By Rhian Stephenson, nutritionist at Psycle London
● Adding a green juice to your daily regime is one of the fastest ways to transform your health – one of the first things you tend to notice is how much clearer your skin looks. Not only do you get a concentrated, instantly absorbed source of nutrients, but by adding something healthy into your day you are invariably crowding out something less
healthy.
● Many people are put off green juices because of their association with cleansing and fasting, but we should embrace the benefits of these nutritional powerhouses. They also contain phytonutrients – natural plant chemicals which help us fight disease and keep the body
functioning properly. When you consume vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients as a part of a juice, you are getting natural, ‘food state’ compounds which enhance each other, rather than an isolated, chemically produced supplement in pill form.
● If you are new to juicing, start with 70 per cent green veg and 30 per cent fruit. As your palate adjusts, increase your ratio of greens. This has a more alkalising effect on the body, which helps fight inflammation and allows the body to function more efficiently. It’s important to avoid too much fruit juice, especially from high-fructose fruits such as pear, mango and grapes. However, fruit doesn’t need to be avoided entirely, as our bodies need natural sugars for energy and brain function. Adding an apple to your juice won’t make you fat. Detox Plans
One Day Detox
Most of the detox plans are not easy to perform, they involve a strict water only fasts, avoidance of different foods, raw food detoxes, etc. Great deal of them require additional things to do or drink, like colonics and wheatgrass drinks… The bottom line is they require a plan and persistency to finish them perfectly. One day Juicing fasts is so easy, that virtually everybody can do it without the extra drama of the longer ones, doesn’t require a serious plan and still is very effective. It helps you lose 1-2 pounds per day (but this should not be the main reason for doing it!), it’s great detox for the body and it gives your digestive system the so long waited rest at least for a day. If you’ve never detoxed before, I would also recommend starting with the one day fast once per week at least for 1-2 months to prepare yourself for what’s to come. It is also a great full year detox – one day juicing fast in 7 or 14 days works wonders for your body and health. Make your one day juicing fast a tradition and repeat it every week. Your body will thank you!
3 Day Detox Plan
If you’re embarking on a healthy eating plan, a thorough cleanse and detox 3 Day Detox Plan will help you to get into the spirit of your new plan, and will ready your body for the nutrients and superfoods that will comprise your healthy, new lifestyle! This three day cleanse and detox is designed to kick-start a healthy eating plan and cleanse your system
Be sure to drink plenty of water while completing the Three Day Cleanse and Detox. It’s recommended to drink four 12-ounce glasses per day of either spring, filtered, or distilled water. Flavoured or sweetened water is not recommended. Juicing floods your system with powerful nutrients and antioxidants. It may also help retrain your taste buds to enjoy healthy fruits and vegetables, making it the first step toward a long-lasting lifestyle change, or jumpstarting a weight-loss regimen.
