6 Delicious Fruit and Vegetable Juice Blends
From carrot-orange to nothing but greens, they're an easy, delicious way to energize your day.
Juicy Benefits
"It takes at least a pound of vegetables to make a glass of juice," says Lauren Slayton, a registered dietitian in New York City. "So drinking juice is a very efficient way to consume more fruits and vegetables." Most of the bottled versions here contain both fruit and vegetable juices in varying proportions. Remember that fruit-heavy blends are packed with sugar and calories, so keep portions reasonable—say, a glass a day—and make sure to include whole fruits and vegetables in your diet as well.
6 new fruit and vegetable juice blends to try
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Odwalla Original Superfood
Veggie juice neophytes can start off easy with this strawberry-and-peach-packed smoothie. It gets its green power from protein-rich spirulina and wheatgrass, known for its high concentration of antioxidants.
190 calories per 12-ounce serving.
$3 for 12 ounces; supermarkets
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Bolthouse Farms 50/50 Tropical
Carrots provide half the juice for this sunny mix, while orange, guava, and passion fruit make up the remainder. Substitute a glass for your morning OJ, and you'll get 260 percent of the recommended daily amount of vitamin A along with a hefty dose of vitamin C.
130 calories per eight-ounce serving.
$4.50 for 32 ounces; supermarkets
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Naked Berry Veggie
Purple carrots and sweet potatoes add an extra boost of beta-carotene to a base of cherry-and-plum juice. The result is exceptionally rich and fruity.
130 calories per eight-ounce serving.
$3 for 15.2 ounces; supermarkets
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Columbia Gorge Organic Just Greens
Go supergreen with this refreshing all-vegetable drink. Each 16-ounce bottle contains the juice from about two pounds of kale, celery, spinach, and cucumber.
50 calories per eight-ounce serving.
$4.50 for 16 ounces; Whole Foods
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R.W. Knudsen Very Veggie Spicy!
Think of this tomato-celery concoction as an updated version of V-8, with a jalapeño kick. It's perfect for a 5 o'clock drink (with or without a shot of vodka).
50 calories per eight-ounce serving.
$4 for 32 ounces; supermarkets
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Blueprintjuice Green
This raw blend of romaine, spinach, and cucumber has a lightly tart-sweet flavor from green apple and lemon juice—and an invigorating kick of ginger to combat afternoon energy slumps.
130 calories per 16-ounce serving.
$10 for 16 ounces; Whole Foods
From the
January 2012 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
