The detox juice diet has been in the media for quite some time now. It’s been able to gather up both good and bad publicity so much attention from health users.
If you’re considering juicing for weight loss, then you’re at the right place. Continue reading to find our recommended low sugar green juice recipes. By the time you finish reading this post, you’ll have gain more knowledge on what detox juice is for and how you can use juice to lose weight.
BENEFITS OF DETOX JUICING
Detox juicing has a lot of health benefits. From helping you get the needed nutrients into your body system to giving your digestive system a soft factory reset, you can’t go wrong with juicing.
Here are some of the key benefits of a juice detox. Performing a juice detox can help you in the following areas –
- Helps you lose weight safely and healthily.
- It improves the way your body absorbs nutrient
- Plug leaky gut and feeds good bacteria in your gut.
- Helps lower blood cholesterol level.
- Helps detox your liver.
- Lowers blood sugar levels.
- Nourishes the skin as a result of consuming anti-oxidants and vitamins that are skin friendly.
- Broadens the range of vegetables you eat.
- Improves your mental alertness and clarity.
- Drinking juice rather than eating can help reduce the stress and strain on the body digestive system.
JUICING FOR WEIGHT LOSS
When it comes to juicing for weight loss, they are two major strategies you can use to achieve your goals. The first option is a total juice fast, where your calories are all in the form of liquid – you consume nothing but juice for a certain period. The second strategy includes using juice as a balanced meal replacement.
First Option – Total Juice Fast
If you’ve heard about Joe Cross (of the Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead) weight loss feat and curious about the method he used in shedding off 100 pounds within 2 months. This is the method.
A total juice fast for anything longer than a week is a bit difficult and might not be advisable based on the health risk it poses. It’s recommended you talk with your doctor first before giving this option a try. If your doctor gives the go-ahead, then the only thing you might want to worry about is keeping up the discipline, and preparing for it.
This method is only used for a certain period until you move to a sustainable, healthy diet that helps you to lose more weight or maintain the one you’ve lost.
Second Option – Use as a Balanced Meal Replacement
The second option or strategy when it comes to using juicing for weight loss is to incorporate it into your daily lifestyle. It’s quite simple. You substitute some of the unhealthy meals you eat in the day with a serving of detox juice.
By substituting some of the junk foods you eat such as burgers, fries, bagel, soda, and so on with get to add more nutrients to your body, reduce your cravings and eat fewer calories
TIP: Try to make sure vegetables forms a larger part of your juicing ingredients rather than fruits. Non-starchy veggies are relatively lower in calories than fruits, which is what we want.
The lower the calories, the better. Veggies are also rich in fibers and are powerhouses of everything good for your body – vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
HOW TO MAKE A DETOX JUICE
Making juice to help you to burn fat isn’t exactly rocket science you know. All you need to is to get yourself a little familiar experiment with some vegetables and fruits – their nutrients and taste. This will help you make healthy choices when combining various veggies and fruits to get your super combo that melts fat off your body.
JUICE RECIPES FOR WEIGHT LOSS
Knowing how some of you might be busy with work and other things, we’ve come up with some tasty, fat burning recipes for your juice you can easily make at home.
TIP: Try to use a masticating juicer or a twin gear for juicing your leafy greens and veggies. If you don’t have any readily available, you can also use a blender to make a smoothie out the ingredients. Although, the juice might be a little fibrous.
SPINACH AND APPLE JUICE RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups spinach (60 grams)
- 2 big green apples
- 1 lemon slice
- ½ cup carrot greens (13 grams)
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (can add up to ½ tbsp. if you want something hot!)
DIRECTIONS:
- Cut the apples into smaller wedges, remove the seeds in it and add it to your juicer
- Add your carrot greens, spinach, and lemons to the juicer.
- Pour the juice into a glass and add the cayenne pepper to your preference
- Enjoy it.
TURMERIC JUICE RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
- ½ apple
- 1 medium carrot
- One small stalk celery
- ¼ thumb ginger root
- ½ lemon
- ½ medium pear
- 1 ½ thumb turmeric root
DIRECTIONS
- Wash the turmeric root, cut into smaller pieces and add to the juicer
- Chop the carrots into smaller pieces and add it to the juicer
- Add other ingredients into the juicer
- Stir well to get a uniform taste.
- Enjoy
BITTER GOURD JUICE RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 bitter melon
- 2 green apples
- 2 large celery stalks
- 1 big or 2 small cucumber
- 1 small lemon
DIRECTIONS
- Chop the bitter melon into smaller pieces, remove the seeds and the white part inside of the melon.
