Supplement your daily veggie intake with this vibrant healthy defense juice. This immune boosting juice blend is naturally sweetened and tastes great.
recipe originally published January 23, 2013
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Why you'll love this juice
This bright and flavorful healthy defense juice can offset many of life's activities.
A bad night sleep or not enough sleep. Indulgent food, or a few cocktails that have you moving slower than usual. Even too much travel.
Whatever we need a jump start from, this fresh juice can kick start a recovery. Packed with beneficial nutrients and flavor, this bright glass of sunshine is a much needed wake up each morning!
How we recover from travel, exercise, and more
We travel pretty often, for both business and vacation.
Travel can be exhausting in many ways. Long travel days, recycled airplane air, late nights, dinners out, celebratory cocktails and fun, fun, fun. All of this can wear you down.
When I return home from travel, I crave fresh food like avocado shiitake spring rolls, juicy grapefruit kale salad, and flavorful and satisfying Mediterranean lentil salad.
I also use my juicer to make deliciously beneficial juice like this one, that I call my healthy defense juice.
We have been juicing regularly for at least a couple decades, and we love it so much! We used a few juicers until we got serious and invested in a cold press, horizontal twin gear slow juicer.
If you do not have a juicer but you do have a powerful high speed blender, you can chop all of these veggies small enough to blend at high speed, making a delicious smoothie with all the fiber benefits.
You can also simply eat these veggies! Make a big salad brimming with the beneficial fiber in addition to the other benefits these vegetables bring.
Benefits of this juice blend
First, I am not a doctor, and I would never give medical advice. This is not medical advice. Juicing does not replace any medical plan or medications. Juicing can be part of a healthy diet and a way to ensure you are getting nutrients through recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables.
I chose the first 5 ingredients of this recipe for their vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant properties, which is feel good energy for me! The other fruit ingredients were chosen for natural sweetness.
For potential benefits of these specific vegetables, let's go down the ingredient list:
- Lemon: High in vitamin C and surprisingly, fiber, lemons have many health benefits including iron absorption.
- Beets: Nitrate rich beets improve cardiovascular health in many ways.
- Broccoli: Loaded with fiber and antioxidants, the anti inflammatory veggie broccoli has many benefits.
- Carrots: Packed with immune boosting nutrients, carrots are my favorite veggie that I eat every day.
- Garlic: My favorite nutritional powerhouse! See these garlic recipes, and specifically this garlic apple juice recipe for beneficial information including how many garlic cloves a day is ideal.
- Apple cider vinegar has many benefits. My favorite is from my doctor, who says that adding a tablespoon of vinegar to a glass of water and drinking it before eating can reduce the glycemic impact of a carb heavy meal.
If you are also interested in increasing iron, try my favorite iron rich bar.
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Healthy Defense Juice
Supplement your daily veggie intake with this vibrant healthy defense juice. This immune boosting juice blend is naturally sweetened and tastes great.
Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 lemons, peeled and seeded
- 2 golden beets
- ½ head broccoli
- 4 large carrots
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup mixed berries, fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Juice the garlic clove first, so the other veggies can push the garlic residue through the juicer.
- Continue juicing the lemons, beets, broccoli, and carrots.
- Pour the juice into a blender jar.
- To the blender, add the apple cider vinegar and mixed berries.
- Blend at highest speed until smooth.
- Pour juice into glasses and enjoy immediately.
Notes
Benefits of this juice blend
First, I am not a doctor, and I am not qualified to give medical advice. Juicing does not replace any medical plan or medications. Juicing can be part of a healthy diet and a way to ensure you are getting nutrients through recommended servings of fruits and vegetables.
If you do not have a juicer but you do have a powerful high speed blender, you can chop all of these veggies small enough to blend at high speed, making a delicious smoothie with all the fiber benefits.
You can also simply eat these veggies! Make a big salad brimming with the beneficial fiber in addition to the other benefits these vegetables bring.
I chose the first 5 ingredients of this recipe for their vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant properties, which is feel good energy for me! The other fruit ingredients were chosen for natural sweetness.
For potential benefits of these specific vegetables, let's go down the ingredient list:
- Lemon: High in vitamin C and surprisingly, fiber, lemons have many health benefits including iron absorption.
- Beets: Nitrate rich beets improve cardiovascular health in many ways.
- Broccoli: Loaded with fiber and antioxidants, the anti inflammatory veggie broccoli has many benefits.
- Carrots: Packed with immune boosting nutrients, carrots are my favorite veggie that I eat every day.
