Easing off a juice cleanse is important. It is best to start with raw salads and fruit for a few days, plus maybe some lightly steamed vegetables with brown rice.
Now you know how good a cleansing diet can make you feel, you should try to maintain a more disciplined approach to what you put in your body.
It is recommended that you replace one meal of the day with a raw juice one week post-fasting.
Now you know how good a cleansing diet can make you feel, you should try to maintain a more disciplined approach to what you put in your body.
It is recommended that you replace one meal of the day with a raw juice one week post-fasting.
Day 1: Green Juice
½ cup fresh parsley
½ lemon, peeled
3 cups spinach
2 medium pears
6 large stalks celery
Fun Fact: The celery and parsley in this juice deliver apigenin, a compound that promotes the death of cancerous cells, according to new research from Ohio State University.
Day 2: Tomato-Vegetable Juice
1 cup chopped hearts of romaine
2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 large red bell pepper
2 large stalks celery
1 medium carrot
¼ cup chopped fresh chives
¼ fresh jalapeño , stemmed and seeded
Day 3: Strawberry cucumber juice
6 fresh strawberries
1 large cucumber
1 large red apple
2 medium carrots
Fun Fact: Strawberries are the third-best food source of polyphenols, antioxidants believed to reduce risk of cancer and heart disease, which Harvard researchers have shown help keep your teeth healthy.
Day 4: Blueberry-Cabbage Power Juice
¼ medium red cabbage
1 large cucumber
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 large apple
Fun Fact: Red cabbage and blueberries pack this juice with
Day 5: The Green juice
1 ½ cups spinach
½ grapefruit
2 green apples
1 knob of ginger
2 large stalks celery
Fun Fact: The spinach in this juice provides a healthy dose of vitamin
Day 6: Ginger-Beet Juice
1 medium orange
3 kale leaves
1 medium apple
1 medium carrot
1 large beet
1 knob of ginger
Day 7: Carrot-Orange juice
1 medium tomato
1 medium orange
1 medium apple
4 large carrots
Fun Fact: When people washed down a high-fat meal with a vitamin-C-rich fruit juice (this one provides 66% daily value) they had significantly lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in their blood versus those who drank a placebo.