Green juice recipes are regularly used for healthier bodies and minds. There are just so many benefits, whether you want to improve your emotional health, your heart health, or even your skin health.
Getting the right types of vegetables and fruits together is essential when it comes to working on certain parts of the body. While all fruits and vegetables are full of nutrients, some are much better than others for the skin. It will also depend on the type of benefits for the skin that you want. Do you want it to look clearly, for example? Maybe you’re looking for something to repair damage, like help heal wounds or heal sunburn.
With that in mind, we’ll look at some of the best green juice recipes that you can opt for to improve your skin health. We’ll also look at the best vegetables. All of the recipes include at least one of the best ingredients for your skin.
Top 7 Fruits and Vegetables to Include in Green Juices for the Skin
You can make up your own green juices once you get used to the initial flavors. This will help you have something new and exciting on a daily basis – something to look forward to every single week. When you make your own for your skin, make sure your green juices include at least one of the following ingredients.
These 7 aren’t all going to be green vegetables. There is more to healthy food than the color.
Kale
Of course, kale is the first that is on the list, and yes this is a green vegetable. It’s one of the most powerful green vegetables around and will help to offer a mean punch to the acne in your skin.
Kale is packed with antioxidants that help to fight against free radicals and improve the health of your cells. Our skin cells die and get damaged throughout the day. This is perfectly normal. What you want to avoid is them repairing or growing back abnormally – abnormal cells open the doors to cancer and dementia. Free radicals cause abnormal cells, so you want the antioxidants to combat this.
The antioxidants will also help to fight off infection and bacteria. Contrary to popular belief, acne isn’t caused by oils or greasy skin. It’s caused by too much bacteria in the pores. If you can fight this, you will be able to keep your skin glowing naturally and looking brighter than ever.
Kale is also full of vitamin K, which helps with the blood clotting and flow process. This helps to ensure your skin looks amazing with the right blood flow. And let’s not forget the iron levels, which also helps with the oxygenated blood production to ensure the organs get everything needed to breathe.
Carrots
The second vegetable to add to your green juices is the carrot. I encourage you to add the green leafy parts to the carrot as well as the main orange part.
Carrots are full of beta-carotene, which is a form of vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential for the tissues in the body, including the skin. It helps to strengthen the tissues and the cells, making your skin look healthier and brighter.
The beta-carotene will also help to improve the collagen production. This means your skin will be far more flexible than before, so you won’t suffer as many stretch marks or tears in any of the skin layers.
Beets
Beets will help to repair damage to the collagen and slow down the aging process. You’ll find that your skin is less likely to show wrinkles and fine lines, making you look older than you really are.
This is due to the high levels of folate in the vegetables. Folate is usually referred to as folic acid, although there are different types of folate. Either way, the nutrient is essential for the repair of cells and helps to encourage cell and nerve growth. This is one of those nutrients that doctors recommend pregnant women take extra of to supplement their growing baby.
Beets are also full of vitamin A, offering many of the same benefits as carrots. The vitamin A also helps to improve blood flow, which naturally helps to improve the look of the skin.
Ginger
Okay, so technically ginger isn’t referred to as a fruit or a vegetable. It’s classed as an herb, but that doesn’t mean you should overlook it for the skin. It offers a range of benefits that many fruits and vegetables can’t.
One of the biggest benefits is in the healing process. Ginger is highly recommended when you’re ill for its anti-inflammatory properties. It helps to fight against the reasons for inflammation – sometimes the immune system acting when there is no need to.
Inflammation causes pain, but it can also lead to pores getting unnecessary blocked. Bacteria get trapped in the pores and start to grow, causing acne. Inflammation has also been linked to psoriasis, which can look unsightly on the skin.
You can eat ginger to help improve the skin or add it to topical treatment. In this case, it’s good to add to green juices.
Lemons
One of the best fruits to add to your diet is lemons. They are refreshing, cleansing, and brightening. You can add them topically or through your food to get all the benefits.
Let’s start with the levels of vitamin C. All orange, yellow, and red fruit contains vitamin C, and citrus fruits are among the best for the levels. The vitamin C helps to support your immune system and fights against infections and diseases within your body. It can also help to reduce inflammation, offering many of the same benefits as ginger.
The acidic levels in lemon can also be cleansing. This can help to reduce infection and clean out the bacteria, meaning that acne, psoriasis, and other skin conditions aren’t as likely. The acid can help to clear up fungal and yeast infections, at the same time.
