| "body"> | | | | top) and put a lid on it to prevent oxidation. Juice |
| My feeling about juicing is that you should have as | | | | rapidly loses therapeutic and nutritional value during |
| many colors of the rainbow represented in your | | | | storage. |
| juice. It makes for a more balanced body, raises | | | | Raw fruits and vegetables are not always |
| your vibration and also helps all your chakras spin | | | | compatible when eaten together. Apples are the |
| clockwise (meaning that they are healthy.) With | | | | exception. You can also mix pears with Jicama. |
| that said, here are our favorite five-star juice | | | | Melons should be juiced by themselves. Making the |
| combinations so far. | | | | entire meal melon is an option. |
| Note: The volumes make about 4 cups of raw | | | | Avoid using pre-bottled or sweetened juices (like |
| juice. You then divide that into two quart Mason | | | | we did in the first recipe.) All the live enzymes are |
| jars and add 2 cups of ice cubes to each jar. | | | | inactivated when they are pasteurized. |
| Dump the whole mixture into your blender and | | | | Minimize acid juices. Juices don't stimulate acids to |
| buzz it on High to make 4 cups of diluted juice. | | | | be released from the stomach, but orange and |
| This makes enough juice for 2 people for the | | | | tomato juice are high in acids and you may want |
| morning juicing. Ginger is great for increasing | | | | to mix these juices with other less acidic ones. |
| circulation and it gives your juices a "zip." | | | | About cucumbers. I've read that cucumbers may |
| Juice #1: Cantaloupe juice with a ½ cup | | | | not be good to mix with other vegetables as |
| splash of Knudson's Lemon-Ginger-Echinacea juice | | | | they are in the melon family, but it seems to |
| (we were trying to use up what was in the fridge | | | | work fine for us. We do limit cucumber to less |
| one day about 10 days into our juice fast.) One | | | | than 25% of the total volume however. |
| whole 8-10 inch cantaloupe makes about 4 cups | | | | Don't add more than 25% green juice to your |
| of juice. | | | | vegetable juices (unless you have a barf bucket |
| Juice #2: Apple (4 cups), Pineapple (1/2), Mango | | | | handy! Woof.) |
| (1), Plum (2), Banana (2) | | | | Juicing Greens--you might want to do this in |
| Juice #3: Peach (2), Plum (3), Ginger (2 inch | | | | between harder vegetables, the juice sludges at |
| chunk), Pineapple (1/2), Kiwi (1), Orange (2) | | | | the bottom and doesn't pour out easily if you |
| Juice #4:Apple (3), Peach (1), Banana (2), | | | | juice them first. For example, I juice a couple of |
| Blueberries (1 cup), Mango (1), Plum (2) and | | | | carrots, then a bunch of parsley, then cram a |
| Lemon (1) | | | | couple more carrots in after the parsley to get |
| The fruit juices are definitely more enjoyable than | | | | the juicer moving again. |
| the vegetable juices. We really tried a variety of | | | | Dilute all fruit juice with water (one part juice to |
| fruits and vegetables during our 40-day juice fast. | | | | 2-4 parts water) and drink throughout the day. |
| General Juicing Rules: | | | | We've found that 2 cups fruit juice blended with |
| Drink freshly prepared juice and do not store the | | | | ½ tray of ice cubes comes up to 4 |
| juice for over 24 hours. If you can't drink it | | | | cups--the perfect dilution and it's frothy cold. |
| immediately, put it into a glass jar (filled to the | | | | Vegetable juices need not be diluted. |