April Recipes

The following is quoted nearly word from word from the following text: 

Juicing, Fasting, and Detoxing for Life

Morning Energy: 4 carrots scrubbed / 1 cucumber, peeled /1 whole beet (with greens) / ½ lemon peeled / 1 inch chunk ginger

Liver-Cleansing Cocktail: 1 handful dandelion greens / 4 carrots, scrubbed / ½ cucumber / ½ lemon, peeled

Spring Cleansing Cocktail: 1 vine-ripened tomato / 1 cucumber, peeled / 8 asparagus stalks / ½ lemon, peeled

Beautiful-Skin Cocktail: 1 parsnip, peeled / 3 carrots, scrubbed / 1 cucumber, peeled / ½ lemon / ¼ green bell pepper

Note: Cucumber and bell pepper are good sources of the trace mineral silicon, which is recommended to strengthen skin, hair, and fingernails along with bones.  In studies, silicon has been shown to reduce signs of aging such as improving thickness of skin and reducing wrinkles.

Calcium-Rich Cocktail: 1 cucumber, peeled / 1 to 2 medium to large kale leaves / 1 handful parsley / 1 celery stalk / ½ lemon peeled / 1-inch chunk ginger root

Weight-loss helper: 1 small Jerusalem artichoke /4 carrots / 1 whole beet with leaves

Good Sleep Nightcap: 2 romaine lettuce leaves / 1 small handful parsley / ½ cucumber, peeled / 3 carrots / 1 stalk celery

Mood Mender: 3 fennel stalks including leaves and flowers / 3 carrots /2 stalks celery / ½ pear / ½ chunk ginger root

Healthy Sinus Solution: 2 vine ripened tomatoes / ½ cucumber / 6 radishes /½ lime, peeled

Note: Radish juice is a traditional remedy for opening up the sinuses and supporting the mucus membranes

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The Dirty Dozen (Highest Pesticide Load)

You can cut your pesticide exposure by almost 90% by avoiding the top-twelve conventionally grown vegetables and fruit that are the most conventionally grown vegetables and fruit that are the most contaminated; purchase only organic for these twelve.

1. Peaches (100) 2. Apples (96) 3. Celery (94)  4. Sweet bell peppers (86) 5. Nectarines (84) 6. Strawberries (83)  7-13: Potatoes, Cherries, Lettuce, Grapes (imported), Pears, Spinach, Carrots