Hi there, Today I'm making one of my family's favorite green juices. It's a
pineapple kale cucumber juice. You know, pineapple has so many health benefits
and today I'm going to share with you why pineapple juice is an excellent
ingredient for your green juices. I'm Stephanie Leach, I'm a Certified
Health Coach and Juice Therapist and if you're interested in juicing or a whole
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today I'm making the equivalent of three sixteen ounce juices, that'll be enough
for me my husband and our teenage son so. I'll be using 3/4 of a medium pineapple.
I generally cut up the remaining quarter of the pineapple and reserve that for
fruit cups but I always reserved the stem, because the stem is where most of
the enzyme bromelain is primarily found.
Bromelain has anti-inflammatory properties that can reduce swelling and
bruising and can reduce pain caused by osteoarthritis. It's also a scavenger
enzyme that can help remove damaged cells and studies show that it may even
help fight cancer. Pineapple aids digestion, it can reduce bloating and
constipation and can help treat ulcerative colitis. And you know, most
people don't eat this part, right? Sometimes if the pineapple is very tough,
I mean very ripe, it's easy to eat but most people discard this part because it
can be kind of tough, so juicing it is an excellent way to get the nutrition into
your diet. Now pineapple also contains manganese which is an essential trace
mineral important for healthy skin and bones and cartilage formation and
glucose tolerance. It helps activate one of the most
powerful antioxidants that have ever been studied called superoxide dismutase,
or SOD, that helps protect your body from cellular damage caused by free
radicals. And of course, there's vitamin C in
pineapple, which is great for heart health and eye health.
So also in this juice I will be using an entire [bunch] of curly kale that I've
chopped up including the stems, there's lots of juice in the stems so make sure
and use that and then I have three large cucumbers that I've cut up to alternate
with my other ingredients, and then I have a whole lemon.
That's for three juices. I don't want it to overpower the juices but I do like a
little bit of lemon in it, and then I have quite a bit of ginger. We like
ginger in our house, in our juice. It helps with my son's allergies and I like the
the nice heat that it gives to the juice, and I find it to be a really good
complement to the pineapple. So let's get started making this juice.
Mmm, look at this beautiful green juice. Isn't it gorgeous? Let's give it a taste.
I have enough here for three 16 ounce jars filled to the rim. That's good. You
can taste the pineapple, I can also definitely taste the ginger. This is a
great juice for friends or family that may be reluctant to try a green juice.
It's got some noticeable fruit but it's also got a lot of healthy stuff going on
too, including the kale. I would suggest maybe backing off the ginger a little,
but for somebody that's new to juice, but we are - we've been juicing a long time, so we like our ginger. So if you want some more green juice recipes there's a link
in the description below this video that's called Tasty Green Juice Recipes,
you can download the PDF for some more green juice ideas. And if you haven't
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