Celery Juice

Celery Juice! Everyone is on celery juice. Or seems to be. I put it in the category of lemon juice, lime juice, etc., on a no-added sugar challenge. Ok to include. But why, and what is it about celery juice that’s making people get up extra early in the morning, pull out their juicer, take an entire stalk of celery to make a pre-breakfast elixir. And then clean that juicer only to do it again tomorrow? It’s actually good for you but it does come with a large warning too.

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Celery juice has a lot of apigenin, another bioflavanoid. In large quantities it has anti-anxiety and sedative effects, anti-cancer effects by slowing growth, and anti-inflammatory effects. You can also get apigen from chamomile tea, grapefruit, onions, oranges and parsley. It always comes back to parsley. We will have to popularize onion juice too.

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Celery also contains Furanocoumarins which inhibit the enzymes that break down medication in your bloodstream. Like grapefruit juice. Celery and grapefruit juice can raise the blood levels of certain medications, such as some statins, blood pressure, and anti-anxiety medications.

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So you need to let your doctor or pharmacist know that you want to time your consumption of celery/grapefruit juice with your medications and need help doing that. Sometimes is just a matter of spacing them 4+ hours apart. But ask the professionals.