- Chop the celery and apples and core the apple. Do the same for the cucumber.
- Add everything into a juicer and juice.
- Enjoy.
Tip: if the juice taste too bitter, try to reduce the size of melon you add to it. You can also increase the amount of apples in your juice to sweeten it, but you need to be careful as apples have a high sugar content which is counterproductive to our goal – losing weight.
CUCUMBER LEMON JUICE RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
- 3 large or 6 small sized cucumbers
- ¼ fresh lemon
DIRECTIONS
- Cut the cucumber into smaller pieces to make it fit nicely into your juicer.
- Add the lemon and the chopped cucumber into your juicer and juice.
- Refrigerate or add a few ice blocks to make it chilled.
- Enjoy!
AMLA JUICE RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
- 6 fresh amlas
- 1-2 teaspoons honey
- Salt (to taste to your preference)
DIRECTIONS
- Cut the amlas into pieces and remove the seeds
- Feed the chopped amlas into a juicer.
- Pour the juice into a glass and mix with the honey.
- Enjoy your healthy drink!
This healthy juice is better off being drink after an hour or two after you’ve heard your meal as it’s quite bitter which could ruin your appetite. Moreover, it’s a bit acidic, so it’s not advisable to take it on an empty stomach.
ULTIMATE GREEN DETOX JUICE
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 green apples
- 3 stalks celery
- 1 cucumber
- Kale (8 leaves)
- ½ lemon (peeled)
- 1 small piece of fresh ginger
DIRECTIONS
- Cut the cucumber, apples, Kale leaves, and celery stalks into smaller pieces to make it fit nicely into your juicer.
- Feed the chopped fruits to your juicer. Add lemon (peeled) and ginger to it.
- Refrigerate or add a few ice blocks to make it chilled.
- Enjoy!
TROPICAL CARROT APPLE JUICE
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 large apple
- 1/4 pineapple (medium-sized)
- 2 big carrots
- 2 pieces fresh ginger
DIRECTIONS
- Core the apple and chop it into smaller pieces. Do the same for the carrots, pineapple, and ginger.
- Throw everything into a juicer.
- Pour into a glass.
- Add a few iced blocks to make it chill (optional)
- Enjoy!
LEMON APPLE JUICE
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 lemons (peeled)
- 4 apples
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 cup water
DIRECTIONS
- Cut the apples into smaller pieces. Do the same for the cucumbers.
- Add the chopped veggie to the juicer.
- Add the lemon to it.
- Juice and pour in a glass.
- Add a few iced blocks to make it chill (optional)
RED ZINGER BREAKFAST JUICE
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 lemons
- 2 carrots
- 2 apples
- 2 beets
DIRECTIONS
- Wash the fruits and cut them into smaller pieces.
- Feed the fruits and veggie into a blender.
- Pour into a glass.
- Add a few iced blocks to make it chill (optional)
- Enjoy!
SUPER C GREEN DETOX JUICE
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup pineapple
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup seedless grapes
- 1/2 cup parsley
- 1 apple
DIRECTIONS
- Core the apple and chop it into smaller pieces. Do the same for the carrots, pineapple, and ginger.
- Throw everything into a juicer.
- Pour into a glass.
- Add a few iced blocks to make it chill (optional)
- Enjoy!
ORANGE DETOX JUICE
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 medium apples
- 3 stalks celery
- 1 orange (peeled)
- 2 medium pears
- 1 sweet potato – 5″ long
DIRECTION:
- Wash and chop the apples, celery, orange and pears then put aside
- Wash the sweet potato and cut into smaller pieces
- Add it all into a juicer to process into a juice
GINGER VEE JUICE
The taste is fantastic, and it’s full of nutrients thanks to the variety of ingredients.
Ginger is an amazing spice. Just 1 – 1/2 grams of ginger can help prevent various types of nausea like seasickness, chemotherapy nausea, nausea after surgery and morning sickness.
GREEN GINGER ALE INGREDIENTS:
- 3 medium apples
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 cucumber
- 1 piece ginger root
- 1 lime (peeled)
DIRECTION:
- Wash the spinach leaves, ginger root, and celery thoroughly and put aside
- Wash, core and chop the apples into fine, smaller pieces
- Do the same for the cucumber and lime
- Cut the spinach, ginger, and celery into smaller pieces
- Feed all the ingredients into a juicer.
It might take a while to finally get the combo that works the best for you. Before that, don’t give up. Keep on experimenting but make sure you aren’t consuming lots of sugars. It’s crucial your juice has lots of veggies in them.
That said, why don’t you go try out some fresh, juice and let us know your thoughts.
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