Isn’t it amazing when you get to wake up a little later on a Saturday morning? The sun peaks through your curtains/blinds and helps you wake up when you enter the rest of your house. Basking in the glow of morning sunshine helps to boost your mood and provide natural energy. Maybe you sip some morning tea or lemon water and pop a squat on your couch while doing so. The only other thing that can enhance a morning such as this is a refreshing and nourishing cucumber grapefruit juice.

Juice is so easy to make, even if you don’t have a juicer. As a quick note for people who want to make juice without juicers, blend your ingredients in a blender and then pour the blended mixture through a fine mesh sieve, pressing the pulp to extract as much liquid as possible. You may end up with some bits and pieces in your juice, but the flavor is there and that’s what matters! Just keep in mind that your blended mixture will not yield as much juice as is in the blender. This is because you remove the fiber from the ingredients, which is leftover in the pulp.

This cucumber grapefruit juice is low in calories and incredibly refreshing. The spicy kick from the ginger adds a little zing that wakes up your palate. Both cucumber and grapefruit have a water content that exceeds 90%, so they aid your hydration efforts. Grapefruit is rich in vitamin C, which aids immune function, and it may help prevent insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes. Studies suggest that eating grapefruit can help regulate blood sugar levels and keep insulin levels controlled. How amazing is that?!

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What separates this from every other juicing recipe out there? Nearly every juice is easy to make, but not every juice is the perfect combination of fruits and vegetables. You are probably familiar with juices that take like you tapped the earth for its juice. Not this recipe, folks! This cold-pressed yellow juice is refreshing, hydrating, and makes for the perfect addition to your breakfast. You can also enjoy it as a healthy snack to energize your body!

By now, you probably know of the “eat the rainbow” philosophy. The same applies to juicing the rainbow because there are numerous benefits to eating and drinking the produce color spectrum. Can you mix different colored fruits and vegetables? Absolutely, but it can be beneficial and easier to focus on one color at a time with juices. Plus, you can choose different colors to enjoy on separate days if you enjoy juicing. Here are a few benefits of the ingredients used in this recipe:

• Yellow carrots offer a lot of phosphorus and vitamin E, and they have a sweeter flavor profile than orange carrots.
• Pineapple is rich in bromelain, an enzyme that aids digestion and may help fight bacterial infections. It also offers lots of vitamin C, calcium, iron, folate, magnesium, and zinc.
• Mango contains high levels of vitamins A & C, which help maintain healthy skin, hair, and immune function.
• Golden kiwis are sweeter than their green counterparts and offer twice the amount of vitamin C than green kiwis.
• Golden beets contain nutrients that support heart health and healthy blood pressure levels. They also exhibit numerous essential vitamins and minerals.
• Ginger offers a spicy kick and is a true immune-boosting powerhouse that may help the body fight off infections.

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Juicing isn’t just meant for January, the month in which everyone decides they are going to lose weight and eat healthier foods. Although a juice cleanse is synonymous with the New Year, juicing isn’t solely reserved for resolutions. Sipping on a green juice isn’t just a trendy photoshoot for your Instagram, nor is a beet juice concoction reserved for hangovers. Juicing is more than a wellness trend; rather, it is always available and a great way to introduce more fruits and vegetables into your diet. 

What Is Juicing?

The process of juicing is essentially the extraction of liquids from fresh fruits and vegetables. It strips away the solid matter, including seeds, pulp, and peels, but you are left with a liquid concentration of essential micronutrients. Although juice contains minerals, vitamins, and phytonutrients, the fiber is lost during the juicing process. That’s why juicing for extended periods of time is not advised. You can alternate between juicing and eating whole foods, and you can always enjoy smoothies, which have all the fiber you need. 

When you drink a glass of freshly made juice, you absorb a high concentration of nutrients per ounce. Not only does this help combat inflammatory foods in the Standard American Diet, but it also gives the digestive system a break from solid food. When you take a break from solid food, you may help decrease body weight and increase the amount of healthy gut bacteria. 

