An Apple (JUICE) A Day To Keep The Doc and PA Away

 Since 2010, I’ve been buying unfiltered, unsweetened apple cider as a base for my smoothies. I would buy gigantic glass bottles once weekly mostly because it was easier on the blender and made my initial transition into eating healthier a ton more palatable.  I would pour in the apple juice then add my fruits and veggies and make a super delicious concoction. Then a couple years ago I was at Thom’s Grocery on Barton Springs and I saw a gentleman leaving with a bottle of Martinelli’s Unfiltered Apple Juice. I worried that my secret was leaked and all the apple juice in Austin was gonna be bought up like galoshes on a rainy ACL weekend. When I went up to the cashier she said, “Oh that guy who just left is a neurosurgeon and says this stuff is really good for your brain”. I smiled and felt quite validated about my choice of morning beverages and felt much more confidant sending my recipes home with patients knowing that a brain doctor approves it!

I was also in my scientific evidence vs. anecdotal proof phase when it came to food as medicine, so I started researching the facts. There was a meta-analysis done in 2004 showing benefits like delaying Alzheimer’s Disease, improving asthma symptoms and protecting the heart. We’ve all heard ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ so Shiny Healthy People is here to help. I’ve developed 10 recipes using my favorite apple juice. You should know that when I’m developing recipes or buying pre-made juices, the ratio should try to be 80/20, 80% vegetables and 20% fruits.

AvoApple

1 Avocado

6 oz apple juice

½ inch ginger

1 cup of spinach

AppleKaleCumber

1 cucumber peeled and chopped

6 oz apple juice

1 cup kale

½ cup raspberry

Green Sunrise

6 oz apple juice

2 cups of spinach

½ cup cherries

1 cucumber

4 sprigs of mint

½ inch ginger

1 carrot

Rad Apple

6 oz apple juice

1 cup peeled radish

1 whole nectarine

1 carrot

½ cucumber

Apple Beets

6 oz of apple juice

1 cup beet

2 celery stalks

½ cup parsley

1 cup of spinach

Spinachade

6 oz apple juice

1 cup of blackberries

2 cups spinach

1 cucumber

1 cup kale

Peach Happiness

6 oz apple juice

1 cup of peaches

¼ cup mint

¼ cup basil

1 cucumber

Kale Away

6 oz apple juice

1 ½ cup kale

1 tbsp ginger

1 cup raspberries

4 sprigs of parsley

Blue Lagoon

6 oz apple juice

1 cup blue berries

1 cup kale

1 cup spinach

½ cucumber

1 tablespoon almond butter

Greenyishy

8 oz. apple juice

2 stalks of celery

½ cucumber

4 sprigs of parsley

2 carrots

1 tablespoon almond butter