Prepare a detox water bottle according to our tasty recipes – they’re easy to make, deliciously healthy and oh-so photogenic

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Instead of drinking plain old water, “detox water” can get you all the good stuff from H2O for your body and a lot more – and it’ll be super-tasty, too. Used as part of your daily regimen or as a method of nutrition replenishment during a detox session, it’s a perfect physical and mental refresher. But before you jump into it, there’s an unmissable step: Get a beautiful glass bottle or pitcher so you’ll have that much more motivation to stick to your routine.

Step 1 – Select the fruit(s). 

Recommendations: 

Strong 

• Lemon/lime 

• Orange 

• Grapefruit 

• Pineapple 

• Cucumber 

Mild 

• Watermelon 

• Strawberry 

• Kiwi

Step 3 – Add the fluid(s). 

Water Other recommendations: 

• Green tea 

• Coconut water 

• Apple cider vinegar (diluted with water)

Step 2 – Select the herbs or other side ingredients to add flavour. 

Recommendations: 

• Mint leaves 

• Parsley 

• Cinnamon sticks 

• Ginger root 

• Honey 

• Himalayan salt

Step 4 – Refrigerate. 

Refrigerate your pitcher with all the selected ingredients for anywhere from three hours to overnight, depending on how strong you want the flavours to be.

Our Recipes

Pineapple Lime Detox Water 

• A bowl of pineapple wedges and a lemon cut into wedges 

• Juice of 2 whole limes 

• Some fresh parsley leaves 

• Water 

Apple Cider Vinegar Detox Drink 

• Juice of half a lemon 

• 1 cinnamon stick 

• 1 teaspoon of honey 

• 2 teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar (diluted in water)