If included in the diet regularly, these vegetables can:
- Increase energy throughout the day
- Promote weight loss
- Eliminate toxins from the body
- Strengthen skin, hair and nails
- Improve the immune system and reduce the likelihood of suffering from chronic diseases
- Improve sleep patterns
- Improve sports performance
- Help build muscle
- A quick way to consume all these nutrients is in juice form.
So you have everything to gain. Try one of the following green juice recipes, and you'll see that in addition to being excellent for your health, they're also super delicious.
Spinach juice.
Benefits:
- Hydrates your body and is a healthy source of carbohydrates and electrolytes
- Detoxifies and purifies your blood
- It provides your body with a large amount of phytonutrients, which help the immune system fight diseases (kale and spinach)
- They provide a wide variety of vitamins and minerals, as well as a healthy source of sugar.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 head of spinach
- 1/4 head of kale
- 1/4 green apple
Swiss chard juice
Benefits:
- It provides the body with phytonutrients, as well as a wide variety of microminerals. (Swiss chard)
- Prevents dehydration and promotes body detoxification (cucumber)
- It is a healthy source of sugar (apple)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 of a chard plant
- 1/4 cucumber
- 1/4 green apple
Cucumber juice
Benefits:
- Provides good hydration, quenches thirst and releases toxins from the body (cucumber and celery)
- Improves the body's immune function (orange)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cucumber
- 1 stalk of celery
- 1/4 orange
Spicy Juice
Benefits:
- Activates the metabolism (jalapeño)
- Detoxify and purify your body (kale)
- It provides a wide variety of phytonutrients and is a good source of energy (apple)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 jalapeño
- 1/4 green apple
- 1/4 kale
Watermelon juice
Benefits:
- Hydrates and is a healthy source of carbohydrates and electrolytes (Watermelon)
- Detoxifies and purifies the blood (kale)
- Provides a large amount of phytonutrients and a healthy source of sugar (apple)
- Improves the immune system (lime)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 kale
- 1/8 of watermelon
- 1/4 green apple
- 1/4 lime
Celery juice
Benefits:
- Provides half of the daily dose of antioxidants needed (Chinese cabbage)
- Strengthens the immune system and activates metabolism (grapefruit)
- Hydrates and quenches thirst (celery)
Ingredients:
- 1 stalk of celery
- 1/4 of Chinese cabbage
- 1/4 grapefruit
Mint juice
Benefits:
- Improves digestion and reduces internal inflammation (mint)
- Detoxifies and purifies the blood (kale)
- Hydrates and quenches thirst (celery and cucumber)
Ingredients:
- 1 handful of fresh mint
- 1/4 of kale
- 1/4 cucumber
- 1 stalk of celery
Create your own green smoothie
The following is a basic guide to help everyone create their own green game recipes.
Once you've tried any of these combinations, you'll feel much better about experimenting with your own creations.
The possibilities are endless. In the future, you'll be able to decide whether to add another ingredient to your recipe, or perhaps even remove one.
There is no rule about what you can or cannot put in the juicer.
All the combinations below are designed for servings of 400-600ml. Adjust the measurements to achieve the desired amounts.
Base Vegetable/Fruit + Main Ingredient + Optional Ingredient = A delicious green juice!!
