If you want to detox your body or if you want to jumpstart a weight loss program, a juice fast may be a good plan for you. A juice fast may be preferable to just fasting on plain water because the juice will keep you supplied with plenty of vitamins and minerals that your body needs.
Most people can safely fast on a juice fast for up to a week. If you want to fast longer, you should do so under the supervision of a doctor. Diabetics may be able to fast on vegetable juice, but should not rely on fruit juice because it is high in natural sugars and may lead to high blood glucose levels. Diabetics should talk to a doctor before undergoing any kind of fast. If you have low blood sugar (hypoglycemic), are on any kind of medication, or have any health problems, you should talk to a doctor before undertaking a juice fast.
Of course, you can use the juicer recipes provided here even if you aren’t doing a juice fast. You can combine these recipes with light meals consisting of healthful food (perhaps organic foods) and still do some detoxing and lose some weight.
In order to make these recipes, you’ll need to invest in a juicer. A good juicer can be had for about $60 – $80. Use the ingredients listed in the recipes below, and follow the instructions on your juicer.
Apple Orange Carrot Juice
1 apple
1 orange, peeled
2 carrots
1-inch piece of fresh ginger
Cut and put in juicer
Carrot Vegetable Juice
4 carrots
1 kale leaf
a handful of dandelion leaves
a few fresh basil leaves
Cut and put in juicer
Carrot Beet Juice
4 carrots
4 beets
a few fresh basil leaves
Cut and put in juicer
Apple Carrot Cleanser
2 apples
4 carrots
a handful of dandelion leaves
Cut and put in juicer
Carrot Spinach Juice
4 carrots
3 handfuls of spinach
2 celery stalks
a few parsley leaves
Cut and put in juicer
Lemon Vegetable Juice
juice and finely grated zest of 2 lemons
1 carrot
10 radishes
1 apple
1 beet
Cut and put in juicer
Cucumber Apple Juice
1 cucumber
2 apples
½ inch piece of fresh ginger
Cut and put in juicer
Cucumber Watermelon Juice
1 cucumber
2 cups watermelon chunks
2 sprigs of fresh mint leaves
Cut and put in juicer
Lettuce Tomato Juice
6 large lettuce leaves
3 tomatoes
2 inch piece of cucumber
a handful of fresh parsley
Cut an put in juicer
Carrot Cucumber Lime Juice
3 carrots
½ large cucumber
juice of half lime
Cut and put in juicer
Apple Celery Juice
2 apples
2 celery stalks
a handful of Swiss chard leaves
Cut and put in juicer
Apple Watermelon Juice
3 apples
2 cups watermelon chunks
juice of 1 lime
Cut and put in juicer
Pineapple Celery Juice
2 cups pineapple chunks
3 celery stalks
1-inch piece of fresh ginger
Cut and put in juicer
