10 BEST Detox Smoothie Recipes for Weight Loss

I love a good detox smoothie. I’ve been enjoying these delicious, healthy weight loss smoothie recipes for years and still have them at least 3-4 times a week.

If I’m feeling bloated and need a natural detox cleanse, I’ll replace 1 to 2 meals a day with detox smoothies. And more often than not, I can lose weight fast and reduce bloat with these yummy smoothies.

Also called weight loss smoothies or green smoothies, detox smoothies are easy to make and taste delicious – especially when you find ingredients you especially like.

If you need to lose up 5-10 pounds quickly, I encourage you to try a 3 day smoothie cleanse and see how effective detox smoothies for weight loss can be.

Special Tip: Detox smoothies are a powerful weight loss tool that you can (and should) use every day. Start a smoothie diet today!

Why You’ll Love These Detox Smoothie Recipes

• Fat Burning -they are filled with metabolism boosting ingredients to speed up weight loss!
• Meal Replacements – all of these smoothie recipes are designed to be meal replacements
• Protein Add-Ins – check out our protein add-ins to boost the nutrition even more
• Toppings Guide – smoothies can have toppings, who said they can’t?! Check out our yummy topping guide!
• 10 No Cook Meals – hate to cook, dislike cleanup, took warm to turn on the oven? These no cook, easy clean up meals are perfect for you!
• 3 Detox Smoothie Plans – I’ve included 3 FREE smoothie cleanse plans!

Detox Smoothie Recipes for a Weight Loss Cleanse

These weight loss smoothies are great for any diet, and work well with all of the Lose Weight By Eating weight loss plans.

I’ve shared the 10 best detox smoothies for weight loss, and I have a best selling Detox Smoothie Cookbook… you can say I know a thing about these healthy smoothies!

You’ll also find information to help you start a smoothie diet or a green smoothie detox, benefits of detox smoothies, directions on how to make detox smoothies, even a smoothie diet meal planner! Plus, at the end of the article, I will share more weight loss smoothie recipes… so keep scrolling for more smoothies recipes.

Before we get to the recipes, I have lots of helpful information to share with you. But if you want to skip ahead to the recipes, just click the link below for the recipe cards!

In this Detox Smoothie article, you will find:

• What is a Detox Smoothie
• 10 Benefits of Detox Smoothies
• How to Make Detox Smoothies
• 10 Best Detox Smoothies (click here to skip to recipe cards!)
• Benefits of a Detox Smoothie Cleanse
• 3 FREE Smoothie Cleanse Plans
• Smoothie Diet Meal Planner
• Frequently Asked Questions
• More Weight Loss Smoothies

Keep scrolling for the 10 best smoothies for weight loss and directions on how to do a green smoothie cleanse.

What is a Detox Smoothie?

Detox smoothies are an easy and delicious way to flush your body of toxins and help lose weight fast. They usually contain fresh vegetables and fruit, and can be made with an ordinary kitchen blender or Vitamix machine.

The typical weight loss smoothie recipe is full of vitamins, antioxidants, fiber, and other healthful nutrients giving your body a detoxifying flush. They also contain large amounts of water, which helps to hydrate your body and boost metabolism. (1)

The idea here is to inundate your system with pure nutrition, to eat as we did as hunters and gathers… well, with a blender I suppose. So nuts, veggies and fruits are all key.

Eating this way will not only reset your system, but your taste buds too! After 3 days on a smoothie diet, you will start to crave healthier food. And if you eat processed or fried food you will feel it, you’ll feel sluggish and bloated. Listen to your body, it will tell you what it wants to eat by how it feels 30-60 minutes after you eat.

If you despise the taste of anything “green” try starting with baby spinach in all your weight loss smoothies, it has virtually no flavor and will naturally boost your metabolism. You won’t even know it’s in your smoothie, all you will taste is the fruit.

As you become accustom to the spinach try swapping half of it for kale or chard, adding more of the new greens and less of the spinach until your taste buds start to enjoy your new food.

A detox weight loss smoothie is basically a nutrition bomb, helping you feel and look better fast!

Benefits of a Detox Smoothies

A detox smoothie has many benefits, below we will explore a few. Keep in mind, before starting a rigorous weight loss cleanse you should ask your doctor.

