Purify your system with this homemade detox green juice recipe using celery, cucumber, romaine lettuce, apples, lemons, and ginger.
If your body is in need of a reset–and let’s face it, many of us are in need of a reset around this time of year–you may be on the lookout for a new purifying green juice recipe that will detox your system. If so, you’re in for a treat: our fresh, purifying Big Green Juice will not only tantalize your taste buds, but also cleanse and calm your digestive tract.
Health or hype: does green juice detox your body?
Before we get to the nitty gritty of our Big Green Juice, you may have questions about embarking upon a green juice cleanse. Juicing vegetables has become quite popular in recent years, despite the fact that many people report “fearing” the look of green juice (we still can’t get over this 2014 YouGov survey).
But do green juices actually cleanse your system?
Cleansing with green juice
When you do a juicing detox, this can mean you fast, replacing regular meals with cleansing juices for 2-3 days to allow your system to reset. Because raw, green, leafy vegetables are rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, green juices can provide the nutrition your body needs to stay balanced and manage blood sugar. When you consume vegetables in juice form, these nutrients are more easily absorbed into the bloodstream.
Some people prefer to skip fasting and instead pair a detox juice with a fiber-rich breakfast. Either way, drinking nutrient dense juice from raw vegetables and fruit will give you a much-needed, natural boost of energy.
What does green detox juice do?
You could argue that all green juices are detoxifying and cleansing in their own right. Not only does the juice of raw green vegetables provide much-needed nutrients, it also offers the best way to receive enzymes, the specialized proteins that create life within your cells through a variety of chemical reactions.
Drinking raw vegetables like celery, spinach, or kale also helps to flush toxins from your system, allowing your liver and you digestive system to take a rest.
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Which juice is best for detox?
There are so many variations on cleansing, detox juices, and we love trying them all! The only limit is the imagination (and perhaps palate preferences).
That said, PURE’s Big Green Juice is ideal for a juice cleanse. Here’s what we love about each of its elements, which all contribute to a healthy detox:
- Celery juice is a natural laxative and is amazing for digestion. Celery juice can help restore balance to a body suffering from an unhealthy lifestyle and food choices. It is high in calcium, silicon, and vitamin K, which helps strengthen bones.
- Cucumber helps build stronger bones, helps with blood clotting, fights inflammation, is a natural anti-bacterial, helps to block cancer cell development and can help reduce the risks of cancer and heart disease.
- Apples contain natural antioxidants, combat inflammation, and prevent heart disease.
- Romaine Lettuce may not be high in fiber, but it is packed with calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, and potassium.
- Ginger reduces pain and inflammation, stimulates circulation, and great for digestion (reduces gas).
- Lemons contain natural antioxidants and will help fight cancer all over your body.
Purify Green Detox Juice Recipe
Green Detox Juice Ingredients
- 2 bunches celery
- 3 cucumbers (English or other)
- 4-5 lemons
- 4 apples (we used green but choose your preferred variety)
- 3 bunches romanie lettuce
- 2 thumbs ginger
Yield: about 100 oz juice
Green Detox Juice Directions
- Wash and chop cucumbers, apples (leave skin on both), celery, and ginger. Slice lemons.
- Group celery with cucumbers and apples with romaine, ginger, and lemon.
- Balance strainer over large pitcher and place underneath grinder to catch excess juice.
- Insert #12 grid.
- Feed cucumbers and celery into the feed chute, using the pusher to help.
- Take cucumber and celery mash from strainer and wrap in a PURE cloth.
- Press.
- Combine excess juice with pressed juice and set aside.
- Fold romaine lettuce to fit into the feed chute, and insert with pusher.
- Grind directly into bowl (no strainer needed).
- Alternate romaine and apple slices to keep grinder lubricated.
- Grind ginger using pusher. After grinding, scrape ginger off of grid into the bowl with other mash.
- Place sliced lemons on PURE press cloth.
- Scoop romaine, apple, ginger mash on top of lemon slices and fold (you will need two or three press cloths to contain all the mash).
- Place two press cloths on press plate and press. Once finished, place third press cloth on top of first two and press again.
- Mix cucumber-celery juice with apple-romaine-lemon-ginger-juice.
Pro tip: Don’t miss a single drop! Wrap your press cloths on a cutting board that can catch excess juice from the mash as you wrap, and pour the excess juice into your large pitcher.
Bonus “Hard Greens” Green Detox Juice Recipe
At PURE we love our green juice, and have made so many variations in our test kitchen. Here’s a bonus recipe for you to try in your juicer!
Ingredients:
- 4-6 leaves kale
- 3-4 cups spinach
- 1 bunch romaine lettuce
- 1 cucumber
- 1-2 apples
- 2 lemons
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 pineapple
Pro tip: for less sugar, prepare recipe above but omit pineapple.
Here’s what we love about this particular recipe:
- Kale promotes skin health, boosts immunity, contains natural antioxidants, and builds healthy bones.
- Cucumber helps build stronger bones, helps with blood clotting, fights inflammation, is a natural anti-bacterial, helps to block cancer cell development and can help reduce the risks of cancer and heart disease.
- Apples contain natural antioxidants, combat inflammation, and prevent heart disease.
- Lemons contain natural antioxidants and will help fight cancer all over your body.
- Pomegranate is great for digestion, full of vitamin C, protects the body from Alzheimer’s disease and arthritis, promotes a healthy memory, and can increase sexual and athletic performance.
- Pineapple boosts the healthy metabolism of fats and carbs, combats inflammation, and is a delicious natural antioxidant.
- Parsley is an all-star when it comes to healthy goodness! is rich in vitamins and minerals such as potassium, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin K.
When should I drink green detox juice?
You can drink green detox juice anytime for a quick boost of extra nourishment and energy. Detox juice is especially helpful following a run of unhealthy dietary choices, including processed foods and excess alcohol. Anytime your system is in need of a reboot, reach out for a delicious detox green juice.
Remember, while this kind of juice is a helpful remedy, it’s always better to be proactive with your health! Consider adding a regular juicing practice to a whole-foods based diet, and you’ll be much less likely to need an emergency detox juice.
Health Benefits
celery: A single stalk of celery contains vitamin C, beta carotene, flavonoids, and at least 12 other kinds of antioxidant nutrients. Celery is also high in phytonutrients, which can reduce inflammation in the body, especially in the digestive tract. High in calcium, silicon, and vitamin K, celery also helps strengthen bones.
cucumber: cucumbers, especially their nutrient-dense skin, offer antioxidants including flavonoids and tannins that help protect you from free radicals. Made up of mostly water, cucumbers can help meet hydration goals and can aid in weight loss and management.
lemon: high in vitamin C and citric acid, lemons aid in iron absorption and could possibly prevent kidney stones. Several plant compounds found in lemons may lower cholesterol.
apples: nutrient dense and high in soluble fiber, apples are an excellent source of vitamin C and antioxidants like vitamin E and polyphenols, which are linked to lower risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Apples can aid in healthy weight loss due to their high fiber and water content, helping to manage your appetite.
romaine lettuce: romaine is packed with calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, and potassium.
ginger: ginger contains gingerol, considered to be powerfully medicinal and anti-inflammatory, prevents nausea and can help treat chronic indigestion, and may also drastically lower blood sugar levels and heart disease risk factors.
Sources
11 Proven Health Benefits of Ginger
6 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Lemons
5 Healthy Benefits of Adding Celery to Your Diet
7 Health Benefits of Eating Cucumbers
8 Impressive Health Benefits of Apples
Does Romaine Lettuce Have Any Nutritional Benefits?
Does Green Juice Have Benefits? All You Need to Know
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