Green Apple Juice

Green juice is an awesome way to get your nutrients.  With juice, you are extracting out all the fiber so your body gets to absorb nutrients with no work needed from your digestive system. Not only is green juice good for your insides but its great for your outsides.... You will see an amazing glow to your skin once you start incorporating juices.  Juicing is a blog post for another time but for now - here is a simple, easy recipe:

Ingredients: 

- Bunch of kale (4-6 stalks, it doesn't go far) 

- Celery (4-6 stalks, this will be your base and will go far)

- Parsley (few handfuls, very cleansing) 

- 1 apple 

Put all ingredients through the juicer and enjoy! 

TIP:  If you do not have a juicer, you can put your ingredients in a blender and then run through a strainer to extract the pulp.  Make sure you use a very, very thin screen or a nut milk mag.  

Comments

[Mike]

I love green smoothies, and especially with super food giants like kale, spinach and broccoli. I would differ with this recipe in that straining out the pulp to save one's digestion some work seems counter-intuitive. Whole foods are best, including fiber.

The beauty of using a food processor or blender is simply that it helps to chew your food in advance, so that your body can absorb more of the micro-nutrients that are ordinarily locked inside individual plant cells, and pass through, unless vigorously chewed.

Regardless, I would also recommend adding ground flax, sesame, sunflower or pumpkin seeds and wheat germ. I would also always make sure to include some berries (any kind, they are all powerful superfoods).

Google "ANDI" or "Aggregate Nutrient Density Index" and you get a pretty good idea of the power of certain foods (and the not so great power of others).