Juicing Your Way Through the Holidays

I typically try to include choices, in my juices, that I wouldn't typically eat on their own. Below are my four favorite juicing recipes that are particularly good for athletes:

Apple/Ginger Juice

• 2 apples
• 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 inch of ginger root
• 1/2 cup of cranberries

Red Stuff Juice

• 12 plum tomatoes
• 1 apple
• 1 cup of cranberries
• 1 beet

Triathlete Juice

• 1 beet
• 2 cups of kale
• 1 head of romaine
• 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 inch of ginger root

Carrot/Garlic

• 2 cups of baby carrots
• 1 cup of broccoli
• 1-2 cloves of garlic (Not too much?this packs quite a punch!)

Three Rules of Juicing

1. An apple can act as an excellent sweetener.
2. If you want to hide the taste of something, like a dark leafy green, lemon and ginger will do the trick.
3. Romaine will add volume to your juice without much taste.

I'm sure that you noticed some recurring ingredients in the above recipes—primarily beet, ginger and kale. These are my favorite ingredients to use as a base for my juices, as they provide the following health benefits for athletes:

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