Here are some of our favorite natural fruit juice recipes:

Simple Apple Juice

- 3 large apples

Cut out the stems and mix sweet and tart apples for the best fresh juice taste.

Juicing the peel will greatly increase the antioxidant of the juice. The peels and skins of fruits and vegetables are where you will find the majority of antioxidants. This is their protection against oxidative damage as a result of sun exposure. Flavonoids are the type of antioxidant found most abundantly in apples and their peel.

Sweet Orange Juice

- 5 large oranges

Peel oranges, juice and enjoy.

For increased antioxidant content juice the white pith too, but don’t juice the peel because it tastes awful! The pith is loaded with antioxidants called flavonoids and juicing it will greatly increaser the overll antioxidant profile of the juice. You can even scrape a little more of the white stuff from inside the peel and put that through the juicer, too.

Breakfast Blend

- 3 oranges
- 1 grapefruit

Peel, juice, enjoy.

Kiwi Wisdomberry

- 3 kiwis
- 2 Cups of blueberries

Peel kiwis and wash berries, juice, enjoy.

This was a favorite of my wife’s after she had her wisdom teeth removed and couldn’t eat solids!

Kiwi fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C, helping to keep our immune system strong and our skin firm. Vitamin C is needed to create collagen, the elasticated sticky substance that binds our skin cells together and keps the skin looking young.

Fresh Lemonade (you can’t beat it!)

- 2 or 3 large lemons
- 1/2 cup of water
- Optional – Add apple to sweeten

Peel lemons and cut stem of apple (Swap out 1 lemon for 1 lime and bingo, you got limeade). Add ice on those hot days.

The Berry Fruit Juice Recipes Smoothie

- 2 cups of strawberries
- 2 cups of blueberries
- 1 and a 1/2 cup of raspberries

Wash thoroughly and juice. This berry juice is loaded with antioxidants.

Berries are a good source of antioxidants called anthocyanins that help to strengthen our arteries ad help protect them from oxidative damage. Berries also contain an antioxidant called ellagic acid that is strongly associated with cancer prevention.

The Subtle Strawberry

- 1/3 cup of strawberries
- 1 cup of blueberries
- 1 apple

Wash all the ingredients well, top the strawberries and juice.

This one is also a favorite fresh fruit juice recipes of ours. There’s just something about this combination.

Blueberries are shown in animal studies to help increase brain function, helping to prevent against Alzheimer’s disease and improving motor skills.

Kiwi and Pear Bear

- 2 kiwis
- 2 pears
- 1 bear (just kidding!)

Peel kiwis and remove pear stems.

Melon Medley

- 1/2 watermelon
- 1/2 honeydew
- 1/2 cantaloupe

Remove rinds and seeds (except for watermelon seeds).

The Big Book of Juices: More Than 400 Natural Blends for Health and Vitality Every Day

With some 405 recipes for fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, and quenchers, this newly updated The Big Book of Juices now offers health-conscious readers even more.

Tropical Fruit Juice Recipes

- 1 orange
- 1 kiwi
- 1/2 mango
- sparkling mineral water

Peel all the fruits and also pit the mango. Pour the juice in a large glass, fill to the top with sparkling water to serve this wonderful fresh juice.

Kidney Cleanse

- 2 apples
- 3 and 1/2 watermelon pieces with rind

Cut the apples into narrow wedges and juice with the watermelon pieces. Watermelon produces wonderful fresh juices.

The Pain Reducer

- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
- 2 hard pears
- 2 apples

Peel orange and lemon, remove pear and apple stems and juice.

Pineapple Orange & Strawberry Splendid

- 1 orange, peeled and sectioned
- 1 cup fresh pineapple, cubed, skin removed
- 5 strawberries

Peel orange and pineapple, and top the strawberries. Process the fruit in a juicer and serve.

The Tropical Hawaiian

- 1 mango
- 1 large orange
- 1 pineapple slice
- 1 papaya
- 1 guava

Peel and remove all pits and seeds. This is another favorite juicer recipes of ours. Awesome on a hot day with ice!

Blue colored fruits

Blue fruits such as the highly esteemed blueberries, contain a wide variety of phytochemicals. Anthocyanins is what gives blueberries their wonderful blue color. Blueberries contain other phytochemicals which can improve memory.

Red colored fruits:

Red fruits such as strawberries contain the phytochemical lycopene that gives them their red color. Lycopene has been shown to help prevent prostate cancer and heart disease.

Hope you enjoyed some of these Juicer Recipes, if so please let us know!

5 Super Fruits for Heart Health.

Many health experts agree that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can improve heart health and reduce the risk of developing heart disease. Furthermore it can reverse heart related problems such as atherosclerosis, high blood pressure and high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol.

Juicing fruits is an excellent way to get a densely packed amount of beneficial nutrients. So which fruits are best for fighting heart disease? Research has shown these 5 fruits are powerful protectors for your ticker:

POMEGRANATE
Pomegranate has an abundance of antioxidants gaining a lot of attention in the past few years as a super fruit for the heart. Punicalagins is one of the well researched cardio-protective antioxidants found in pomegranate. It can reduce inflammatory damage of arteries and reduce oxidative stress. Other antioxidants in pomegranate include vitamin C, catechins, isoflavones and anthocyanins. All of which have protective qualities for the heart.

Juicer recipes tip: Cut the fruit in half and scoop out the flesh for juicing. Use only the flesh in your juice. The rind and skin will make the juice sour.

RED and PURPLE GRAPES
Resveratrol is the antioxidant found in red and purple grapes and consequently red wine. The French Paradox is the observation that even though the French eat lots of saturated fat and red meat with a high percentage of smokers, they also have a much lower risk of heart disease in comparison to countries like the USA! This is due to their regular intake of red wine. The health benefits of taking resveratrol include reducing the risk of blood clotting, thinning the blood, lowering LDL “bad” cholesterol, preventing damage to blood vessels in the heart and helping to keep blood pressure at a good range.

Juicer recipes tip: when juicing grapes at home you will find the juice looks cloudy. This is not a problem because commercial juices are filtered to look good. The cloudiness simply means there is more nutrition in the juice. Enjoy!

BLUEBERRIES
Blueberries, like pomegranates, are a super fruit loaded with antioxidants. Blueberries contain some resveratrol, but also contain a newly discovered antioxidant called pterostilbene. So far pterostilbene appears to have the same chemo-preventative qualities as resveratrol. A super fruit! Also high in vitamin C.

Juicer recipes tip: You will need a lot of blueberries to make one juice. Four or five cups will do it! Just think how much antioxidant power will be in one single juice!

RED GRAPEFRUIT
A was published in 2006 by the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. It found that giving one grapefruit a day for 30 days to patients with high blood cholesterol actually lowered their cholesterol levels. In this study red grapefruits were found to be more effective than white grapefruit. It is thought that undiscovered antioxidants in the red grapefruit are responsible for its heart healthy effects.

Juicer recipes tip: Remove the outer skin, but keep the white pith for your juice. The pith contains healthy bioflavanoids.

KIWI
Kiwi has earned its wings as a heart healthy fruit. There is evidence that it reduces blood clotting, lowers LDL “bad” cholesterol levels and raises HDL “good” cholesterol levels. Kiwi is a great source of vitiamin C. Vitamin C is needed to create collagen to keep your arteries elastic and supple and to protect the arteries from free radical attacks.

Juicer recipes tip: Drink kiwi juice immediately after juicing. The longer it sits around the more vitamin C it loses.

Have fun with your juicer recipes and stay healthy!

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