A summer strawberry juice with red pepper, cucumber, apple and mint, strawberries bring vitamin C, potassium and antioxidants to this refreshing drink.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
Life
Summer Breeze
A clean, green juice made from spinach, mint, cucumber, lime and apple. I added mint for its calming effect on digestion and relief from wind.
Sweet Sensation
My Sweet Sensation juice recipe with sweet potato, apple, pear and carrot, finished with a blitz of cinnamon for its effect on insulin and blood sugar.
Unbeetable
A juice recipe pairing beetroot, watercress and pears, bringing together beetroot’s detox properties, watercress’s high vitamin C and pear’s fibre into one simple, nutritious drink.
Green Dream Smoothie
A salad inspired smoothie recipe with romaine lettuce, sugar snap peas, apple, lemon and avocado, showing why salad ingredients work just as well juiced as eaten.
Juicing FAQs: How To Stay Motivated?
A newsletter survey showed motivation was the question people asked most. Mine is simple: my children, and not wanting to repeat the early death of my own father.
Weight Loss: New NHS Plans Offer Outdated Advice
The NHS wants overweight people to lose just 3%, less than 8 pounds for someone my old weight of 18 stone. I explain why that would never have been enough to change my life.
100 Mile Ultra-Marathon for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
I signed up to run 100 miles along the Cotswold Way, with hill climbs equal to Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon combined, in memory of my dad who died of cancer at 50.
Why Don’t You Switch Off, Go Out and Do Something Less Boring Instead?
A video reminded me of an old kids TV show telling us to switch off the telly. After a day playing football in the park with my kids, it’s a reminder worth taking.
How to Murder Your Coffee Addiction
I used to drink 10 cups of coffee a day loaded with sugar and milk. Here’s my three step plan that helped me kick the habit, from green tea to herbal teas.
Running on Juice (and in Pain) – London Marathon 2014
Leg pain from halfway through this year’s London Marathon slowed me right down, but I share how I kept going to finish in 4 hours 46 minutes.
What marathon training taught me about big goals
A dark winter morning, a three-hour training run, and a plan stuck on the kitchen wall. What getting ready for my first marathon taught me about chasing anything big.
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Hi, I’m Neil
DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.