How to Make Detox Water for Weight Loss and Wellness

Learn how to make detox water for weight loss and wellness by adding fruits, vegetables and herbs to fresh water. Also known as fruit infused waters, these drinks are hydrating, full of nutrition, can boost energy, metabolism, support weight control, and clear skin.

Learn how to make detox water for weight loss and wellness that helps support many body processes and is easy and inexpensive to make. Add a variety of combinations of fruits, vegetables and herbs to water to create various fruit infused waters and enjoy staying hydrated and lose weight if that's your goal!

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• Why You'll Want Infused Water
• Tools You'll Need
• Detox Water Ingredients
• How to Make Detox Water
• Storage
• Recipe Tips
• When to Drink
• Infused Water with Frozen Fruit
• Unusual Detox Waters
• FAQS
• Other Detox Drinks
• 📖 Recipe

Why You'll Want Infused Water

What it is. Infused water, also called a detox drink, is any combo of fruits, veggies and herbs immersed in water and steeped in cold for at least 4 hours.

Why it's good for you. The resulting water is full of flavor and nutrients and makes it very easy to consume enough water to meet your body's needs, providing essential hydration, and giving you essential nutrients, you can only get from fruits and veggies in water.

It helps with weight loss. Infused water assists in weight loss efforts in three ways.

1. It provides a drink to reach for that is both flavorful and distracting so you can avoid more caloric snacks.
2. It satisfies hydration which in turn makes you feel full.
3. Drinking infused water boosts your metabolism so you burn more calories.

Tools You'll Need

1. A Paring knife, a Spoon
2. Pitcher or jar. Use an ordinary pitcher or one with a lid, or even a fancy infused water pitcher with a built-in strainer which allows you to pour off the water, leaving the fruits and vegetables behind.

Detox Water Ingredients

Fruits to Add to Infused Water

Adding fruits to detox water usually enriches the water with micronutrients, polyphenols, flavonoids, and a slew of vitamins. Fruits also are wonderful at adding sweet and fruity flavors to infused water. Choose 2 fruits.

Grapefruit - boosts metabolism, strong weight-loss effect

Apples - fights disease, raises metabolism

Cherries - pitted and sliced add traces of sleep-supporting melatonin

Strawberries - fights disease, high in vitamin C

Blueberries - supports bones heart and menopause

Raspberries - supports skin bone and organs

Blackberries - boosts antioxidants, high in vitamin C

Mango - supports skin lungs and red blood cells

Pineapple - supports joints with anti-inflammatories

Coconut Meat, young thai coconut meat adds potassium, electrolytes, and sweetness

Oranges - boost vitamin C & folate

Lemon - alkalizes, boosts vitamin C

Lime - supports skin, aids with constipation, adds sweetness

Cherries - supports sleep & de-stresses

Kiwi - system purifier

Honeydew - anti-aging properties

Cantalope - anti-inflammatories

Watermelon - prevents water retention

Passionfruit - adds lovely scent, and anti-oxidants

Herbs to Add to Infused Water

Fresh herbs add flavor and fragrance to infused water, and often support detoxing. You can add ground or powder herbs and spices, but fresh is best. Choose up to 1 herb.

Ginger - supports digestion, reduces appetite

Sage - supports memory, boosts antioxidants

Rosemary - boosts vision and memory

Cinnamon stick - balances sugar, adds scent

Fennel - calms digestive distress

Mint - supports digestive tract

Chamomile - calms nervous system

Lemon balm - adds citrus scent

Lavender - floral scent, supports calm

Basil - adds anti-bacterial properties

Tarragon - boosts mood, high in magnesium

Dill - supports skin, high in essential minerals

Thyme - high in vitamin C

Vegetables to Add to Infused Water

Adding vegetables to flavored water often adds micronutrients, anti-inflammatory properties, as well as polyphenols and many provide substances that can lower cholesterol and support cardiac function. Choose up to 1 vegetable.

Spinach - provides vitamin K, supports blood and bones

Kale - provides vitamins K , C and A

Cucumber - rehydrates, high in vitamin K

How to Make Detox Water

Step 1. Wash and prepare your chosen fruits, vegetables and herbs. Wash with water or a vinegar rinse. Remove stems, skins, pith, and cut off rinds. Squash herbs and berries to release flavor. (Image 1)

Step 2. Add your prepared choices to a jar, and fill with 2 cups of water. (Image 2)

Step 3. Set it in the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes. If chilling it overnight, cover it with a bit of wrap or put it in a jar to avoid the drink absorbing other refrigerator odors. (Image 3)

Step 4. Garnish and add ice if needed and enjoy! (Image 4)

Make a Pitcher

The steps are the same only multiply the number of fruits and vegetables to match how many cups of water your pitcher holds. If you use this Hiware pitcher, you'll be making ½ a gallon, or 8 cups, so you'll need about 2 cups of fruits, vegetables and herbs in total.

Storage

Chill your infused water at least 30 minutes before drinking to be sure it has infused nutrients.

Keep the water refrigerated and drink it within 3 days. 

Recipe Tips

1. Drink the infused water within three days. Remove the fruit within 24 hours. You can refill the container three times before you need to discard or eat the fruit. You can eat the fruit from infused water within 24 hours unless it is too mushy.

2. Keep the drink covered in the refrigerator so other scents don't influence your water flavors.

3. Add detox water to ice cubes with chunks of veggies and fruit into ice cubes, and add those cubes occasionally to glasses of water.

4. Green leaves should be cut in strips or hand-massaged to release nutrients, and berries should be squashed, and other fruits finely chopped.

When to Drink

Drinking detox water throughout the day is best for proper hydration, but some fruits and veggies require specific timing.

Drink citrus in the morning. For instance, citrus fruits add vitamin C to the water which is a stimulant, so you want to drink that early in the day.

Drink cherries at night. But cherries add traces of melatonin to the water and that supports sleep so this is a perfect bedtime drink. To add cherries to your detox water, add them pitted and without the stem.

Infused Water with Frozen Fruit

Frozen fruit can be used for fruit-infused water. However, frozen fruit does not release as much flavor as fresh fruit, but it's best to crush it first, or even better let it thaw, then crush it. The water will take on the color of the fruit in a vibrant way to try to use fruits of one color. Raspberries and strawberries will make pink water, blueberries and blackberries will make purple water and so on.

Unusual Detox Waters

Make Chia Seed Water. Add 1 tablespoon chia seeds per 8 oz chilled water, a flavorful fruit like citrus or strawberries, and drink with straw to be sure to speedily ingest the chia seeds. This water adds a wealth of omega-3s, protects the heart, lowers inflammation, boosts the brain. 

Make Oatmeal Water. Blend 1 cup gluten-free rolled oats, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 24 oz of water. Strain, chill and drink as water. This provides 3 glasses of water, enough to drink one glass before each meal - this provides you with extra-ordinary nutrition and staves off hunger so you will eat less.

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Other Detox Drinks

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