Veggie Vitality
4 Medium-sized carrots
2 celery stalks
1 apple
1/4 cup of fresh parsley
1 Handful of spinach
Parsley is a pretty potent and powerful detoxification herb, especially when concentrated in juice. Best to use small amount only in any one juice. It has been found to be so powerful at detoxification that it can be used for certain types of chelation! It's also very rich in the all-important vitamin C. Celery juicer is awesome for alkalizing the body and as an all around tonic. Studies show that it really helps with hyper tension by reducing high blood pressure when consumed as a juice on a regular basis.
Sweet and Sour Citrus Blast
2 orange (your choice of variety)
1 tangerine
1/2 a pink grapefruit
1/2 a lemon
It's a lesser known fact, but citrus fruits are an excellent source of electrolytes that keep us hydrated and boost energy levels. These are good fruits to always have available so that you can churn out a citrus juice whenever you feel like you need one.
Here is an extra and very beneficial tip when juicing citrus. Juice some of the pith! Not the skin, put some of the white stuff at the center of citrus fruits and on the inside of the peel. What's the benefit you may ask? Well, adding some of the white pith into a juice is not going to make it very sour, like juicing the skin would, but it will greatly increase the amount of antioxidants in your juice, especially if you are using one of the best masticating juicers!
There are actually more antioxidants in the skin and pith of citrus fruits than in the actual flesh of the fruit!
This goes for most fruits and veggies too. The reason being that the outer layers of fruits and veggies concentrate in antioxidants to protect against the oxidizing effects of sunlight and oxygen in the air. Thus protecting the flesh inside. So whenever possible always juice skins or the pith of any fruit or veggie. However, skip juicing the skin of citrus fruits, most of them contain oils that can upset the stomach in higher concentrations.
Go-get-um-Greens
3 celery stalks with leaves
1 apple
Handful of kale
Handful of spinach
1" slice of ginger
If you need some get-up-and-go the natural way then this juicing recipe for energy will give you some spark. It's chocked with blood-cleansing greens, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. And after all, a more detoxed body is a body with more energy. Kale and spinach are surprisingly high in vitamin C, and super-high in beta-carotene. Cleansing the liver and greater blood flow are all shown benefits.
Celery may help with cancer prevention with it's strong alkalizing properties. A body that is less acidic is considerably less likely to get diseases such as cancer. Diseases are shown to thrive in more acidic environments.
Ginger is one of nature's gems. Numerous studies have shown that one it's major antioxidants "gingerol" is very effective at reducing joint inflammation and the pain that can come with that. Ginger is a treasure of natural healing properties.
