Detox drinks

We bring you five great detox drink recipes to revive jaded spirits after the party season!

Five great detox drinks

Apple, orange and ginger
2 large apples (Cox's are delicious)
2 large oranges
2cm piece of fresh ginger

Wash and slice the apples, peel the orange (leaving the pith on) and peel the ginger. Juice. Add ice cubes and enjoy.

Carrot and orange
3 large carrots
2 large oranges

Wash ingredients. Peel and trim the carrots. Peel the oranges, leaving the pith on. Juice together. A classic.

Carrot, tomato and beetroot
2 large carrots
5 tomatoes
Half a beetroot

Wash all ingredients. Peel and trim the carrots and beetroot. Juice together. Delicious.

Apple, cucumber and spinach
3 large apples
Quarter of a cucumber
6 spinach leaves

Wash the ingredients. Slice the apples and trim the cucumber. Juice for something a little bit different. You can taste the healthiness.

Time for tea
If you don't fancy juicing, don't forget the antioxidant properties of the good old British cuppa. Researchers claim that drinking four cups of tea per day can halve your risk of a heart attack. There is also growing evidence that drinking tea can reduce your risk of several cancers.

Black, green and white tea are all obtained from the young leaves and leaf buds of the same shrub, Camellia sinensis. Green tea is made by steaming and drying fresh tea leaves immediately after harvesting, while black tea is made by crushing and fermenting the freshly cut tea leaves so they oxidise before drying. This allows natural enzymes in the tea leaves to produce the characteristic red-brown colour and reduced astringency.

White tea is similar to green tea, in that it is not fermented, but is only made from new tea buds, picked before they open, and does not develop the characteristic 'grassy' flavour of green tea. White tea contains less caffeine than other varieties – around 15mg per cup, compared to 20mg for green tea and 40mg for black tea.

For detox, you will probably want to avoid caffeine, so try Redbush tea instead. Redbush tea (rooibos) is made from the leaves of a South African shrub. It is naturally free from caffeine and contains less than half the tannin found in regular black tea. Research suggests it provides health benefits in the form of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic and anti-allergy activity. It can be drunk with or without milk, sugar or lemon.

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