- Garlic: My favorite nutritional powerhouse! See these garlic recipes, and specifically this garlic apple juice recipe for beneficial information including how many garlic cloves a day is ideal.
- Apple cider vinegar has many benefits. My favorite is from my doctor, who says that adding a tablespoon of vinegar to a glass of water and drinking it before eating can reduce the glycemic impact of a carb heavy meal.
If you are also interested in increasing iron, try my favorite iron rich bar.
How we recover from travel, exercise, and more
We travel pretty often, for both business and vacation.
Travel can be exhausting in many ways. Long travel days, recycled airplane air, late nights, dinners out, celebratory cocktails and fun, fun, fun. All of this can wear you down.
When I return home from travel, I crave fresh food like avocado shiitake spring rolls, juicy grapefruit kale salad, and flavorful and satisfying Mediterranean lentil salad.
I also use my juicer to make deliciously beneficial juice like this one, that I call my healthy defense juice.
We have been juicing regularly for at least a couple decades, and we love it so much! We used a few juicers until we got serious and invested in a cold press, horizontal twin gear slow juicer.Â
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 201Total Fat: 1gSodium: 110mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 7gSugar: 9gProtein: 4g
nutrition calculations results vary by calculator, are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to replace medical advice or treatment.
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Bianca-Vegan Crunk says
Yum! Yea, I've been hearing all the flu madness, and I DO NOT have time for that! Ha! I should drink more juice. We don't need no crazy flu shots! Juice power!
Kristina Sloggett says
EXACTLY - never had a shot, have only been sick once in five years! juice juice, baby!
Eileen says
I haven't had a massive glass of juice in way too long--and this one sounds so good! It's clearly time to break out the blender. 🙂
Kristina Sloggett says
yes, yes it is time... I love my massive glass of juice!
Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen says
I've been taking my ACV shots like a good little girl every morning.
My stomach and skin are thanking me. My immune system is still questioning the practice. [Is it supposed to help your immune system or did I just make that up?]
Kristina Sloggett says
sure it is! 😉 actually I think the things it boosts and/or reduces DO contribute to a healthier immune system!
Roz@weightignfor50 says
I'd like to reach through my monitor and grab a jar of your juice. It sounds delicious as well as immunity building.
Kristina Sloggett says
I love it! many strong flavors in there, and somehow it is GOOD 🙂
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
Woman...the germs are living in my house! Max came home early from school yesterday and is home again today...all after Jay was home all week last week. I've pretty sure the germs are mocking me at this point. I know they are here and they really want me. I'm fighting until the bitter end! I've been bathing in everything antibacterial, eating as many fresh fruits and vegetables as humanly possible and taking in spices and herbs with germ fighters in them like nobody's business!
This juice sounds perfect!
Kristina Sloggett says
oh, gosh, girl - take care of yourself! I wish I could send over a gallon of this for all of you!
Yum Yucky says
wow. Aside from the evil flu, that drink looks tasty enough for daily gulping. Nice concoction! Do you have the deets on a good juicer? I'm in the market for one.
Kristina Sloggett says
I just CRAVE juice like this every day! if you are wanting to juice a lot, and want to spend a LITTLE bit more on a juicer that will be FAR MORE economical in the long run, find a twin gear or masticating juicer, rather than a centrifugal. twin gear/masticating juicers are MUCH more efficient, you get more juice and the pulp is very little, VERY dry.
when I began juicing daily several years ago, I started with a Breville centrifugal - and that is a good juicer - and a couple years ago we switched to a twin gear - I use LESS produce for the same amount of juice, and the pulp is dry, not heavy and wet. I hope this helps, Josie, let me know if you have more questions!
jobo says
Yum! this looks so tasty! I hope you don't get sick!!
Kristina Sloggett says
me too! I've been feeling VERY TIRED lately, but... not really sick. the juice is the answer 😉
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
Having had the plagues, I do'nt blame you for being scared! I'm scared to get it again. *shudder*
Inever thought to add broccoli to a jiunce (well, smoothie in my case). Definitely checking that out!
Kristina Sloggett says
I just do NOT want to get sick!! yick!! glad you're on the other end of your plague 😉
I love to juice broccoli - it brings a very unique flavor!
Heather (Where's the Beach) says
I don't have a juicer but when I see posts like this, I want one! Yours always looks so flipping good too. Happy Hump Day 😉
Kristina Sloggett says
I just LOVE my juicer!
happy Hump Day to you!
lindsay says
now that i have a juicer, i am SOOOO making this. Wellness wednesday cheers!
Kristina Sloggett says
cheers and enjoy!