While cleansing, the acid can also help to brighten the skin. When the sun hits, the skin becomes lighter naturally. You will need to watch out if you have fair or sensitive skin, as too much of the acid in the sun can lead to burning and irritation. However, when used in green juice, you shouldn’t have a problem.
Watercress
Watercress is another vegetable that has antioxidants, vitamin C and vitamin A. We’ve already looked at just how these nutrients help to look after the skin – as well as the rest of the body!
Watercress doesn’t really have a taste. It can be added to most green juices without anybody even noticing. It means that it won’t distract from the taste of the rest of the fruits and vegetables that you include.
While it doesn’t have much of taste, it is full of water. It can help to dilute some of the bitter green vegetables, such as kale.
Parsley
Finally, you want to consider adding parsley to your green juices. Not only is it green, but it adds a freshness to your juices that many other greens can’t offer.
Parsley offers some benefits that others above can’t. It helps to balance the natural oils in the skin. Those who have oily skin could find that their oil production lessens naturally. Likewise, those with low oil production could find that they gain more. The skin needs the natural oils to look and feel good.
There is also zinc in parsley, which is essential for the healing process. Zinc offers anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. The skin will heal from ailments and rashes quickly, while the symptoms are soothed at the same time.
12 Green Juices that You Need to Try for the Skin
Now that you know about the best 7 ingredients to include, it’s time to get a few green juice recipes. They are all extremely easy to make. With the majority of them, you simply push them through a juicer or add them to a blender. It will depend on whether you just want the juice or the whole fruit/vegetable – there’s a note on this at the very end.
Green Vegetable Juice with Apples and Lemon
Ingredients:
- 2 medium apples
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 cucumber
- ½ thumb of ginger root
- ½ lemon, with the rind
- ½ lime, with the rind
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 2 cups of spinach
Method:
- Put all the ingredients through the juice and combine fully
If you do want to make a smoothie, make sure you peel the lemon, lime, and ginger instead.
Refreshing Apple and Cilantro Green Juice
Ingredients:
- 2 apples, preferably green
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 large kale leaves
- 1 cucumber
- ¼ cup of fresh cilantro
- ½ a lemon, peeled
Method:
- Put all the ingredients through your juicer and combine well
You can make extra of this to put in the fridge. Before you serve, make sure you give the mixture a good shake as the vegetables can start to separate.
Parsley and Cucumber Juice
This is one of those recipes that you want for cleansing the whole body. It’s a detoxifying mix for the gut, which will also help to improve the skin. The ingredients also help to improve the brain health, as well as the skin health.
Ingredients:
- 1 large cucumber
- 1 medium pear
- ¼ cup of fresh mint
- 1 cup of fresh parsley
- 1 lemon, peeled
- 2 cups of spinach
Method:
- Push everything through your juicer and mix well
This is another recipe that you can put into a blender instead and create a drink with the whole fruit and vegetables.
Ginger and Swiss Chard Juice
The B vitamins in this juice won’t just help the skin. They work on the eyes and the hair, as well as the rest of your body to protect from aging problems. The parsley is optional but definitely worth keeping in. It freshens your whole body and will help with the detoxification process throughout your body.
Ingredients:
- 1 apple, preferably green
- 4 romaine lettuce leaves
- ½ inch of ginger, fresh
- 1 lemon, peeled
- 1 bunch of Swiss chard
- 1 cup of fresh parsley (optional)
- 1 medium carrot
Method:
- Put everything through the juice and serve immediately
This juice doesn’t work as well when left in the fridge. It starts to separate just a little too much to combine again.
Beet Juice with Watercress and Mint
When you feel bloated, you want to try this juice to help. The beets will help to brighten up the color, while the mint addition helps to quench your thirst just right.
Ingredients:
- 2 large carrots
- 1 medium beet, scrubbed
- 1 bunch of fresh watercress leaves
- ½ medium daikon radish
- ½ cup of fresh mint
Method:
- Put everything through the juicer and combine
You’ll get one portion from this whole mix, which is good. You don’t want this to sit in the fridge!
