Apart from the fact that juices are very fashionable and trendy in recent years, they also have excellent health benefits and, in addition, allow the digestive system to rest. Depending on the fruits and vegetables we use, juices have different benefits and contributions. And because the intake of good nutrients is essential for health and to maintain one's immunity, it is important to integrate juices but also smoothies into one's diet.

Smoothies have totally different virtues than juices because by mixing fruits and vegetables, we do not remove the cellulose which must be digested. The digestive system is then not in pause but the nutritional qualities are well present.

Some tips for making good fresh juice

• Prefer a slow extractor to a centrifuge which will take better care of your food. The former uses cold extraction while the latter uses speed to extract the juice from fruits and vegetables, while leaving the fiber in. This speed will induce some heating and heat that will destroy some of the nutrients.
• Use organic fruits and vegetables, which will also allow you to leave the skin, which is rich in vitamins and nutrients. Very often we make the mistake of peeling our food, even though the peelings are the heart of the vitamins.
• For a juice to have healing properties, prefer it to be green, i.e. 80% vegetables and only 20% fruit. For those who love sweet drinks, it is possible to make green juices with enough sugar to satisfy your taste buds. Carrots, for example, are vegetables that add a tasty touch to your drinks, in addition to the nutritional benefits of course.

For the preparation of smoothies, the use of a blender is necessary.

Some fruits and vegetables and their benefits

• Pineapple: to activate digestive enzymes
• Carrot: for the complexion
• Cherries: for rheumatism
• Ginger: immune, detoxifying, protective
• Parsley: for the kidneys
• Cucumber: for a diuretic effect
• Red fruits: for the immune system
• Watermelon: powerful antioxidant and immune system booster
• Cabbage: boosts immunity

The recipes for juices and smoothies are numerous and varied and very often we do not know how to combine the foods to make these drinks healthy.

Some healthy drink ideas

For juicing, place the following foods in your juicer:

• 2 carrots
• 1 celery stalk with leaves
• 1 green apple
• 1 cucumber.
• 1 beet

Or

• ½ cucumber
• A nice handful of spinach
• 1 green apple
• A few sprigs of flat leaf parsley
• 1 teaspoon of spirulina to add when the juice has been extracted.

For smoothies, place the following foods in your blender:

• 1 white grapefruit or 1 lemon
• 1 green apple
• Two nice branches of kale
• A few mint leaves

Or

• A beautiful bunch of grapes
• 1 large handful of spinach
• ½ cucumber
• 1 kiwi
• Two nice branches of kale

If you don't have the ability to purchase a juicer or blender for smoothies, nothing is lost. Don't worry. Opt therefore for healthy waters, to boost your immune system, the recipes are also adapted: In a liter of water, let infuse eucalyptus leaves, a teaspoon of dried thyme and some rosemary sprigs. By letting infuse a pink grapefruit (with the skin if it is organic), some peeled lychees and the juice of a lemon in a liter of water, you will obtain after 12 hours, an antioxidant drink that will boost your immune system.

While adopting these new beverages to your diet, also consider taking nutritional supplements that will support your terrain and help your body move forward, retain and maintain your immunity.