Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has hit back at critics of her healthy living website - insisting her tips are extremely valuable.

Paltrow's site GOOP.com - named after her initials - offers lifestyle lessons on subjects including health, travel and cookery. But online message boards have been humming with angry responses from users claiming the site is nothing more than a vanity project.

However, the actress argues she is merely passing on good advice from her privileged lifestyle. She says, "People get a hit of energy when they are negative and it is very detrimental for them. They do not understand why they do not have a happy life. That kind of stuff is just noise to me. I feel sorry for them."

The star, married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, justifies the project by adding, "I have this incredible, lucky, unique life where I've gotten to travel all over the place and so I started to acquire all of this information. I thought this would be a fun, creative way to share it."

"I thought if I could affect one woman's life positively, it was worth it."

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