If you are replacing just one meal per day with a weight loss smoothie recipe, however, you have the green light to start right away (barring any health issues).

Smoothie Detox Benefits:

1. Healthier more vibrant skin -these healthy smoothies protect your skin with antioxidants, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and  promote the production of collagen. (1)
2. Weight loss – these weight loss smoothies boost metabolism and burn fat. They also improve digestion and reduce bloat! (2)
3. Improve gut health – full of fiber and prebiotics, these smoothies improve gut health and help you absorb more nutrients (3)
4. Boost energy – these energy boosting smoothies give full for your day, without the sugar or caffeine crashes of other drinks (4)
5. Removes toxins (detoxifying) – filled with antioxidants, fiber, and nutrients that can help you rid your body of toxins and waste. Detox smoothies clear your digestive tract, improving the health of your liver, kidneys, and other major organs. (5)
6. Improve heart health – these drinks are a great way to get your daily dose of fiber, which can help to keep your heart healthy and functioning properly. (6)
7. Stabilize blood sugar levels – these healthy smoothies are low in carbs and sugars, but they’re high in fiber and other nutrients that can help to stabilize your blood sugar levels. (7)
8. Better brain health – These yummy smoothies are packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that can help to improve your cognitive function and protect your brain from damage. (8)
9. Stronger bones – these healthy smoothies are packed bone strengthening nutrients like calcium, magnesium, and vitamin K. (9)
10. Improve overall health – packed with nutrients and vitamins, that help to improve your health. These smoothies are easy to make and convenient to drink on the go. (10)

As you can see, starting a smoothie diet can change your life, for the better! Weight loss smoothies can help you look better, feel better, live longer… what’s not to love?!

If you feel like a smoothie cleanse is right for you, see all 3 of our smoothie cleanse guides below. However, if you’re just looking to add a bit more fruits and veggies to your diet, try working one of the healthy smoothie recipe options below into your daily diet.

If you’re looking to feel and look great fast, try a smoothie diet!

Below we have 3 smoothie diet guides, and 10 smoothie diet recipes to help you get started.

How to Make a Detox Smoothie

Detox smoothie recipes are really easy to make, you want a combination of greens (or veggies) fruit, a healthy fat, and ideally a protein boost.

Healthy Detox Smoothie Ingredients

• Greens – spinach is the most mild of all greens, and you can often find frozen spinach at the grocery store. Kale, chard, romaine, and beet tops are also great greens for smoothies
• Fruit – to naturally sweeten your smoothie and also boost nutrition, add fruit. Berries, bananas, pineapple, mango and sweet apples will boost sweetness. Citrus and sour apples boost vitamin C (which burns fat) and cherries can help easy pain (great before and after workouts)
• Protein – Add in a scoop or two of protein powder, collagen powder, or Greek Yogurt. Nut butters also add lots of protein and go great in banana based smoothies.
• Healthy Fat – Add in a teaspoon of coconut to MCT oil. Avocado is also a great addition for healthy fat, and you can often find frozen avocado chunks in stores.
• Liquid – almond milk, oat milk, refrigerated coconut milk are all great options for smoothes. But coconut water, aloe water and even regular water are also great to thin out your smoothies.
• Healthy Add-Ins – flax seed, cocoa powder, matcha, chia seeds, uncooked oatmeal, and even cinnamon (great in apple based smoothies) all boost nutrition in a big way. Try adding 1-2 to your smoothies.

Directions on Making a Smoothie

Once you’ve chosen your smoothie ingredients, it’s a matter of just adding the ingredients to the blender, and blending.

Smoothie Toppings:

Who said toppings are just for smoothie bowls? I love to add toppings to my smoothies… I drink down the smoothie and then I have a little treat at the end to eat with a spoon. All covered yummy smoothie and the best way to end my meal.

• Fresh Berries
• Flaked Coconut
• Homemade Granola
• Honey Drizzle
• Chopped Nuts

When it comes to fruits and veggies in your smoothies, I recommend you use fresh ingredients. Dut you can also use frozen fruits and vegetables if fresh isn’t available. Just be sure to get organic both in frozen and fresh produce, if you’re cleansing your body you don’t want to be adding in pesticides while you do it!

