Iron Man Green Juice Recipe
Posted By Beth K On January 16, 2013 @ 2:00 pm In Healthy Eating | No Comments
This juice recipe is our family’s favorite green powerhouse. Give Iron Man Green Juice a try and see what you think.
Ingredients
- 1/2 inch slice ginger root, peeled
- 1/3 lemon (peel intact)
- 1/2 cucumber (peel intact)
- 1 Granny Smith apple (stem removed, use core and all)
- 2 celery stalks (leaves and all)
- 2 leaves rainbow Swiss chard
Instructions
- Juice away!
- Serve in chilled glass and enjoy immediately.
I like to start the day with this Iron Man Green Juice because it doesn’t give me a sugar high (or the sugar crash that follows). It provides tons of antioxidants and a low glycemic load. These factors make Iron Man Green Juice amazingly anti-inflammatory.
Iron Man Green Juice packs a powerful punch of vitamins including:
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin K
- Vitamin B6
- Folate
Don’t forget about the mineral benefits. This juice boasts impressive amounts of:
- Calcium
- Iron
- Phosphorus
- Magnesium
- Potassium
- Copper
- Manganese
We were using kale in this recipe but had to switch to chard when our local stores were all out. We were so surprised to find that this change helped minimize the flavor of the celery. So if the celery makes you squeamish, fear not! This juice combination does a great job of putting out the benefits of celery without that overwhelming flavor.
The Swiss chard is also the key to this juice’s amazing amount of iron. Did you know that a serving of chard has 22% of your recommended daily allowance of iron? That’s almost 4 times as iron-packed as kale.
Try this Green Goddess Juice for another green favorite! What’s your favorite green juice recipe?
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