Are you wondering which vegetables are best for juicing?
In the second part of our 3-part article series on "Which fruits & vegetables are best for juicing," you'll discover which vegetables are best suited for juicing. Happy reading!
PART 2: Which vegetables are best for juicing?
Just like fruit, vegetables are also easy to juice. Delicious vegetable juices are ideal for anyone who struggles to consume their daily portion of vegetables. If pure vegetable juices aren't quite your thing, you can also mix your vegetable juice with other vegetables or fruits to create a delicious juice combination.
In principle, you can juice any vegetable that can be eaten raw. However, vegetables with a high water content (such as cucumbers) will form your base juice.
Green leafy vegetables like spinach and kale will also provide you with many nutrients, vitamins, and minerals.
Below, you'll find our top 12 vegetable varieties that you can put into your slow juicer. They are all very rich in nutrients and contribute greatly to health, and they are wonderful for juicing.
The Top 12 Vegetables for Juicing
1. Celery
Despite its slender nature, a single celery stalk contains high amounts of Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Folic Acid, and Potassium. The best thing about celery juice is that it mixes well with all other vegetables and many fruits. To make it more refreshing, add some ice.
2. Carrots
Carrots not only give your juice a certain color, but they also taste excellent, complement all your other vegetables, and contain many nutrients.
Carrots contain many vitamins, including Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, and Vitamin B8, as well as numerous minerals such as Potassium, Copper, Iron, and Manganese. Carrots can also prevent heart disease, lower blood pressure, and give your immune system a timely boost.
The beta-carotene in carrots is responsible for their orange color. Carrots are also an antioxidant that helps maintain healthy skin and plays an important role in eye health.
Despite a high water content of approx. 85%, carrots are a rather hard pressing material that also produces a high amount of pulp. Therefore, we always advise mixing carrot juice with other high-water-content fruits and vegetables (e.g., oranges).
3. Cucumber
4. Broccoli
5. White Cabbage
6. Kale
Kale is a powerhouse of nutrition, containing the highest plant-based source of Vitamin K, which supports bone health. Kale also has calcium, minerals, copper, potassium, iron, manganese, and tons of vitamins.
In addition to broccoli, it belongs to the cruciferous family. The National Cancer Institute also points out that kale plays a potential key role in studies on cancer prevention.
Cabbage juices are great because they are low in calories and mix well with many fruits and vegetables.
7. Spinach
Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin A, C, and E, as well as iron, calcium, potassium, protein, and choline. Choline supports healthy brain function.
Tip: Spinach juice isn't for everyone. If you're not a fan of the taste of spinach but don't want to miss out on the health benefits, we recommend combining it with ginger, apples, and carrots.
8. Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi is a member of the Brassica family, which also includes cabbage and Brussels sprouts.
Kohlrabi is very low in calories and has a mild, sweet taste. Kohlrabi contains a lot of Vitamin C, which supports the immune system and can protect you from chronic diseases. Thanks to antioxidants and Vitamin C, kohlrabi also protects against cancer by fighting harmful free radicals that can wander throughout the human body.
Kohlrabi juice is very rich in B vitamins like niacin, which helps protect the heart, as well as minerals like potassium, manganese, and copper, calcium, iron, and phosphorus.
The green tops also contain important nutrients, so you should always juice them as well, as they contain many B vitamins, carotenoids, Vitamin A, Vitamin K, and minerals.
Tip: You can combine kohlrabi wonderfully with kale, carrots, apples, ginger, and lemon to complement the taste.
9. Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass - nature's "most potent plant food"! Much has been reported about wheatgrass's ability to cure diseases and prevent illnesses.
Wheatgrass contains a highly concentrated amount of a variety of important nutrients that strengthen your health. Wheatgrass is a young grass from the wheat plant family that contains a lot of chlorophyll, amino acids, calcium, enzymes, vitamins A, C, E, K, B6-riboflavin, thiamine, 92 minerals, zinc, copper, manganese, and selenium.
4 grams of wheatgrass also contain 252 mg or 1260% of the daily recommended value of niacin. Niacin, also known as Vitamin B3, is important for overall health. It is used in medicine to treat elevated cholesterol levels and to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Once you have juiced wheatgrass, drink your wheatgrass juice within 15 minutes to benefit from all its nutritional advantages. Drink wheatgrass juice undiluted and on an empty stomach so that the body absorbs all its nutrients.
We recommend a small wheatgrass shot of about 90ml.
10. Sweet Potato
Juice is cooler with a touch of sweetness. The sweet sweet potato is the best vegetable you could use to add sweetness to your juice.
The sweet potato looks good and certainly tastes good. The sweet potato juice is sweet and has a lot of nutritional value.
The sweet potato is rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin C. It also contains a lot of iron and magnesium. Its natural sweetness is slowly released into the bloodstream.
11. Red Bell Pepper
Red bell pepper consists of 90% water, and it also contains a large amount of fiber, as well as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Red bell pepper is known for its high content of vitamins, especially Vitamin A and C.
The Vitamins A and C found in bell peppers can strengthen the immune system, promote hair and nail growth, improve the condition of skin, mucous membranes, and eyesight.
When juicing bell peppers, you should remove the seeds beforehand and rinse the inside thoroughly. The rest can be put directly into the slow juicer.
Tip: Red bell peppers and tomatoes combine very well. This makes the juice a little milder.
12. Beetroot
Beetroot has trace elements rubidium and cesium, anthocyanins, vitamins C, B1, B2, P, PP, folic acid. It ranks among the top in providing the body with phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and chlorine.
Thanks to its rich vitamins, beetroot works excellently against vitamin deficiency in spring. It is useful to drink fresh beetroot juice as a general tonic that improves metabolism.
Beetroot combines very well with carrots and oranges.
Why is a slow juicer better for juicing vegetables than a centrifugal juicer?
A slow juicer neither transfers heat to the juice nor adds oxygen to it. This is the special characteristic of slow juicing or slow juicing. This gentle pressing method preserves all important ingredients such as enzymes, vitamins, trace elements, and minerals in the juice. With a slow juicer, you can also press a lot of juice from "difficult" vegetables and herbs, such as leafy greens like spinach or kale, parsley, etc. The slow juicer is also excellent for green, chlorophyll-containing ingredients. It also processes hard vegetables like beetroot or carrots without any problems, but the ingredients should be cut into small pieces beforehand.
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