When Mark Hughes founded Herbalife more than 24 years ago, his mission was to help people discover their optimum health through good nutrition. His most important challenge was to find a simple, effective way to achieve and maintain ideal weight. Mark traveled all over the world, focusing on centuries-old herbal remedies to provide the ingredients for his original formulae.

Herbalife has combined that ancient herbal wisdom with the most advanced scientific research, to create a spectrum of healthy programs and products custom-designed with your specific needs in mind. We call it "custom living".

Our philosophy is rooted in a concept based on nourishing your body at the cellular level. The trillions of cells that make up your body must be healthy and functional before you can expect optimum well-being and energy. No program for weight control or life enhancement can work long term unless your cells receive all the nutrients they need from natural food sources and appropriate supplementation as needed.

Your body is under siege every day.

You feel rushed, hungry, fatigued and stressed-out. So aches, pains, sleeplessness and general malaise. It's no wonder we're overweight and overwhelmed. In recent years, excess weight has been documented as the leading cause of many common ailments. It's become a serious health concern that shouldn't be overlooked or minimized. This concern has led us to look for an answer. Amazingly, the answer is really very simple. We put together a panel of distinguished scientific and nutritional experts to create a step-by-step program to guide you back to the healthy, energetic and vital person nature intended you to be.

We have assembled herbs, botanicals and supplements from every corner of the globe in just the right combinations for superior nutritional support. Nourishing the body at the cellular level assists and maintains cell growth, repair and rejuvenation, and this principle is the basis of a healthy diet. Every product we offer is designed to support this principle.

As you browse through this site, think of it as a manual to help you build a personal Custom-Living Program. Each category listed in our table of contents is like a building block in the construction of your ideal nutritional plan, and you can design it to suit your specific needs.

What should you weigh?

We all know there is an ideal weight for our height, and the benefits of being a healthy weight are many: