I wanted to post the green juice recipe I have been doing daily. I feel it has really been a factor in healing my body. When I first started I could literally feel it going into my muscles. I think "it" specifically was the ginger. My muscles would tingle and get warm, my entire body would flush. My husband said he could feel things "firing" in his brain. In a good way, like things had been connecting that maybe hadn't connected or worked in a while. We both felt it the other day. Felt a buzz, but not like an alcohol buzz. An actually buzzing feeling.
GREEN JUICE RECIPE
(Choose all organic whenever possible. The only thing I will slide on is lime because I peel it first. The most important would be celery & cucumber. If you can't get organic, don't get it at all.) Do not peel anything except the lime.
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Parsley, celery, apple, lime, cucumber, red leaf lettuce, and ginger in the middle. Kale is missing this day. |
1 granny smith apple
1 cucumber
1 lime (peeled by knife)
1/3 bunch of kale
and/or
1/3 bunch of red leaf lettuce
1/3 bunch of parsley
3 celery pieces (leaves included)
1 chunk 'o ginger (about 2 in piece - I no longer peel this, just wash it)
Sometimes I will do spinach (MUST be organic) in place of the lettuce or kale.
Depending on your juicer, this should get you about 16 ounces of juice. I just upgraded my juicer and got 28 ounces in the photo above. Stir it and drink it right away. It starts to oxidize and lose it's goodness within 30 minutes.
I had been using a Jack LaLane Juicer prior and it worked fine but since I am a daily juicer and felt I was wasting produce, I upgraded to the Hurom. It is a different type of juicer. The Jack LaLane is a centrifuge juicer and it spins around and grinds/shreds the food. The Hurom is a masticating juicer and it squeezes and presses the juice reserving more enzymes. The clean up is a lot easier since I upgraded as well. Regardless, I find juicing to be therapeutic. Stick with it. Make it a part of your every day routine. You'll see changes in your skin, eyes, energy, etc.
I buy my produce every 3 days.
An FYI: Carrots and beets have a LOT of sugar so I don't use them but it is entirely up to you. ENJOY!