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How a ‘Morning Glow’ Celery Juice Can Reboot Your Metabolism for a Flatter Tummy

Have you ever wondered, “Is celery good for you?” It turns out there are plenty of benefits when you eat celery or add it in your morning routine, which can lead to the kind of daily health boost you’ve been looking for — and no, we aren’t talking about using the stalk to stir a Bloody Mary. Although there’s nothing wrong with enjoying the go-to brunch drink now and then, drinking juice made from celery will give you a lot more benefits for your overall well-being. Influencers across the web have been singing the stringy vegetable’s praises more and more recently, and it’s easy to understand why.

Anthony William, author of Medical Medium ($16.19, Amazon) and several other best-selling health guides, seems to have spurred the recent trend in sipping celery juice on a daily basis. William has made some pretty bold claims on his Instagram account, saying celery juice is “a strongly alkaline drink that helps to counteract acidosis, purify the bloodstream, aid in digestion, prevent migraines, relax the nerves, reduce blood pressure, and clear up skin problems.”

Benefits of Celery Juice

It’s not just William making such claims, however. A study published in 2015 outlines celery benefits like anti-inflammatory properties, which they explain “can be used therapeutically to treat arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.” More recent research from Critical Reviews in Biotechnology in 2018 echoes the anti-inflammatory elements, adding the discovery of antibacterial benefits as well. The study also mentions celery’s ability to lower blood glucose and serum lipid levels. 

All of these perks are on top of the well-known (and researched) antioxidant characteristics found in each stalk. Clearly, there’s a lot more to this classic diet go-to snack than meets the eye. Health bloggers like Sally Cameron from A Foodcentric Life specifically cites benefits of celery juice in the morning to jump-start your digestion throughout the day. According to Cameron, who actually does enjoy a celery juice drink every morning, you should wait 20 minutes before consuming anything else after gulping down the liquified veggie. She claims this allows all of the nutrition to “flood into your body” before breakfast. Cameron mixes hers with red carrots, which she believes have a “subtly richer flavor” than regular orange carrots. Keep reading for more on the celery drink recipe she enjoys on a daily basis.

How to Make Celery Juice

Morning Glow Celery Juice

(Photo: Courtesy of Sally Cameron)

With all of those potential benefits of drinking celery juice, you’re probably wondering how you actually go about making it. You can go with a basic mix of water and celery stalks in a blender or juicer to get your daily fix of liquified celery. That said, the idea of chugging the bitter veggie probably doesn’t appeal to most of us. You can add sweeter fruits like apples to make it more palatable, or a few squeezes of lemon to cut through the celery’s bite. 

Or, as we mentioned above, you can follow Sally Cameron’s blend of red carrot and celery for an even more palatable option. She also includes green apples, ginger, and one full lemon (not just the juice!) to make hers taste so good that she looks forward to starting her day with it on a regular basis. The red carrot gives the juice a beautiful, deep hue, but it can also be a bit more expensive. If you don’t feel like shelling too much cash, substituting orange carrots will add just as much nutrients as the red variety. Either way, you’ll be getting added nutrients like antioxidant carotenoids and water-rich elements that can help reboot your metabolism. You can check out Cameron’s recipe for what she calls her “morning glow celery juice” on her blog.

Is celery juice good for you?

As popular as drinking celery juice has become recently, not everyone is convinced that it’s really all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, the experts at Consumer Reports (CR) recommend giving all of the trendy green juices that have popped up a properly thorough screening before adding any of them to your daily diet. Along with making sure your juice isn’t filled with extra levels of hidden sugars, CR warns against the sodium level found in celery. 

According to the CR report, vegetables like celery and beets can have a “surprising amount of naturally occurring sodium that can jack up the sodium content.” Like those who drink pickle juice to help with muscle cramps and weight loss, it’s important to keep in mind that the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans state that a person should not consume more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. When looking at pre-bottled drinks containing celery juice, CR found some containing as much as 300 mg of sodium. That means starting your day with the green drink could make it a little too easy to overdo it on the daily recommended allowance of sodium. Making it yourself at home should help curb that potential downside, but you should definitely still be careful about other sodium-rich foods or drinks you consume throughout the day.

Of course, like with any other drastic change to your regular diet, you should always discuss things with your doctor before diving right in. The benefits of celery juice do seem to have the potential to help those battling issues with digestion, blood pressure, and inflammation — but having those issues in the first place makes it all the more important to be careful about at-home treatments like this. If you do get the all-clear from your physician, you can hopefully find just as many great results from adding this super easy health drink to your life! Considering how many glowing reviews celery juice has already garnered, we certainly hope our bodies can truly benefit from the hype.

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