The Healthy Green Drink Diet (25 page)

their health benefits are amplified.

Toss in some sweet apples, peach, and kiwi to cut the spice and add a dose of vitamins and

antioxidants and you’ve got yourself one delicious drink.

Mint Julep

Ingredients

1 stalk celery

1 handful mint leaves

2–3 handfuls spinach

1 apple

Juice.

You’d think it is summertime in a glass. Though its name might imply a less-healthy connotation, we

can assure you this recipe will leave you refreshed and hopped up, but just on taste and vitamins.

Celery and mint make for a smooth and clean taste while delivering essential nutrients and properties

that are known to help lower blood pressure.

So kick back on the porch and enjoy. Bottoms up.

Pome-ade

Ingredients

1 cup fresh pomegranate juice

3–4 leaves beet greens

1 lemon (peeled)

1–2 cups red grapes

Juice.

The fountain of youth is in your juicer. With age-fighting resveratrol in red grapes, the antioxidants

heavy in pomegranate, and the LDL cholesterol-lowering elements of beet greens, you’ll be looking

good and feeling great as the years go by.

So sweet and tangy, this drink may convince you to trade in those face creams for a glass of Pome-ade.

And remember, beauty comes from within.

Radicchio Active

Ingredients

1 handful radicchio

2–3 radishes

1 lime (peeled)

1 cup chopped chard

1 green apple

2–3 carrots

Juice.

A vitamin C powerhouse, Radicchio Active contains immune system-boosting properties to help wound

healing and production of collagen. Chard, as well as providing anti-inflammatory effects, is also

known to regulate blood sugar. Lime delivers a boost of calcium to the mix, and the detoxifying agents

administered by the radishes help promote liver health.

All of these amazing elements combined may find you feeling like a superhero, without the radioactive

spider bite.

Ener-Gee!

Ingredients

1 orange (peeled)

1 apple

2–3 kale leaves

1 bunch watercress or 2 oz. wheatgrass juice

2 cups spinach

2 carrots

1 small beet

ginger to taste

Juice.