Raw: Troy Guard
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