Detox water for a healthy Summer

Detox water. [Photo provided to China Daily]

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

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, what are you waiting for? But before you jump into it, there's an unmissable pre-step. Get a beautiful glass bottle or pitcher and 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 2 – Select the herbs or other side ingredients to add flavour.

Recommendations:

Mint leaves

Parsley

Cinnamon sticks

Ginger root

Honey

Himalayan salt

Step 3 – Add the fluid(s).

Water

Other recommendations:

Green tea

Coconut water

Apple cider vinegar (diluted with water)

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)