We’ve all experienced that feeling of needing to cleanse from the inside out. Sometimes it happens after travel, when we’ve eaten fast food or airport food because there was nothing else around. Or perhaps we overindulged in fat, sugar, salt and alcohol during the holidays. We may feel sluggish and slightly sick.
A great way to support your body’s own detoxification process is with fresh, raw fruit and vegetable juices. Virtually any fresh juice provides support for detoxification, but I’d recommend the three recipes below—they’ll help you quickly bounce back to feeling energetic and revitalized.
Liver Tonic
A liver tonic is a substance that specifically improves the tone and function of the liver, the most important organ of metabolism and detoxification. If dandelion roots cannot be found, you can substitute 4 radishes with tops or 1/2 daikon radish.
1 dandelion root
1 beet with top
2 carrots
1 apple, cut into wedges
Alternate feeding the ingredients into the juicer.
Digestive Delight
This is a fantastic drink for people who have trouble with indigestion. It’s packed full of enzymes as well as compounds in ginger and mint that help ease spastic intestines and promote the elimination of gas.
1-inch slice of ginger
½ cup mint leaves
2 kiwis, unpeeled
¼ pineapple with skin, sliced lengthwise
Juice the ginger and mint first, followed by the kiwis and then the pineapple.
Cleansing Cocktail
This version is for the extreme juicer looking for that extra punch in a detoxification aid.
½ cup wheatgrass or parsley
½ cup cilantro
2 carrots
1 green bell pepper, cut into quarters
2 celery ribs
½ large daikon radish cut into lengthwise pieces
1 beet with top
Bunch up the wheatgrass or parsley and push them through the juicer with the aid of a carrot. Alternate remaining ingredients to ensure proper mixing.
[su_panel background=”#f2f2f2″ color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]Michael T. Murray ND is a naturopathic physician regarded as one of the world’s top authorities on natural medicine. An educator, lecturer, researcher and health food industry consultant, he is the author of more than 30 books, including his new book, The Complete Book of Juicing, Revised and Updated: Your Delicious Guide to Youthful Vitality (Clarkson Potter, 2014). Learn more at www.DrMurray.com.
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