Guide To Green Juice

Improve your skin, gut health and immune system by implementing green juice in your diet. Here is all you need to know about how to make green juice in the quickest and most beneficial way. Enjoy!

Recipe – For 1 or 2 Portions

• Spinach – 1 Handful   
• Ginger – 1tsp
• Lemon – 1
• Celery – 2 or 3 stalks
• Cucumber – 1
• Green Apple – 1                                         

Add about 2 or 3 dl of water, depending on the texture you want.

If one of the ingredients ruins the taste of the juice for you to the point where you can’t drink it, remove it! Or add more of another ingredient to mask the taste. It’s better to drink the juice without one or some of the ingredients than to not drink it at all.

Blend instead of juice

Even though it is literally called green juice, juicing fruits and vegetables has disadvantages. The pulp that gets removed when juicing, includes a lot of nutrients and fiber, which is essential for your gut health. When blending, you create a smoothie that includes pulp which has essential vitamins, as well as slows down digestion, making you feel full longer and not crave food or sugary snacks afterward. Fiber in the pulp also keeps your body from absorbing the fruit sugar (fructose) too quickly, preventing a negative impact on your blood sugar.

Make the process quick and easy

You are more likely to stick to the routine of making green juice every morning (or however often you are planning to do it) if the process itself is simple. The harder the process, the more excuses you will find to not make the green juice that day.

• Have the ingredients visible in the fridge and ready to be used
• Don’t focus on cutting everything perfectly, it will blend either way
• Use a minimal number of dishes. Cutting board, a knife and a blender should be enough
• Use a blender that is easy to clean and wash everything right away!

How to store

Green juice has the most nutritional benefits when it is freshly made. It can be stored in the fridge for up to 48 and even 72 hours, but the longer a green juice sits out, the more nutrients it is losing. Be aware that your green smoothie can turn a brown-ish color when sitting out for some time. This happens when it gets exposed to oxygen but has no impact on its nutrients. To prevent this from happening, make sure to add enough lemon since its acid will help keep the smoothie fresh, and close the smoothie on the top to prevent air from entering. If you are storing it in a glass, just close it with plastic foil. Make sure to leave some extra space in the glass so it doesn’t overflow while stored.

When to drink

The optimal time during the day to drink green juice is before breakfast (or instead of breakfast if you choose to do so). When drinking the green juice on an empty stomach, your body absorbs the most nutrients. If you don’t have time to make green juice in the morning, you can still drink it later during the day and get lots of benefits from it.

It can become tiring to consume green juice every single day and it is perfectly fine to want some variety in your meals. To keep getting the beneficial nutrients from it, you can choose to drink green juice a couple of times a week (every week) or to drink it every day for one week but not every single week. At the end of the day, do what you feel benefits you the most!