Celebrities are touting the benefits of a detox juice program that can help a person lose weight while making their bodies healthier from the inside out. Although there are several different kinds of detox juice diets, those that are made up of natural fruit and vegetables juices are deemed to be more nutritional and safe.

Choosing a detox juice recipe that you truly like will encourage you to stay on the diet and consume the juice needed for the full detox duration. Most juice detox diets call for a variety of different fruits and vegetable throughout the detox period. Most detox periods range from one to seven days.

Each different fruit and/or vegetable provides an important vitamin or nutrient the body needs in order to function properly. Eliminating solid foods, alcohol and nicotine during the full detox period is essential. This allows the body’s digestive system to rest and absorb only the powerful vitamins and minerals carried in the juices.

A tasty detox juice drink that is packed full of yummy veggies that can be purchased anytime during the year and provides plenty of nutrients is always preferable than a complicated, expensive recipe. Drink approximately 64 ounces of the following recipe everyday during the detox period.

• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1 cucumber
• 2 celery stalks
• 3 carrots
• ½ cup spinach leaves(fresh is best)
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 tablespoon basil

Mix all ingredients in a juicer or blender until smooth, stir the mixture before drinking. Adding raw green onions into the mixture adds a little more kick for those enjoy it. Squeezing two lemons (juice only) into the mixture provides a little zest as well as a boost to the body’s digestive system.

This mixture provides plenty of nutrition to sustain your body during the detox period. Raw vegetables are packed full of vitamins and minerals that are often lost during cooking or processing. This drink can be made ahead of time and stored in canning jars in the refrigerator.