Skin Deep Juice
June 24, 2009 by julia
Filed under Nutritional News
This is one of my favourite juices from Michael Van Straten’s Super Juice book, he is the UK’s best known practitioner of complementary medicine, a leading osteopath, naturopath, acupuncturist and nutritional consultant.
I have been a fan of juicing for years with a little help from my old faithful Magimix Juicer, and love to experiment with different combinations, it’s also helpful to use up fruit and veg that you may otherwise waste! Beauty is definitely more than skin deep, and it’s pointless having anti-ageing treatments and using topical products if your not feeding your skin from within with antioxidants and nutrients!
I am a fan of the Apple, Carrot and ginger combo, but when my skin needs an extra boost, this really hits the spot! Here’s what you need for the Skin Deep Juice -
- 4 Organic Carrots – unpeeled
- 2 Asparagus Spears
- Half a medium Iceberg Lettuce
- 1 handful of Spinach Leaves
This is super rich in Vitamins A and C, Beta-Carotene and Folic Acid. Rich in Iron and Vitamin E, contains Potassium, Silica and some B Vitamins. Not only does it protect against skin infections thanks to its high Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene content, Skin Deep also provides plenty of Vitamin E, which helps maintain supple and wrinkle free skin! This juice is also a blood builder – which means more skin nutrients are carried to the surface where they’re needed.
Check out Michael Van Stratens Super Juice Book for more recipes, but I would love to hear your favourite juicing recipes, so please post below!
Have a good breakfast too. During sleep, we have basically been fasting and break(fast), means just that. The old proverb, ‘Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper’, holds a lot of truth.
In the morning, our blood sugar is low and without having breakfast, can lead to irritability, poor concentration etc. I’ve often been guilty of chomping on a chocolate Hob Nob or 10! (we all have our days).
By eating a healthy, good sized breakfast, we can significantly help to maintain our health.
I like a cereal (I prefer Nestle ones, particularly ‘Honey Nut Shredded Wheat’ and ‘Clusters’), with rice milk and ‘sometimes’ a splash of semi-skimmed with it and a tablespoon of Flax seed oil. I then have 2 poached eggs on toast, (eggs ARE a very good source of essential nutrients).
I like to make a fruit smoothie if I have time – I vary them, but they usually involve throwing some mixed fruit juice into a blender, along with banana (this gives nice creamy texture too), any fresh fruit that I have and if I have any yoghurt, I’ll throw that in too – as well as a probiotic supplement. I like adding blueberries too. You can use frozen ones – I have a friend who is not keen on fresh blueberries, but prefers frozen ones).
Another idea is to buy a little coffee grinder and some flax seeds and grind them fresh before adding them to soups, stews, and yoghurts. (I also like the bags of mixed seeds you can buy, that contain sunflower seeds and others too.)
Toasting seeds before putting them into salads is also a nice idea and brings out their flavour.