Making smoothies are very simple. It’s just a matter of blending all the healthy smoothie ingredients together, and serving.

For 10 green detox smoothie recipes, keep scrolling!

10 Best Detox Smoothie Recipes

These 10 detox smoothie recipes are all packed with metabolism boosting ingredients, and will work well with the 3 smoothie detox plans above.

Green Detox Smoothie Recipes

You can’t talk about detox smoothies without also discussing green smoothies. The reason green detox smoothie recipes are so popular is because most detox smoothie recipes call for some kind of green leafy vegetable (like spinach, chard or kale), which gives it its distinctive green color.

But don’t let the bright green color fool you, these green smoothie detox recipes taste wonderful and you usually can’t taste the leafy vegetables. And when it comes to fast weight loss, a green smoothie cleanse can’t be beat.

Try one of my green smoothie weight loss recipes below and you’ll understand why they are so popular. Or start with a snack smoothie and work your way up to a green detox smoothie.

These healthy smoothies for weight loss lean heavy on baby spinach, the most mild of the greens. I promise you won’t be able to taste the spinach in this yummy detox smoothie recipes!

For kale smoothies, avocado smoothies, and more… keep scrolling! There are lots more smoothies recipes below!

Green Protein Detox Smoothie

This is one of my favorite protein smoothies for weight loss! This weight loss healthy smoothie recipe is packed full of vegan protein, thanks to the almond milk and almond butter!

Feel free to add in your favorite vegan protein powder, or if you’re not a vegan, some collagen powder to increase protein They will help you turn this detox smoothie recipe, into one of your favorite protein shake recipes for weight loss!

This is one of the best smoothie recipes for weight loss! It’s packed full of metabolism boosting ingredients, and will keep you full longer thanks to the protein!

Glowing Green Detox Smoothie

This healthy smoothie recipe for weight loss will help you trim down, and look younger!

Try out this smoothie for weight loss if you want a tropical smoothie, between the kiwi, banana, and pineapple this tropical smoothie will quickly become your favorite “go to”!

This weight loss smoothie is delicious and a reader favorite! Try this tropical smoothie if you want something fruity and delicious!

Apple Berry Detox Smoothie

This weight loss healthy smoothie recipe is great if you’re looking to increase your metabolism!

Try this as a weight loss smoothie breakfast to jumpstart fat burning first thing in the morning!

A good blender is so important when making detox smoothies, or while on a smoothie diet. Check out the 15 Best Blenders for smoothies here.

This recipe is a great weight loss smoothie breakfast recipe! This healthy smoothie recipe is packed with metabolism boosting ingredients, making it a great way to start the day!

Pineapple Banana Detox Smoothie

I love detox smoothie recipes that include strawberries! This pineapple and strawberry smoothie recipe is a great way to get in your greens, while tricking your tastebuds!

This is one of the best smoothies for weight loss as you can’t taste anything except all the yummy fruit! Try it with your favorite green smoothie detox plan.

This spinach based detox smoothie recipe is quite the reader favorite!

Peaches and Cream Oatmeal Green Smoothie

This recipe for smoothies to lose weight is creamy and delicious! And thanks to the oatmeal, this green detox smoothie will keep you full for hours!

This weight loss smoothie recipe is also ideal after exercising! For more weight loss healthy smoothie recipes, see below…

This weight loss smoothie recipe will quickly become one of your favorites! I like to add a dash of cinnamon, try it out if you’re enjoying this weight loss smoothie recipes after a workout.

Try this along with the kale weight loss smoothie recipes below, together they are the perfect nutrient balance while on a smoothie diet.

Berry Delicious Detox Diet Smoothie

This delicious detox smoothie recipe comes from the 7 Day Detox plan.

Try this and more green smoothie recipes below, along with the 3 day, 7 day, and even the Green Smoothie 10 Day Cleanse below.

This green smoothie weight loss recipe was created for a green smoothie detox!

