Drink to Your Health: Healthy Drink Recipes (2024)

Credit: Randy Mayor; Jan Gautro

Ditch those empty-calorie, sugary sodas and drinks with these healthy and fresh juices and smoothies instead to give your health a natural boost and also keep you energized throughout the day. Balance plenty of blended or juiced veggies in these drinks to curb the natural sugar from the fruit ingredients. If you're on the path to a healthier lifestyle, these juices and drinks pack a powerful and nutritious punch.

Workout Recovery

Workout Recovery Recipe

We were amazed at how delectably creamy the sweet potato becomes in the juicer, plus it's a bit higher in calories and loaded with potassium to balance and replenish your electrolytes after exercise.

Glowing Green Juice

Glowing Green Juice Recipe

Use an electric juicer to juice celery, pears, apple, cilantro stems, serrano chile, lemon, and lime to make this fresh and fruityjuice.

Detox

Detox Recipe

High-fiber root veggies and fruit keep things moving through the digestive tract, while ginger calms your stomach.

Beyond Water

Fresh Ginger Beer

Fresh Ginger Beer Recipe

With a flavor similar to ginger ale, this ginger beer is not an alcoholic beer, but a fizzy mixture of sparkling water, lime juice and fresh ginger. Ginger has been used as a home remedy for years to combat stomach aches and morning sickness. There have also been some studies showing that ginger may help reduce knee pain in people with osteoarthritis.

Hangover Cure

Hangover Cure Recipe

The grapes that did you in last night do you good this morning. Potassium-rich grapes replenish electrolytes, magnesium-packed celery calms headaches, and diuretic melon flushes out toxins.

Citrus Tea Punch

Citrus Tea Punch Recipe

Tea itself offers significant health benefits because of its antioxidant compounds, but you can double the antioxidant benefits by stirring in some orange juice. Keep a pitcher at poolside all summer long.

Strawberry Agua Fresca

Strawberry Agua Fresca Recipe

Agua fresca is a refreshing, fruit-infused drink that is served throughout Mexico. Drinking a fruity water-based drink is a great way to stay hydrated in the summer while getting some extra vitamins.

Everyday Green

Everyday Green Recipe

Crisp, tart, earthy, bright­--and powerful, too, with a whopping 7g protein from the parsley and kale. For extra sweetness, choose a sweeter variety of apple, such as Fuji or Gala.

Raspberry Lemonade

Raspberry Lemonade Recipe

Think pink when it comes to lemonade and add pureed raspberries to the lemonade concentrate. Raspberries offer fiber and vitamin C, and are a rich source of cancer-fighting antioxidants. And if you toss in a few mint sprigs, you get even more antioxidant action.

Blackberry-Mango Breakfast Shake

Blackberry-Mango Breakfast Shake Recipe

Start your day with a shake that's packed with protein, fiber and vitamin C. You'll have energy for the morning and a head start in fighting heart disease with the nutrients in blackberries, mangos, orange juice and tofu.

Watermelon Cooler

Watermelon Cooler Recipe

Enjoy juicy fresh watermelon without dealing with seeds in this tangy and sweet melon drink. Watermelon is a top source of lycopene, the compound (also found in tomatoes) that may reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

Afternoon Pick-Me-Up

Afternoon Pick-Me-Up Recipe

Starting to slump? Snap out of it with this craveable combo of invigorating jalapeño, refreshing pineapple, and sweet beets, which naturally increase blood flow to the brain.

Blackberry Limeade

Blackberry Limeade Recipe

Take a break from lemonade and perk up with a glass of limeade featuring summer blackberries. Blackberries have been shown to have higher antioxidant activity than blueberries, cranberries, strawberries and raspberries, and are, therefore, helpful in reducing the risk of cancer. They're also rich in vitamin C and fiber, so you're getting a lot of nutrition in one glass.

Spicy Mango-Orange Slush

Spicy Mango-Orange Slush Recipe

Kick up the flavor of this fruity frozen drink with a sprinkle of ground red pepper and a splash of lime juice. There's no added sugar in this drink–all the sweetness comes from orange juice and mango. Mangos are a good source of fiber and contain enzymes that help with digestion.

Festive Fruit Punch

Festive Fruit Punch Recipe

This triple juice drink is a refreshing nonalcoholic option for entertaining. Just mix up a pitcher just before the guests arrive. The three juices–orange, pineapple, and cranberry–all contribute disease-fighting vitamin C.

Moroccan Mint Tea

Moroccan Mint Tea Recipe

Green tea is rich in a powerful antioxidant that not only inhibits the growth of cancer cells but also kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. Green tea may also increase mental alertness, aid in weight loss, reduce LDL cholesterol, and protect the skin from sun damage. Seems like plenty of reason to enjoy a glass of this sweet, mint-scented tea every day.