Cucumber Grapefruit Fizz

Exactly what I needed after this short trip back home,  where I tend to totally let my hair down and savor everything that comes my way.

Light, refreshing & delicious, this raw juice recipe is a wonderful way start to your day. It is very cleansing and I feel invigorated after drinking it.

Both grapefruit and cucumber are extremely hydrating foods. In fact, grapefruit is about 90% water and cucumbers have a whopping 96% water! Talk about a hydrating drink for your skin.

This is why I enjoy this FIZZ even more it’s so so good for your body

Cucumber

• Rich source of vitamin C which is a potent antioxidant that mops free radicals that can otherwise damage your heart and age your skin.
• Cucumber is an excellent source of silica, which is known to promote joint health by strengthening the connective tissues. It is also known as a beauty nutrient because it strengthens hair and nails, only if you juice the peel.
• Cucumbers are rich in vitamin A, B1, B6 & D, folate, calcium, magnesium, and potassium.

Grapefruit

• Also rich in vitamin C
• Rich in an antioxidant called lycopene which you may have heard of as it relates to tomato paste. Lycopene has the highest capacity to help fight oxygen free radicals, which are compounds that can damage cells. This can only be found in pink and red grapefruit NOT white.
• There are phytonutrients in grapefruit called limonoids that work magic by inhibiting tumor formation by promoting the formation of glutathione-S-transferase, a detoxifying enzyme.

The addition of  lime adds more vitamin C and hydration. Ginger  it is incredibly anti-inflammatory, and the hot chili pepper is an option. Foods that create heat in the body increase your metabolism .

Cucumber Grapefruit Fizz

Ingredients

• ½ cucumber
• 1 grapefruit
• 1 or 2 limes
• Chunk of ginger
• Optional: Hot chili pepper
• 1 cup sparkling water

Directions 

run your cucumber, grapefruit, ginger and lime through the juicer. add ice and sparkling water to give it that fizz.

and enjoy