Beetroot Kale Goodness

Since I started drinking green smoothies, somehow, there was a nagging thirst for vege juice at the back of my throat...Imagine my joy when V told me one day,"You are not going to believe this!I am craving green juice!"

So off I went, to the grocer, to get whatever, vegetables I could rest my hands on and brought my breville juicer down and off it went! Extracting the juicy goodness of the vegetables.

Whenever I juice, I always prefer to add celery, carrots and lemon for that added touch of sweetness and tartness.

I never used to like celery because of the strong smell and taste it has, but over the years, my palate has gotten used to it. I also know that celery helps with arthritis and since I've been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, I've been more than happy to drink celery juice. My grandmother had osteoarthritis when she was in her late 80's and her fingers couldn't move. watching her suffer in pain was difficult. Poor lady, god bless her soul, but living with 2 ailing grandparents, taught me a lot about looking after one's health.

Reading the benefits of celery further strengthened my reasons for adding them into my juice. Some of the benefits include lowering LDL, relief for all inflammation including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, asthma and bronchitis, aids in weight loss by helping to curb cravings for sweets and fights cancer to name a few. Click here to read more.

Carrots, besides helping our with eyesight, there is a whole list of benefits. Boosts immune system, helps in dispelling mucus, balances blood acidity and blood sugar levels are some of the many benefits. Click here for more information. 

Lemons, we know how they help with weight control, but here are a few more benefits we can reap from them:- relieves cold and sore throat due to their 'antibiotic' effect, relieves constipation, aids in digestion. Click here for more information.

Kale! The latest celebrity vegetable....The benefits of kale seem to be pretty endless! They are not cheap too! Some benefits of kale include lowering cholesterol, increasing bone density, detoxifying, increasing Hb levels and many more! Click here for a full list of benefits.

Beetroot..Some people shudder at the thought of it. I LOVE IT!!! That earthy taste is so so comforting! What are the benefits? 

Helps in combating acidosis, helps maintain elasticity of arteries, normalises blood pressure, heals liver toxicity and bile ailments and many more!

Below is the recipe for the juice I made a few days ago.

1  bundle Kale

4 carrots

6 celery ribs

1/2 lemon, peel and all (seeds removed)

1 small beetroot, leaves, skin and all

Wash all the vegetables well and run it all through the juicer and enjoy it fresh!

When we drank this after 2 weeks without, both V and I heaved a loud AAAAAHHHHHH...just like in the Schweppes advertisement in our growing up  years... Such a relief....One thing for sure is we will continue juicing for as long as we can...:)