Cool Down with 6 Hydrating Summer Detox Juices

Cooling down during summer means more than just adding some ice cubes to your regular drinks. Your body needs fresh nutrients to handle the stress of heat and adjust the activity of your cells.

Fresh juice is a great and easy way to support your health during the long, hot summer days. Cucumbers, watermelon, mint, aloe and leafy greens are made to keep us cool as… a cucumber!

With such a wide variety of fruits available now at the farmer’s market, one would first think of adding as many of them to morning juices. Actually it’s much better to eat your fruits as they are, to get the benefit from their fiber, rather than juicing them and ingesting more sugar than your body needs.

For a balanced nutritional load and a natural energy kick, we like to combine both fruits and veggies in a juice. As long as you keep your juice base loaded with veggies, adding a fruit or a superfood will only increase the nutritional benefits and make your body happy.

6 Summer Detox Juice Recipes

These 6 detox juices are major multi-taskers, though: they do a great job of cooling you down when heat and humidity strike (think of them as air-conditioning for your insides!), and are full of diuretic detox ingredients like watercress, parsley and celery that battle bloating and inflammation.

1. Watermelon Toxin Flush

There’s a reason watermelon has its name! If you’re one of those people (present company included) who hacks off a piece to eat over the sink immediately after buying one, you’ll love this juice. The combination of watermelon and mint is absolutely divine, and the lemon helps regulate your pH.

2. Cucumber Detox Elixir

Bored with your green juice routine? Carrots sweeten this one up a bit, while lemon adds tang and watercress or dandelion leaves (your choice) add a peppery, slightly bitter flavor as well as calcium and antioxidants.

3. Mint Grapefruit Cool Down

Mint also pairs well with grapefruit, and this easy drink has extra detox power thanks to the immune-boosting, inflammation-fighting properties in parsley, a natural diuretic.

4. Cool Cucumber Juice

Spinach is known for its anti-inflammatory effects and high mineral content, while cucumber adds its unique phytonutrients with a key role in cancer prevention.

5. Citrus Kiss Juice

Rather than going for classic OJ in the morning, try this improved version with antioxidant kale, immune-boosting ginger, and hydrating romaine and dandelion. 

6. Love the Liver Juice

Give your liver a break with a different kind of green juice: aloe, parsley, cilantro, and alkalizing celery stalks. 

Photos by Ana Stanciu

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