Green juice: can you drink it every day? – GOOD SHAPE

After all, is it bad to drink green juice every day? Not as long as you vary the ingredients. For those who have hypothyroidism or a family history of the disease, there is a recommendation to add dark green leaves to the juice only twice a week, especially in the case of cabbage.

“When raw, this vegetable has a goitrogenic action – that is, it interferes with the absorption of iodine, a fundamental mineral for the production of thyroid hormones”, warns Luciana Harfenist, a nutritionist from Rio de Janeiro. Also avoid mixing too many items at once so that the juice does not become caloric, heavy and taste strong.

See the food groups that the nutritionist suggests for preparing the drink and how many items to use from each of them.

Dark green leaf: up to two types (cabbage, arugula, broccoli, spinach, watercress).

Fruit: up to three types (apple, pear, pineapple, orange, lemon, tangerine, strawberry, blueberry, pomegranate, melon, coconut water).

Vegetable or root: up to two types (carrot, beetroot, eggplant, yam, yacon).

Sprout, seed or nut: one type (alfalfa, moyashi, linseed, chia, quinoa, amaranth, Brazil nuts).

fresh herb: one type (mint, basil).

Spice: one type (ginger, pepper).

Seaweed (optional): one type (kombu, spirulina powder).