I often have to re-educate my clients on this category. Most of my clients don’t know that they should also drink some juice or beverage in addition to water. This is because the juice or beverage takes longer to digest, stays in your system a bit longer and then entices toxins to follow them out as the urinary system processes it. Now, if you just drink water, the kidneys get overworked as the water shoots right on through. Then the person has to hand around the bathroom all day or has to get up several times a night. So, that’s why it’s good to have a balance.
Then again, juices have lots more calories and sugar—no worries. . .you can dilute them and still get the affect we need. Also, juices and sodas have an electrical charge to them so it’s good to use these items when taking your supplements. That way they won’t stick in your throat. (Of course if all your supplements need to be gagged down you’re taking the wrong ones!)
Fresh squeezed juice helps with detoxification because even though you squeeze out sour juice, as it goes through your body it comes out as alkaline ash. This is not what happens when you drink juice where it has been processes (canned, frozen, or pasteurized). These juices (especially fruit juices) make the body more acid. Also, those with any kind of sugar besides fructose make the body acid.
Often clients will tell me they have a hard time getting in the volumes of fresh fruit they need. I tell them to add the juice of something raw to their water. One lemon or lime equals one serving of fruit. Canned, frozen or processed juice does not count as a raw fruit serving but vegetable juices can count as a cooked vegetable.
- Acai
- Aloe Vera Juice
- Apple Cider
- Apple Juice
- Apple Spiced Cider
- Apricot Nectar
- Bancha
- Barley Grass
- Beer
- Beet
- Black Cherry
- Black Currant
- Black Tea
- Blackberry Juice
- Blueberry
- Blueberry Pomegranate
- Boysenberry
- Cabbage
- Capri Sun
- Carrot
- Celery Juice
- Chamomile Tea
- Cherry Juice
- Cherry, Tart
- Crystal Lite (contains Splenda: /Diet_Nutrition/Splenda.htm)
- Clamato (contains sulfites: /Diet_Nutrition/sulfites.htm)
- Coconut Juice
- Coconut Milk
- Coffee
- Coffee, Decaf
- Coffee, Organic
- Coffee, Half Decaf
- Cranberry
- Cranberry Blueberry
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Cran-Raspberry
- Cream
- Cucumber
- Cucumber Juice
- Elderflower
- Energy drinks have their own list.
- Fruit Punch
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Ginger Root Tea
- Ginger Soother
- Gogi Berry
- Grape, Concord
- Grape, White
- Grapefruit, Pink
- Grapefruit, White
- Green Drinks
- Green Pepper
- Green Tea
- Half and Half
- Hibiscus
- Hi-C
- Horseradish
- Jamaican Lemonade Spritzer
- Jerusalem Artichoke
- Kale
- Kiwi Strawberry
- Kombucha Tea
- Kool-Aid
- Kukicha
- Leek
- Lemon Balm Tea
- Lemonade
- Lemon-Ginger
- Lemon-Ginger-Echinacea
- Lemon-Lime Spritzer
- Licorice Root Tea
- Limeade
- Liquor, Distilled (See List)
- Mandarin-Lime Spritzer
- Mango Fandango Spritzer
- Mango Nectar
- Mega Green
- Milk, Almond
- Milk, Hemp
- Milk, Oat
- Milk, Soy
- Morning Blend
- Mustard Greens
- Noni Juice
- Onion
- Orange
- Orange Carrot
- Orange Passion fruit Spritzer
- Papaya Nectar
- Parsley
- Parsnip
- Passion fruit
- Pear Juice
- Peppermint Tea
- Pineapple
- Pineapple Coconut
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Potassium Broth
- Potato
- Prune
- Pummelo Juice
- Radish
- Razzleberry
- Recharge Sports Beverages
- Rooibos
- Rose Hip Tea
- Sauerkraut
- Seltzer Water
- Sodas, Colas
- Sodas, Root Beer
- Sodas, Fruity
- Sodas, Clear (like 7-Up)
- Sorrel
- Spinach
- Spritzers
- String Bean
- Tang
- Tangerine
- Tangerine Juice
- Tangerine Spritzer
- Tomato
- Tropical Punch
- Turnip
- V-8
- Very Veggie Untomato
- Water with Lemon
- Watercress
- Watermelon Juice
- Wheat Grass
- Wine, Red
- Wine, White
- Yerba Mate Tea
- Zucchini
Brands of Juices:
- Capri Sun (some of these contain blue dyes which can cause ADD and ADHD)
- Florida’s Natural
- Frozen Concentrate
- Fruit2o
- Glogi
- Hansen’s
- Hi-C
- Izzy
- Juicy Juice
- King Orchards
- Knudson
- Martinelli
- Minute Maid
- Mott’s
- Mystic
- Naked Juices
- Nantucket Nectars
- Newman’s Own
- Ocean Spray
- Odwalla
- Old Orchard
- Organic Juices
- Snapple
- Sunkist
- Sunny Delight
- Tree Top
- Tropicana
- V-8
- Very Fine
- Welch’s
- Xango
- Other Brand of Juice:
Helpful Links and references:
- How to choose the best piece of fruit: /Diet_Nutrition/HowToChooseBestFruit.htm
- What to juice and why: /HealingTechniques/juice_fasting.htm
- Our 4 Favorite Raw Fruit Juice Recipes: /recipes/FruitJuiceFavorites_files/FruitJuiceFavorites.htm