{"id":90,"date":"2021-05-31T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2021-05-31T07:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T07:45:14","slug":"mean-green-juice-recipe-from-fat-sick-and-nearly-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/juices\/mean-green-juice-recipe-from-fat-sick-and-nearly-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Mean Green Juice Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many of us got into juicing after watching&nbsp;<strong>Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead<\/strong>. After watching the excellent film, we all eagerly searched for the&nbsp;<strong>Mean Green Juice recipe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(New to juicing? Here\u2019s the\u00a0best juicer\u00a0and here\u2019s the\u00a0best juicer on a budget.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fat, Sick, and Nearly dead starred Joe Cross, an obese man suffering from a debilitating autoimmune condition. After suffering for years and realizing that his lifestyle was going to kill him, \u00a0Cross decided to make a radical change in his life. He had failed at every diet he had tried. Then he started juicing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Cross\u2019s favorite juice was the&nbsp;<strong>Mean Green Juice<\/strong>.&nbsp;At a recent retreat (Camp Reboot), Joe Cross handed out a recipe sheet explaining how to make a Mean Green Juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Click on the image to print it out. If you\u2019re using a smartphone, download the Mean Green Juice recipe.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"597\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mean-Green-Juice-Recipe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mean-Green-Juice-Recipe.jpg 597w, https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mean-Green-Juice-Recipe-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a Mean Green Juice by Following this Mean Green Juice Recipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Cross says that your Mean Green Juice should contain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>20% fruit<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>80% vegetables and leafy greens<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>(optimal) spices<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For fruits, Cross recommends that you use something to sweeten your green juice. He suggests you use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1-2&nbsp;apples, grapefruits, kiwifruits, oranges, peaches, pears;&nbsp;or<\/li><li>1-2 cups of&nbsp;blueberries,&nbsp;cantaloupe, honeydew melon,&nbsp;pineapple, strawberries, watermelon.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He also suggests that you use a hand full of leafy greens such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>collard greens, chard, dandelion greens, kale, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, and spinach.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(What is the\u00a0best juicer for kale\u00a0and leafy greens?)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bulk of your Mean Green Juice should consist of vegetables like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumber, parsnips, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, zucchinis.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also add spices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>basil,&nbsp;bell peppers,&nbsp;cilantro, ginger.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joe Cross from Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead Makes a Mean Green Juice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Cross makes a Mean Green Juice with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>4 stalks of celery<\/li><li>1 green apple<\/li><li>1 lemon<\/li><li>1 large nub of ginger<\/li><li>1 hand full of spinach<\/li><li>1 hand full of kale<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Cross is using a\u00a0<strong>Breville Juice Fountain Elite<\/strong>. Read our\u00a0<strong>Breville Juicer Reviews<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, there is no right or wrong way to make a Mean Green Juice. Your Mean Green Juice recipe should contain 80% vegetables and leafy greens and 20% fruit. Use fruits and vegetables that taste best to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, it\u2019s far more important to, \u201cJust juice,\u201d than it is to sweat details. You do not need to follow the Mean Green Juice recipe to every exact detail. For example, if you use 30% fruit and 70% vegetables, you are still well on your way to a healthier, slimmer, and fitter life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us got into juicing after watching&nbsp;Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. After watching the excellent film, we all eagerly searched for the&nbsp;Mean Green Juice recipe. (New to juicing? Here\u2019s the\u00a0best juicer\u00a0and here\u2019s the\u00a0best juicer on a budget.) Fat, Sick, and Nearly dead starred Joe Cross, an obese man suffering from a debilitating autoimmune condition&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/juices\/mean-green-juice-recipe-from-fat-sick-and-nearly-dead\/\">Read On &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fit-juice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}