Fresh Juices

A year ago I did my first detox to shed some unwanted weight, cleanse my liver and increase my performance level.  Had a terrific success where I lost 5.9kg in four weeks.

The detox program was a combination of fresh juices, soups, handful of nuts and I abstained from coffee, alcohol, meat and anything that was refined like sugar and flour.

If you are interested, here's a link to May 2012 where my journey was recorded along with the Top 10 Juices we used.

Since then I embarked on another detox journey as bad habits and way too much wine snuck into my diet and felt the need for another clean up.  This time we revisited some of our favorite juices but also made new ones.

Below is a new list of 10 juices that we enjoyed.  If you have a juicer give them a try and leave me a comment with your thoughts or if you have any juices for us to try leave me a comment with the ingredients used.

1 by 1 Fruit and Vege
1 orange
1 apple
1 pear
1 nashi pear
1 carrot
1 celery

2 by 2 Fruit and Vege

2 sticks celery
2 carrots
2 oranges
2 apples
2.5cm ginger root

Beet Mix

1 beetroot
2 carrots
2 stick celery
1 apple
1 orange
1 lemon

Grapes Basic

1 small bunch of grapes
1 orange
1 lemon
2 apples
2 carrots
2.5cm ginger root

Grapes Delight

1 small bunch of grapes
1 orange
1 pear
1 nashi pear
2.5cm ginger root

Pineapple Subdued

1 pineapple
1 orange
1 pear
2 carrots

Pineapple Ginger

1 pineapple
1 large pear
1 orange
5cm ginger

Veggie Twang

0.5 celery
2 carrots
1 orange
1 lemon
2.5cm ginger root


Watermelon Bliss

2 thick slices of watermelon
2 oranges
1 apple
1 nashi pear
2.5cm ginger root

Watermelon Zing

2 pink grapefruits
2 thick slices of watermelon
2.5cm ginger root


Note:  You may note that the basic ingredients are much the same in different combinations.  Reason is that many fruits are not easily accessible in Singapore where I reside and when they can be found they are quite expensive, so we usually eat them in their natural state (ie. berries, kiwis, peaches, apricots).

We also use lots of ginger in our juices due to its zingy flavour and numerous health related benefits.  If interested in knowing more, read about it here: WHFoods: Ginger.