Juice Cleanses Aren’t For Everyone

If you participate in a juice cleanse, you should not do it longer than three days. Ideally, you supplement a normal, balanced diet with freshly made juices. This helps to increase your consumption of fruits and vegetables, helping you get the recommended amount of servings per day. Everyday wellness is more important than a fad diet, such as juicing. Focus on freshness and balance for a realistic approach to wellness. Juicing isn’t an all or nothing way of life! Now, read on for six incredible juice recipes that’ll take your health to the next level. 

Juice For Longevity

Ingredients:

• 1 cup pineapple, cubed
• 1/2 cup red grapes
• 1 (4-ounce) lemon, quartered and unpeeled
• 1 (10-ounce) orange, skin removed

Instructions:

• Process all of the ingredients through a juicer and drink immediately. Enjoy!

Juice For Exercise Stamina

Ingredients:

• 1-inch piece of ginger root
• 1 large orange, peeled
• 4 carrots, roughly chopped
• 1 large beet, peeled and roughly chopped

Instructions:

• Process all of the ingredients through a juicer and drink immediately. Enjoy!

Juice For An Afternoon Recharge

Ingredients:

• 9 ounces carrots, roughly chopped
• 2 cups baby spinach, washed and dried
• 6 ounces beets, peeled, and roughly chopped
• 5 ounces cucumbers, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp ginger root

Instructions:

• Process all of the ingredients through a juicer and drink immediately. Enjoy!

Juice For Glowing Skin

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cucumber, roughly chopped
• 1 cup Granny Smith apple, cored and seeded
• 1 cup celery stalks, roughly chopped
• 1 heart Romaine lettuce
• 1/3 cup pineapple, cubed

Instructions:

• Process all of the ingredients through a juicer and drink immediately. Enjoy!

Juice For Curbing Hunger

Ingredients:

• 2 cups kale, rinsed
• 2 cups spinach, rinsed
• 2 cups green grapes
• 1 large cucumber, roughly chopped

Instructions:

• Process all of the ingredients through a juicer and drink immediately. Enjoy!

Juice To Boost Hydration

Ingredients:

• 1 cup spinach, rinsed
• 1 large cucumber, roughly chopped
• 3 celery stalks, roughly chopped
• 1 Granny Smith apple, cored
• 1 lemon, peeled
• 1/8 cup mint leaves

Instructions:

• Process all of the ingredients through a juicer and drink immediately. Enjoy!

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Why do children love juice more than water? For starters, water is flavorless, so it is boring to a child’s palate. Juice contains sugar, and once a child gets a taste of the good stuff, they don’t want to go back to plain old water. As you get older, you understand how important water is for your survival. Not only does water help flush waste from the body, but it also helps you avoid dehydration, which can have adverse health effects.

There is nothing wrong with juice, as long as you make it yourself, purchase it from a juicery, or buy unsweetened varieties. Even bottled, unsweetened juices can have “natural flavors,” which may or may not include artificial sweeteners, but that depends on the manufacturer. Making your own juice is great because you only consume the fruits/vegetables that you juice. Homemade juices don’t require sweeteners because they contain natural sugars from fruit. However, a green goddess juice may need a little agave or maple syrup, so it doesn’t taste like grass.

Drinking this watermelon, cucumber, mint & lime juice can help enhance your hydration efforts. Both watermelon and cucumber have over 90% water and provide electrolytes, which you lose via sweat. On a hot summer day, it is very important to replenish the electrolytes you lose. You need more than water to hydrate the body! In addition to the electrolytes in these ingredients, you’ll receive a healthy dose of vitamins, phytonutrients, and antioxidant compounds. Not only do you get to enjoy the sweet, refreshing flavor of this juice, but you get to feel good about drinking it too!

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If you want to properly hydrate your body, you need more than high quality H20. Electrolytes are essential for hydration because they help cells maintain fluid balance. They direct water and soluble fiber to areas of the body that need them. During exercise or in hot weather, you sweat and lose electrolytes, and it is your job to replenish those charged particles to keep a healthy balance within your body.

A lot of people think that sports drinks are the only way to intake electrolytes. Most of these bottled beverages contain added sugars, artificial dyes, and preservatives. And drinking those beverages while sedentary doesn’t do anything for your body. One of the easiest ways to consume electrolytes is by eating watermelon, or drinking freshly made watermelon juice. This is because watermelons contain magnesium, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus, in addition to L-citrulline, an amino acid that may enhance athletic performance.

