How to Make Jillian Michaels' Detox Water
This is a detox water recipe developed by fitness guru Jillian Michaels. It helps with digestion and detoxification, which are two important things for people who are trying to lose weight. I've doubled the original recipe so that you can use a one-gallon bottle of water. I also offer some variations. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- A one-gallon bottle of water (ideally spring, mineral, or distilled, but I just use tap).
- 4 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. cranberry juice (pure juice, not a blend)
- 2 Dandelion Root teabags (but I just usually use green tea)
Instructions
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Start with a one-gallon bottle of water. Ideally you should use spring, mineral, or distilled water, but I just use tap.
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Add 4 tablespoons of lemon juice
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Add 2 tablespoons of pure cranberry juice. Be sure to get 100% juice, and not a juice blend, or a cocktail that is only 10% juice. You might need to go to a specialty store like Whole Foods to get it.
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Add two dandelion root tea bags. You will probably only be able to find these at a specialty store like Whole Foods. This tea is quite bitter, and takes some getting used to. Because of its detoxing quality, it might wreak some havoc with your intestines while you are getting used to it. Any discomfort that you feel from it is simply your body detoxifying itself.
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Note that your local supermarket might have a detox blend from Yogi Tea that you might prefer. I sometimes just use flavored green tea, which has excellent health benefits as well. Don't use any type of tea that you will be miserable with, or you won't drink the water. Here's To Good Health!
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Tips & Warnings
Try to drink at least 64 oz. of water each day, whether this recipe, or pure water. If you are very active, or are trying to lose weight, try to drink even more than that amount.
If you find the water to be too sour, I suppose it would be OK to add a packet of Splenda, but you should try to drink it as-is.
Always consult your doctor before making any changes to your diet.
If this water causes you any discomfort or health issues, obviously stop drinking it, or experiment with a different type of tea.
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and also.. I read one that said that its 4 tbs of lemon 2 of cranberry and the tea... then I read 1 tb 2 and the tea.. witch is it?
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are you supposed to drink it all at once or during the day? also.. is the water supposed to be like hot for the tea bag or cold?
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It's 60 ounces a day for seven days.
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I promise drinking water helps so much with loosing weight...
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the original recipe is 60oz of water with the 2 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 of cramb juice, now with doble of ingredients means doble of water too?
