Vitamins And Colored Juices For Every Day Of The Week

The color of each food tells us what its main properties are and, for that reason, a balanced diet should include foods of all colors. One way to do this is to consume vitamins and colored juices.

So that you don’t lack any nutrients, in this article  we propose a drink of every color  so that you can make sure that, throughout the week, you have consumed everything your body needs.

Try these delicious smoothies and colored juices for six days, and on the seventh, combine the ingredients you like best.

Weekly menu of vitamins and colored juices

Monday: white vitamin

This option  is nutritious and has a light spicy, tropical flavor. It offers us the following benefits:

• improves circulation
• Fights fluid retention.
• It works against infections and strengthens defenses.
• It has an expectorant function.

Ingredients for two servings

• 5 tablespoons of raw almonds (50 g)
• 10 teaspoons of grated coconut (50 grams)
• 1 tablespoon of ginger powder (10 g)
• 2 glasses of water (400 ml)

elaboration

• Let the almonds soak overnight.
• In the morning, we will blend the almonds in a blender together with the water, for at least two minutes, until we obtain an almond milk. The almond fiber will be removed, but we can use it to make cookies like flour.
• Let’s mix the strained drink together with the grated coconut and ginger.
• If we want, we can sweeten it with a little honey or agave syrup.

As an alternative  we can buy ready-made almond milk, and then the recipe will be much faster.

Tuesday: red juice

This delicious antioxidant red juice will surprise you with its many benefits:

• Protect the heart.
• Improves circulation.
• Increases libido.
• Prevents cancer.
• Improves the health of the urinary system.
• Keeps a good memory.

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons of berries of our choice (50 g)
• ½ pomegranate (seeds only)
• 1 organic red apple with peel
• 1 pinch of cayenne pepper powder
• 1 glass of water (200 ml)

elaboration

• Let’s beat all the ingredients until you get a homogeneous texture.
• Strain to prevent fiber from the seeds.
• The amount of cayenne will be very small, especially the first time, as it can be very spicy.

This drink is slightly acidic, so we can sweeten it a little.

Wednesday: orange vitamin

This vitamin includes yellow and orange colored ingredients due to the famous beta-carotenes.

This will provide us with the following benefits:

• protects the skin
• Prevents cancer.
• Fights aging.
• Improves joint and bone disease.
• Treats digestive ailments.
• improve vision

Ingredients

• ½ ripe mango
• ¼ of papaya
• 2 glasses of oat milk (400 ml)
• 1 teaspoon of turmeric (5 g)

elaboration

• Beat the ingredients well until you get the desired texture.
• If we don’t have oat milk, we can make it at home.

Thursday: green vitamin

Green juices are very fashionable because they are very healthy and cleansing and, despite their color, their flavor is just as delicious.

These are its benefits:

• Improves liver function and general digestion.
• Prevents constipation
• Prevents cardiovascular disease.

• Cleanses our body of toxins.
• Improves eyesight
• It keeps our bones and teeth white.

Ingredients

• ½ avocado
• 2 ripe kiwis
• a handful of spinach
• some fresh celery leaves
• 1 glass of water (200 ml)

elaboration

• Beat the ingredients well until you get a smooth mixture.
• Avocado will provide a very creamy texture!

Friday: purple or pink juice

This recipe has excellent antioxidant properties, so it shouldn’t be missing from our diet.

How does it benefit us?

• Fights aging.
• Prevents cancer.
• Prevents urinary diseases such as cystitis.
• Preserves memory.
• Improves vision problems.
• It relaxes our nervous system.

Ingredients

• 3 fresh or dried figs
• 3 fresh or dried plums
• ½ peeled and grated beets
• 1 glass of unsweetened natural purple grape juice (200 ml)

elaboration

• If the figs and plums are dry, let them soak overnight.
• Beat the ingredients together until you get a creamy texture.

Saturday: brown vitamin

This dark colored vitamin includes foods whose shades range from brown to black.

Its benefits are as follows:

• They are stimulants, so they give us energy.
• Improve the health of the urinary system.
• They have digestive properties and improve intestinal functioning.

Ingredients

• 4 dates
• 1 scoop of cocoa or carob powder (10 g)
• 1 teaspoon of chia seeds or flaxseeds (5 g)
• Two glasses of water (200 ml)

elaboration

• We are going to immerse the dates and seeds throughout the night, and we will use the same water at the time of beating.

• Beat all ingredients well until you get a homogeneous mixture.

We hope you enjoyed these vitamins and colorful juices full of health-beneficial properties. Ready to try them out?

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