The lime and ginger help to give this juice a refreshing taste. Plus, ginger exhibits anti-nausea properties, which can help during the recovery period post exercise. This is especially helpful after extreme activities, where a queasy stomach is common after working out. Fruit juice alone is low in salt, which is surprisingly a crucial component for optimal hydration. For this reason, we added a pinch of Himalayan salt to the juice. Just don’t add too much salt, or this juice may taste off-putting and it may send you straight to the restroom.

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A lot of people are on the juicing train, focusing on celery and beet juices. While these juices are beneficial in moderation, they don’t provide the same fiber and satiety that smoothies do. Plus, you have to use a lot more produce to make juices than you do to make smoothies. So not only do smoothies require less ingredients, but they are also more filling. You can always enjoy a juice here and there, but we endorse smoothies more than juices, in case you were wondering.

This spinach, avocado, and apple smoothie is very easy to make and provides the body with healthy fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. You need iron, potassium, and omega-3 fatty acids? This smoothie has those nutrients. You need fiber, magnesium, and vitamin C? You found your go-to smoothie with this recipe! Don’t worry about the avocado in the smoothie because it doesn’t impart any flavor. The sweetness of the banana and apple take center stage, distracting your taste buds from the spinach and avocado. Surprisingly, you don’t taste the spinach, which is why it’s the best green to include in smoothies, especially if you’re new to green smoothies.

This recipe makes quite a generous serving or two, so you can freeze some of it to enjoy the following day, share it with someone, or enjoy all of it yourself. Enjoying the entire smoothie by yourself is encouraged if you are cleansing, as you’ll need the sustenance. It is very flavorful without being calorically dense. Sip to your health!

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People have been searching for ways to boost their immune systems forever. Researchers continue to investigate supplements, nutrients, and diet modifications that can encourage healthy immune function. The good news is that the lack of scientific evidence hasn’t stopped new products from emerging, usually with creative delivery systems. 

One of the more recent and popular items for healthier immune function is wellness shots. These are not alcoholic shots, nor are they the kind administered via a needle, just to be clear. These little shots claim to deliver immune-boosting nutrients via one gulp of liquid. They are readily available in grocery stores, health food stores, and juice bars. And because people want quick and efficient ways to make it through cold and flu season unscathed, these little shots are very popular. 

What Are Wellness Shots?

These little one- or two-ounce bottles contain a mixture of fruit or vegetable juices, apple cider vinegar, and herbs and spices. Some of the herbs and spices in these wellness shots have been used in traditional and folk medicine for hundreds of years. A 2022 report on the beverage industry found that these beverages have become a preferred way to obtain vitamins, more so than pills or gummies. You can down them quickly, making them more attractive than smoothies or juices. 

What Health Claims Do These Shots Make?

Lots of juices are advertised as “immune-boosting” or “germ-fighting,” but how valid are these claims? Like most foods, immunity and wellness shots can be marketed with similar vague health claims. Because they are not subject to the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), wellness shots can use these types of phrases. Marketing language, therefore, is often exaggerated. 

A few common phrases that are associated with wellness shots can include “boost immunity” or “strengthen your immune system.” That means that these wellness shots imply that they will help you not get sick, or recover faster if you are already sick. In reality, the immune system is a lot more complicated than that. 

According to dietary research, adequate vitamins, minerals, macronutrients, and calories play a role in how your immune system functions. Some nutrients do have more of an impact on the growth and function of immune cells. Getting “mega doses” of those nutrients doesn’t supercharge your immune system, according to health experts. That is because the body can only use a certain percentage of those nutrients.

What Does The Research Say?

Research shows that diet will not prevent you from catching a cold, flu, or COVID-19. That said, there is some evidence that a wellness or immunity shot can help ease cold or flu symptoms if they contain certain nutrients. Research states that both vitamin C and zinc can help shorten the duration of a cold, provided you supplement with them before getting sick. Unfortunately, the dosages of those nutrients that have been studied are not the same as the amount in immunity shots. 