5 Day Juicing Paln
The 5 Day Detox Plan is the culmination of over a decades worth of research in juicing for optimum health and rapid healthy weight loss. Not only will you lose at least 5lbs in 5 days (the average is actually 7lbs) but on both and mental and physical level, you feel as though you have been totally ‘re-charged’. With All plans
Start the day with lime water – 1/2 lime squeezed into a glass of warm water. This will help you clean the intestines and mark the beginning of your detox
Replacing the main meals with them – breakfast, lunch, dinner. you body needs at least 6-8 glasses per day. You can drink lime water and herb teas. Make it on a working day, not the weekend. In the weekends you are either at home or out with friends, and will be tempted all the time to eat something. While at work your mind will be busy with different stuff and you won’t even notice the day passing by. Detox Juices
Consuming a phytonutrient-dense rainbow plant-based juice diet allows food to be assimilated quickly through the intestine -- consuming less energy, while the toxin-free, nutrient-dense food helps to repair the gut itself. An organic juice cleanse rests the liver's overload. Reduce your appetite. Juicing doesn't really shrink the stomach -- although it feels like it does. Juicing eliminates the habit of comfort eating, and makes you feel satiated with less food than usual. This provides a big psychological boost to help get over the hurdle of changing habits. Eliminate harmful foods. The juice cleanse eliminates dairy, wheat, gluten and fermented foods from the diet. Juices are by nature raw foods -- and retain nutrients that would be destroyed by cooking, including some B vitamins and especially (digestive and anti-inflammatory) enzymes. Naturally lower in calories, while supplying the body with probably more concentrated beneficial energizing and healing nutrients than it has seen before. Most people begin to feel much more energy and clarity (by consuming only fresh juices) than they ever did with frequent caffeine drinks. Increases energy (often successfully removing the afternoon blahs/brain fog), and helps insure proper elimination of toxins. Take a break, rest the body (and mind) and flood it with nutrients. Juicing allows the body to have more of the resources it needs to support the phases of detoxification, and even to begin to help remove the cumulative toxins stored in the body
FRUIT POTS
Fruit provides vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin C and potassium. The vitamins and minerals help your body function properly and can help prevent certain diseases and health conditions. Bananas, a common breakfast food, provide a good source of potassium, an important nutrient in muscle health. Eating fruit at breakfast also helps you to meet the recommendation for five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Many fruits have fibre and this helps to slow down the digestive process and keep you feeling full longer. As an added benefit, when you consume fibre-rich foods, this can help you manage your weight
SMOOTHIES
Fruits smoothies can be an easy way to nourish your body with essential nutrients. Smoothies can help prevent fruit from going to waste, while providing benefits that will keep you on the right track towards good health. Containing good amounts of vitamin C, potassium and folate. Vitamin C helps your immune system and synthesizes collagen that aids in the framework of your body. Potassium supports your heart function and helps maintain a normal blood pressure, while folate promotes healthy cells, Help fight disease, Keeps your bones, blood sugar, thyroid gland and nerves healthy, helps your vision and immune system function properly. Drinking fruit smoothies can help you reach the recommended intake of fibre. The soluble fibre found in fruit helps slow digestion and may help control blood sugar and lower cholesterol. When trying to lose or maintain a healthy weight, smoothies could be used as a meal replacement, not an addition. For instance, drink a dairy-based smoothie for breakfast or drink a water-based smoothie as a snack. Fruit smoothies can be a healthy additional any meal plan. JUCES
Carrot is one of the most healing foods that provides the finest and highest quality in nutrients, especially from its juice. It is an excellent source of pro-vitamin A, vitamins C, D, E, K, B1 and B6. It is rich with biotin, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, organic sodium and some trace minerals. Apples are great source of super antioxidants – polyphenol and flavonoids – that are beneficial for heart’s health. Furthermore, it provides your body the important mineral, potassium which is also crucial for heart. Along with the other several benefits of apple juice, an important benefit is its assistance in lowering the cholesterol levels. Excess cholesterol levels in the body are a main cause behind numerous cardiovascular ailments. Thus, you can strengthen yourself against such diseases by consuming an apple or its juice every day. Orange juice is the amazing drink for the patients of high or low blood pressure. This delicious drink contains a significant amount of magnesium which has a wonderful ability to bring back the disturbed blood pressure level to normal range. Due to the presence of vitamin C, orange juice acts as a best defender for you against several diseases (such as flu or colds), promoting the immune system. SMOOTHIES WITH YOGHURT
Delicious smoothie with yogurt and fruits is very good for you! It's full of beneficial active cultures that help prevent bad bacteria from taking up residence in your body. The other benefits of yogurt is that it gives your body valuable nutrients such as calcium, protein, and vitamin B2. Yogurt bacteria can relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. It can also restore the balance of your body's yeast levels, preventing yeast infections. It can help prevent urinary tract infections. Because yogurt is rich in calcium, it can keep your bones strong and prevent osteoporosis. People who are moderately lactose intolerant can often digest yogurt without a problem. The process of turning milk into yogurt transforms the lactose into lactic acid, which means your body doesn't have to process the sugars in the original milk product