Pineapple and Jalapeño Juice
This doesn’t initially sound like it has much in the way of greenery, but you’ll be surprised. You’ll get a kick that helps to boost the metabolism and improves the look and feel of the whole body, not just the skin.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of pineapple
- 5 kale leaves
- 1 cucumber
- ½ jalapeno (or more to taste)
Method:
- As with all the rest, push the ingredients through the juicer
Start with just half the jalapeno pepper, to begin with, and taste your juice. If you don’t find it spicy enough, add more a little at a time. It’s best to juice the jalapeno separately to help get just the right amount.
Easy Green Juice
This is one of the easiest juices you’ll put together and full of flavor.
Ingredients:
- 5 handfuls of spinach
- 3 celery stalks
- 3 kale leaves
- ½ a cucumber
- 2 apples of choice
- ½ lemon, peeled
Method:
- Put it all through the juicer and combine
You could try the whole lemon without peeling. It will depend on the type of juicer that you have.
Kale and Kiwi Juice
Why not try something a little more summery but still very green?
Ingredients:
- 1 bunch of kale
- 2 apples
- 3 kiwis, peeled
- 1 in of ginger
Method:
- Put it all through the juicer and combine
This works well blended if you want to use the whole fruit and veg. Don’t forget to peel the apple and kiwi if you’re going to use the blender.
Cucumber and Apple Juice
This one isn’t just good for the skin but refreshing for the whole body. Add a couple of cubes of ice on a warm summer day.
Ingredients:
- 4 celery stalks
- 2 apples, halved
- 6 kale leaves
- 1 cucumber
- ½ a peeled lemon
- 1 in piece of fresh ginger
Method:
- Process all the ingredients through your juicer in batches and serve
This is one that you can double the recipe to make a second glass and store in the fridge. Just remember to give it a good shake to recombine everything.
Spinach and Carrot Juice
I know what you’re thinking – spinach and carrot don’t sound too great combined into juice. You’ll get plenty of flavor with the rest of the ingredients and benefit so much from the skin. There is also garlic included in this, which is full of antibacterial, antiviral, and antiseptic qualities to fight infections and improve the look of acne.
The ginger will help to boost your alertness in the morning, making it the perfect morning option.
Ingredients:
- 1 handful of spinach
- 4 carrots, peeled
- 1 handful of parsley
- 1 apple
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 in piece of ginger, peeled
Method:
- Put everything through the juicer and combine
You can make this into a smoothie in the blender instead, adding some milk (dairy or non-dairy) to the mix.
3-Ingredient Green Juice
This juice is full of summery flavor and skin-cleansing ingredients. It’s perfect for when you want something that’s a little sweeter and something different.
Ingredients:
- 1 pineapple
- 3 mustard leaves (more to taste)
- 5 carrots, peeled
Method:
- Pop it all through your juicer to combine
You may find the mustard leaves are a bit too much. They certainly pack a punch. Cut down by half a mustard leaf at a time if you don’t quite like the bitterness.
Kale and Blueberry Juice
This is a firm favorite of 80s pop star Paula Abdul. It’s packed full of antioxidants and tastes extremely sweet (even though it’s not), so you’re bound to get rid of your sugar cravings.
Ingredients:
- ½ a small daikon radish
- ½ cup of blueberries
- 1 cup of spinach
- 1 cup of kale
- 2 apples
Method:
- Put everything through your juicer and then combine
This is another recipe that’s perfect for the blender if you’d prefer to use the whole fruit.
Green Juice vs. Green Smoothie
It is different between blending and juicing. When you blend, you use the whole fruit and vegetable. That means you use all the fiber, as well as the sugars and the water. For many people, smoothies are healthier because of that fiber content.
When you juice, and get rid of the fiber (the pulp), the sugars will go straight into the bloodstream. There is nothing to stop it from metabolizing quickly, which could mean you’re at a higher risk of developing Type II diabetes.
However, researchers are still debating between green juices and green smoothies. When you include either as part of a healthy diet – and use mostly vegetables than fruits – you will help to improve some nutrients in the body. Vegetables have fewer sugars, which lowers the risk of high blood sugar levels.
Add a Green Juice to Your Morning Routine
If you’re looking for a way to add a healthier drink to your day, opt for a green juice. You can follow the 12 recipes above, or you can create your own concoctions. Keep it simple to start to know how vegetables and fruits work together.
With the majority of green juices, a dark leafy green, apples, and cucumbers tend to be good starting points. You can then add a few of the skin-boosting ingredients mentioned above.
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