Get the benefits
Juicing is perfect if you struggle to get
your five-a-say, as a boost when you’re going through a period of stress or
feeling under the weather. ‘If you want to juice for the taste and nutritional
benefits, make a glass whenever you fancy one,’ says Hamilton. ‘Alternatively,
save it for when you’re ill going through a stressful time at work or for day
after a big night out.’ With guidance, juicing can be good for cleansing and
weight-loss, too.
Hollywood stars swear by juice fasts to get
glowing skin and lose pounds. Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston are
both fans of NYC’s Blue Print Cleanse (blueprintcleanse.com), a five- to
21-day, juice-only cleanse of six juice a day containing nutritious ingredients
such as cashew nut milk, greens, apples and antioxidant blends. And in the UK,
too, a growing number of juice-cleanse delivery companies such as purifyne.com,
radiancecleanse.com and raw-and-juicy.com make juices and deliver them fresh to
you each day, which is great if you want to try a detox without buying all the
equipment.
‘If you’re really feeling sluggish, our
three-day green juice cleanse will have you well on your way back to radiant
health,’ says Neill.
Gwyneth
Paltrow (right) and Miranda Kerr get vital energy from their green juices
One way to steep yourself in the benefits
of juicing is to go on a juice retreat, where you’ll follow a carefully
tailored juice fast amid pampering surrounds. At Obsidian retreat in Spain
(healthretreatspain.com), Andrew West helps guests lose several pounds in a
week using carefully balanced juices into your body, you give your liver,
kidney, pancreas and other organs a chance to rest and enjoy a cleanse,’ says
West. ‘Your eyes, skin and mind will all feel clearer within days, and you’ll
start to feel and respond to your body’s nutritional demands. Our programme is
successful because it ensures you’re getting all the nutrition, vitamins and
enzymes without the excess calories.’
Go for green juices
Can’t wait to discover the benefits of
green juice? We’ve asked the experts to reveal their favorite – and healthiest
– recipes to get you started
Radiance Cleanse Green Machine Juice
Kale provides vitamins A, C, and K. there’s
also skin-friendly cucumber, immune-boosting parsley and alkalizing lemon.
Serves 2
Ingredients
·
1 cucumber
·
2 apples (Cox or Braeburn)
·
1 lemon
·
2 handfuls of kale
·
1 small handful of flat leaf parsley
·
Greens powder, such as Pure XP Elite or Organic
Burst Wheatgrass (optional)
Method
Chop ingredients and feed through the
juicer. Add the greens powder at the end.
The Obsidian Retreat Juice
This breakfast juice is one of the
nutritious juice meals on Obsidian Retreat’s three-day juice cleanse retreat.
The
Obsidian Retreat Juice
Serves 1
Ingredients
·
½ avocado
·
2 apples
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½ cucumber
·
1 handful of spinach
·
½ un-waxed lemon (with the rind left on)
Method
Juice the apples, cucumber, spinach and
lemon. Add to the peeled, de-stoned avocado and pulp in a blender.
Juice Master’s Green Super Smoothie
From the Funky Fresh Juice Book, by Jason
Bale (Juice Master, $39)
Serves 1
Ingredients
·
2 Golden Delicious apples
·
1 handful each of spinach and kale
·
½ un-waxed lime
·
1 stick celery
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½ cucumber
·
5cm broccoli
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½ avocado
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1 tsp. spirulina
·
1fl oz. frozen wheatgrass juice
Method
Juice the fruit and vegetables. Blend with
the avocado, Spirulina, wheatgrass and ice.
The Sanderson Hotel’s Superfood Smoothie
With omega-3-rich hemp seeds and tropical
coconut flavors
Serves 1
Ingredients
·
200mk coconut milk
·
50g fig puree
·
15g hemp seed
·
15g coconut oil
·
10g powdered greens
·
6 ice cubes
Method
Blend them together.
