Lee, Author at Juice Mixes

Is Fruit Juice as Bad as Soda?

October 19, 2026 by Lee

A small glass of fresh orange juice beside two whole oranges and a cut orange half on a white marble surface

Per 100ml, pure fruit juice and full sugar cola carry almost the same sugar. Here is what actually separates them, and the 150ml rule that matters more than the brand.

Tomato Juice: Celery, Carrot and Lemon

October 19, 2026 by Lee

Sealed glass bottle of fresh red tomato juice on a white marble counter, with three ripe tomatoes and one tomato half, two pale green celery sticks, a small carrot and half a lemon beside it

Fresh tomato juice made in a juicer or blender with celery, one carrot and half a lemon. About 70 kcal and 800 mg of potassium a glass, with the honest note on lycopene.

Bok Choy Juice for Bones: Apple, Cucumber and Lemon

October 18, 2026 by Lee

Sealed glass bottle of clear green bok choy, apple and cucumber juice with fresh bok choy, green apples, a cucumber and half a lemon on white marble

Bok choy has about the same calcium on the label as spinach, but roughly ten times more of it is available. Here it is with apple, cucumber and lemon, at about 175 mg of calcium a glass.

Blood Orange, Carrot and Ginger Juice

October 18, 2026 by Lee

Blood oranges, carrot and ginger, juiced. Why the fruit is only red when the nights are cold, why you have to peel away the pith, and why blood orange is not grapefruit.

Cranberry Juice for UTIs: Pear and Ginger

October 17, 2026 by Lee

Cranberry, pear and ginger juice in a sealed clear glass bottle on a white marble counter, with a pile of fresh cranberries, two ripe green pears and a knobbly piece of root ginger arranged beside it

A fresh cranberry juice with no sugar in it, sweetened with ripe pear and sharpened with ginger, plus an honest look at what the cranberry and UTI evidence actually says.

Jerusalem Artichoke Juice for Digestion: Apple and Lemon

October 17, 2026 by Lee

Sealed glass bottle of pale golden Jerusalem artichoke, apple and lemon juice on a white marble surface, with knobbly sunchoke tubers, two green apples and a lemon beside it

A pale Jerusalem artichoke and apple juice where the inulin survives the strain, plus why the tubers give some people wind.

Artichoke Juice: Apple, Cucumber and Lemon

October 16, 2026 by Lee

A sealed glass bottle of artichoke, apple and cucumber juice on a white marble worktop with two globe artichokes, one cut open to show the heart, two green apples, half a cucumber and an unwaxed lemon

A gently bitter artichoke, apple and cucumber juice with lemon. What the one real trial of artichoke juice actually found, and why the hearts are the part to use.

Lemon Balm Juice for Stress: Apple and Cucumber

October 16, 2026 by Lee

A sealed bottle of fresh green lemon balm, apple and cucumber juice with lemon balm leaves, green apples, cucumber and a lemon on a marble surface

I keep a pot of lemon balm by the back door because it grows like a weed and smells like a lemon you can hold in your hand. Most of it ends up in this glass: two green apples, half a cucumber, a small forest of leaves and half a lemon. I make it on … Read more

Strawberry Juice for Weight Loss: Apple and Lemon

October 15, 2026 by Lee

Freshly pressed strawberry, apple and lemon juice in a sealed glass bottle, with fresh strawberries, a green apple and a lemon on a white marble surface

I did not believe the numbers until I added them up for myself. Strawberries are the lowest-sugar fruit most of us have sitting in the fruit bowl, about 4.9 g per 100 g, against roughly 10 g for an apple, 12 g for a banana and 16 g for grapes. Which is why a strawberry … Read more

Does Juicing Destroy Nutrients?

October 15, 2026 by Lee

Sealed bottle of fresh green juice beside a whole green apple, unwaxed lemon, two carrots and fresh parsley on a white marble surface

Juicing keeps most of the vitamins and minerals and loses the fibre. Here is what actually survives the machine, why vitamin C is the exception, and how to hold on to more of it.