Ingredients
- 16oz filtered water or coconut water
- 1 cup pineapple
- 1 cup kale (3-4 leaves)
- 1 stalk celery
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 1 apple (any kind) sliced
- 1 cup cucumber (about ½ a large cucumber)
- ½ inch ginger root
- 1 1/2 cups Ice
Instructions
Place all ingredients into the blender.
Secure lid and blend well for at least 60 seconds.
Note: You can omit the water and ice and extract the ingredients
with a juicer, or leave it as is for a whole food juice by keeping the fiber.
Enjoy! (Makes 2 drinks)
The ingredients in this drink are very healthy and may help with headaches, nausea and stomach upset. Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties and is a potent herb that has been known to help with any type of pain or swelling of the tissues. Fresh pineapple contains bromelain, a natural enzyme that has been known to be a form of natural pain relief and anti-inflammatory as well. Cucumber is 95% water and can help with dehydration. It is thought that the chemicals in celery act to cause sleepiness, increase urine to decrease fluid retention, decrease blood pressure, decrease blood sugar, decrease blood clotting, and increase muscle relaxation.