Some wellness shots claim to boost energy levels or improve mental clarity, but they don’t define what that means. We need not discount the positive effects of a balanced diet, though. Diet does help improve the way the immune system functions, but it’s not the end-all, be-all. The unfortunate reality is that no food or special diet can prevent all sickness and disease. Too many other factors are out of an individual’s control. 

What To Look For In A Wellness Shot

If you want to know if a wellness shot is worth the hype, you have to check the ingredient list. Focus on the first one listed because ingredients are listed by weight. The first ingredient is the bulk of the wellness shot, according to health experts. Researchers note that several ingredients have undergone lots of scientific studies and are great additions to wellness shots. Those ingredients are as follows:

• Turmeric
• Ginger
• Oregano oil
• Vitamin C
• Zinc

The Takeaway

If you are a healthy individual, wellness shots are not going to harm your routine, unless you’re allergic to the ingredients in the shots. Unfortunately, there is no proof that taking these shots will improve your overall health or shorten the duration of illness. That said, a well-balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables will contribute to vibrant overall health.

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Halloween is just a couple days away, and that means that this is your last chance to pull out all the festive stops. Even though Halloween is classically unhealthy, you don’t have to succumb to the temptations in order to be festive. You can make healthy Halloween treats or themed foods like the “blood” vials in this recipe. There’s nothing wrong with adding a little health to your Halloween, right? Right???

If you love V8 juice, then you are really going to love this recipe. This is much healthier and doesn’t contain other ingredients like natural flavors, citric acid, potassium chloride, and salt. This juice is pure health, with the only ingredients being the ones you see on this ingredient list below. There is no need for processed ingredients or preservatives because this is real juice, people. It can be a little potent if you are a beginner juicer, but it is rich in a diverse mix of nutrients. Sometimes, but not always, healthy recipes don’t taste like the most amazing thing you’ve ever had. And that’s perfectly fine!

To get in the Halloween mood, this classically red juice is going to act as blood in vials at your Halloween get together. Nothing wrong with giving people a little dose of healthy, anti-inflammatory juice at your party! You can purchase plastic vials and pour the juice in them right after you make it. Just make sure that the vials sit in a bowl of ice because the juice has to remain cold; it will not taste great at room temperature.

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There are many creams, oils, and DIY concoctions, which you apply topically, that promise to get rid of cellulite. Some of them work and some of them are completely ineffective. The fact of the matter is that you can eat certain foods to help smooth away cellulite and accelerate metabolism. Additionally, consuming the wrong foods can lead to toxic build-up that can result in cellulite.

Cellulite is a combination of excess fat and toxins that exists beneath the skin’s surface. Cellulite is always the result of poor lifestyle factors, including unhealthy eating habits, high stress levels, hormonal imbalances, or exposure to pollutants. Ultimately, cellulite is a pollution problem that you can fix. You don’t need expensive creams or invasive treatments to get rid of cellulite. It’s best to avoid greasy, highly processed foods, refined sugars, acidic foods, and fried foods.

The goal is to alkalize the body if you want to get rid of cellulite, and that’s exactly what this juice does. Not only does the flavor of this juice awaken your taste buds, but it also helps to promote alkalinity within the body. Even though the citrus fruits contain citric acid, they have an alkalizing effect inside the body. This juice is perfect to drink in the morning when you start your day.

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Imagine that you are sweating on a hot summer day. What beverage do you reach for to cool you off? Some people choose unhealthy, sugary beverages that promise electrolytes, while others choose water. The latter is the best option, but there’s another way to cool off from summertime heat. It’s time that you enjoy the hydrating flavorful combination of fresh cucumbers, lime juice, mint leaves, and ginger. Not only is this beverage packed with flavors, but it also very beneficial for the digestive system.

You may notice that this is an agua fresca, which literally translates to fresh water or cool water. An agua fresca is a classic, non-alcoholic Mexican beverage that combines fruits or vegetables with water. Typically, agua fresca contain a lot of sugar and can be overwhelmingly sweet. We’re toning down the sugar level and focusing on the pure flavors of the ingredients. If you want to avoid sweetness altogether, you can exclude or lessen the amount of raw agave nectar in the recipe. It’s great for a mocktail or as a refreshing picnic beverage.

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