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The article presents information on the diet, supplements and proactive approach a person needs to keep liver strong and healthy. The liver makes proteins that regulate blood clotting, neutralizes toxins in the blood, produces immune agents to fight infection, generates bile to help digest fats, and stores glucose for when energy is needed. Certain foods apparently contain nutrients that support liver detoxification properties. Consuming alcohol only in moderation is useful to protect a healthy liver, but reducing intake to a bare minimum or, eliminating it altogether is vital when the liver has been damaged by disease or abuse. INSET: What (not) to do for your liver.

Discusses the views of Virginia-based physician Fereydoon Batmanghelidj regarding the health benefits of drinking water. Information on his book `Your Body's Many Cries for Water'; Consequences of chronic mild dehydration; Effectiveness of water in disease treatment; Weight-control power of water. INSETS: Should you hit the Bottle? by Nina Willdorf;Picking the right Filter by N.W.;One down, seven To Go by M.T..

Focuses on the researches on the health benefits of birds in the U.S. Reason behind the reduction in the heart rate of emperor penguins during dives; Adaptations that enable thrushes to compensate for sleep deprivation; Study on the hunger impulses and weight control of zebra finches. INSET: WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW? JUST SLEEP ON IT..