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Top 9 Best Juices and Smoothies for Detox and Weight Loss

Detoxing with various liquids is a good way to give your body the kind of nutrients it needs, and can give your digestive system a break from having to break down and digest food. The liver is the most important detoxifying organ in the body, so it only makes sense to drink fruits and vegetables to help it function at its best. Here is a list of detox drink recipes that can also help you lose wait and get in shape fast.

1. Watercress and Carrot Juice

  • 1 cup chopped watercress 
  • 2-3 medium sized carrots 
  • 2 Roma tomatoes diced 
  • ½ cup spinach 
  • ½ cup cilantro ​
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Wash, peel and dice the carrots into small pieces. Chop the other vegetables. Add all vegetables in a juicer jar and process at high speed so that they blend properly. Take a tall serving glass and pour the juice in it and decorate it with a spring of cilantro. You can drink this juice early in the morning.

2. Red And Green Festive Cocktail


  • 4-6 large leaves kale, as you like (add more for more detox properties) 
  • 1 cup (240 ml) pomegranate arils (from one large ripe pomegranate) 
  • 1 cup (240 ml) fresh or frozen cranberries (if frozen, allow to thaw a bit before juicing) 
  • 1 pear, cored 
  • one knob (about 1 inch or 2.5 cm) fresh ginger, peeled 
  • 6-12 leaves of fresh mint, optional 
  • stevia, to taste

Any time you mix kale with pomegranate you are doing a huge service to your body and your well-being. The antioxidants in the pomegranate will help battle free radicals, and the kale provides fiber, protein, and phytochemicals. Additional antioxidants are found in cranberries, with a pear added for sweetness. The use of mint gives this a fresh taste, and they say you can add stevia, an all-natural sweetener until it tastes good to you.

3. Golden Detox Drink


  • 2 cup hot water 
  • 2 cups cold water 
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric 
  • 1/2 small tsp powdered ginger 
  • 3 drops Stevia concentrate or 1 tsp raw honey 
  • Pinch of cayenne 
  • pinch freshly cracked black pepper 
  • Juice from 1/2 small organic lemon

Turmeric is not only a metabolism boosting spice, it also contains detoxifying power, helping the liver break down toxic chemicals. Ginger also adds cleansing qualities, and organic lemon juice with cayenne pepper is reminiscent of the detox lemonade diet. The overall effect is you’re getting a powerful blend of spices with just enough sweetness added to make it taste good and keep you drinking it. The boiling makes sure that all of the ingredients get equally dispersed.

4. Celery and Beet Juice


  • 4-5 celery stalks 
  • 1 small beet, cubed 
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped spinach 
  • 1 bunch cilantro 
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt

Take a juicer, add all the ingredients and blend it well. Pour the juice in a glass and add a little lemon juice to get a tangy taste. This juice will help your body get rid of toxins and wastes, thus acting as a great cleanser.

5. Yellow Pepper and Grapefruit Juice


  1. 3 large carrots 
  2. 1 yellow pepper 
  3. 1 grapefruit 1 small kiwi 
  4. ½ inch fresh ginger, peeled ​
  5. 1 small beet 
  6. 5-7 drops stevia

Cut the fruits and vegetables, and add them in your juicer jar. Blend for about 5-10 minutes to blend them properly. Add few drops of stevia to get a mild sweet taste, and enjoy this delicious weight loss juice.

6. Detox Blueberry Fruit Smoothie


  • ½ cup frozen blueberries 
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cranberry juice 
  • 1-2 bananas

Blueberries do the heavy lifting on this detox smoothie, with all of their antioxidant power. Bananas lend their support, adding fiber and potassium to the mix, and there’s also cranberry juice which has a cleansing effect, and can even be used to treat a urinary tract infection. Overall this is a nice combination of flavors, as well as a mixture of three superfoods in their own right into one easy-to-drink smoothie. Good for a morning drink, or any time of the day if you’re trying to eat detoxifying foods.

7. Lemon and Watermelon Juice


  • 1 lemon 
  • 1 cup watermelon (with seeds) 
  • 1 teaspoon mint leaves

Take your blender and add all the ingredients. Blend till you can see a red mass in the blender jar. Add a little crushed ice in a glass, pour the juice, and garnish it with mint leaves. Your weight loss nutritious drink is ready. Since watermelon is so rich in water content, it makes this drink a great source of water, if you do not drink enough of it through the day. 

8. Detox Beet and Carrot Smoothie


  • 1 carrot, peeled, sliced 
  • 1 beet, peeled, sliced 
  • ½ cup red grapes 
  • 1 clementine, peeled 
  • 1 slice of ginger, peeled, about the size of a quarter 
  • ½ cup green tea

The beets alone would have been enough to call this a detox drink, but they went and added a lot of other antioxidant-rich foods, including green tea. You’re also benefiting from the anti-aging and cancer-preventing properties of the carrot. The grapes also contain Vitamin C so you’ll be helping your immune system, making this a great drink for the cold winter months when everyone is getting the flu around you. They also contain resveratrol, an antioxidant that can help prevent heart disease.
9. Citrus Smoothies

  • 2 navel oranges 
  • 2 tangerines 
  • 4 bananas (frozen and slightly thawed or fresh) 
  • 1 meyer lemon 
  • 1 meyer lime
  •  1 sour lemon (e.g. Eureka lemon) 
  • 1/4 cup milk 
  • 28 large ice cubes
This is going to be a big boom of citrusy flavor, but that’s not all it contains. A banana is in there to insure that you’re getting potassium into the body, as well as fiber to keep things moving. Your two basic detoxifying organs are the liver and the colon and this seems to appeal to both of them at the same time. Lemons, limes, oranges, and tangerines all mix together to give you all the Vitamin C you could ask for, and to bombard your body with antioxidants as well.

The Best Juicing Recipes to Boost Energy

Your body needs much more than simple calories to produce strong and stable energy. Vitamins, minerals, enzymes and various other nutrients all have a vital role to play in energy production and a deficiency in any number of them can have a serious impact on how you feel.
Fresh vegetables and fruits are some of the best sources of the nutrition you need to perform at your best. But how do we fit enough of them into our diet? That’s where juicing comes in. The unique nature of freshly made fruit and vegetable juices makes juicing especially effective, particularly for those that often find their energy levels low or fluctuating wildly due to the effects of sugar or caffeine.


1. Minted Fruit Cocktail Juice

  • 1 apple, peeled, cored, and sliced 
  • 1 orange, peeled and divided 
  • 1/2 cup pineapple 
  • 2 cups watermelon, cubed and seeded 
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice 
  • A small sprig of fresh mint
Juice the apple and orange first, followed by the pineapple. Transfer juice to a blender, and add the watermelon, lemon juice, and mint. Puree until smooth.

2. The Power Veg

  • 3 medium carrots. 
  • 2 stalks of celery. 
  • 1 large or 2 small beets. 
  • Around an inch-long piece of ginger, a bit more if you like the fiery taste.
Clean all veggies then cut into 1 in chunks and juice all ingredients, stir and drink immediately.

3. Green Goddess Juice

  • 1/2 a cucumber, peeled and sliced 
  • 1 stalk of celery 
  • 1 handful of kale 
  • 1 apple, peeled and sliced 
  • 1 pear, peeled and sliced 
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Juice all of the ingredients in order, ending with the lemon juice. If you find that the juice is too thick, pour a bit of water into your juicer to get the last bits of goodness out, and dilute the end product.

4. The Sweet Mint Finisher

  • Half a large papaya. 
  • A cup of strawberries. 
  • A handful of fresh mint, including the stalks.
  • Wash all produce thoroughly 
  • Cut papaya into chunks, and slice the stems off the strawberries 
  • Juice all ingredients and drink immediately
Mint has been used for thousands of years across the globe as a digestive tract relaxer. Its aroma alone activates digestive saliva and enzymes in the body that help break down food smoothly.

5. The Iron Maiden Juice

  • 2 large beets, peeled and sliced 
  • 2 carrots, trimmed 
  • 1 small apple, peeled, cored, and sliced 
  • a handful of spinach 
  • 1/4 cup of water
Juice all of the ingredients in order, ending with a bit of water. This is an iron-rich, replenishing tonic that’s also a liver cleanser.