Kale Detox Smoothie Recipes

Kale is “superfood”, which means it packed with large amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. In fact, it’s considered to be one of the most nutritious plants in existence. (2)

Kale doesn’t always taste the best because it can be rather strong for some, but if you combine it with the right ingredients it can be a delicious and healthy addition to any green detox smoothie recipe.

Special Tip: Make sure you use only the leaves and discard the stems, this will remove most of the bitter flavor.

Try some of these yummy weight loss smoothies, just one a day can help jump start your smoothie diet.

For more delicious Kale Smoothie recipes, be sure to check out my other post: 11 Kale Smoothie Recipes for Fast Weight Loss.

Kale and Apple Green Detox Smoothie

This detox smoothie recipe is not quite like the ones before… kale has a stronger flavor than spinach (which is why there is optional honey in this recipe). Thankfully almond milk helps in this smoothie for weight loss.

When on a smoothie diet, it’s important to switch up your greens, so you ingest more nutrients… and kale smoothie recipes for weight loss can help you do that.

Healthy smoothies for weight loss can have many different options when it comes to greens. If you find the kale is too strong for you, swap it out for baby spinach or romaine.

Kale Pineapple Coconut Detox Smoothie

This tropical smoothie is a great addition to any green smoothie cleanse!

I like to use frozen pineapple in this smoothie for weight loss. It chills it and gives it a nice consistency!

To mask the strong flavor of kale, try this smoothie with pineapple and super sweet banana!

Kale Strawberry Banana Detox Smoothie

This kale strawberry smoothie recipe is creamy and delicious, thanks to the banana and the yogurt!

This green smoothie weight loss recipe will quickly become your favorite strawberry banana smoothie… but if you’re looking for more banana strawberry smoothie recipes click here.

This take on a banana strawberry smoothie recipe will quickly become your favorite kale smoothie!

Avocado Detox Smoothie

When it comes to healthy foods, avocados are among the top “super foods”. Avocados are full of healthy nutrients, including Vitamins B, C, K. folate, potassium, and more. (3)

Studies have shown that avocados can help improve cardiovascular health, relieve joint inflammation, promote eye health, strengthen bones, and even help with weight loss. (4, 5, 6)

I realize that the calorie count is higher then the other best smoothie for weight loss, but it is a meal replacement… so it’s ok!

When looking for smoothies for weight loss don’t be afraid of the calorie count… these detox smoothies are meal replacements!

Benefits of a Detox Smoothie Cleanse

A detox smoothie cleanse is a great way to los weight, reset your cravings, and achieve better health.

Depending on your personal health, it may be necessary to consult with a doctor before starting. I can tell you however, my family doctor reviews this diet and loves it so much he recommends it to his other patients! It’s healthy and easy, and full of yummy food!

A detox smoothie cleanse is not a diet where you eat only smoothies, that is not sustainable! It is simply a diet where you swap meals out with weight loss smoothies to boost weight loss.

Detox Cleanse Benefits:

1. Increased Metabolism – these smoothies naturally increase metabolism, helping your body burn fat faster.
2. Healthy Digestion – they also help reduce bloat and flush out your system. So you will be more “regular” and shed tummy bloat fast.
3. Fast Weight Loss – depending on what smoothie detox cleans you do, you can lose between 2-10 pounds in a single week!
4. Reduces Inflammation – all the wonderful antioxidants in these smoothies help you reduce inflammation and bloat.
5. Reset of Cravings – my favorite! After a week on a detox cleanse, you won’t crave junk food anymore! So the next time you find yourself craving the unhealthy stuff, start a 1 week detox cleanse to reset your cravings.

A weight loss cleanse is not just a strict “only smoothie diet”,. It also incorporates salads, detox water recipes, even a bit of exercise. But because it heavily leans on help from smoothies to lose weight, you get all these wonderful benefits!

With all these wonderful health benefits, you’ll want to start right away… here are 3 easy plans to try.

How to Start a Smoothie Cleanse

There are three different smoothie cleanse options. All are easy and good for your body, I recommend you choose the plan that calls out to you, the one that seams the easiest. You can always try another one next week or next month once you’ve had a “win”.

When doing these plans, I recommend you choose 1-2 detox smoothies below to work with. This way the cost stays low… If you did a different one each day, that would be a lot of groceries to buy!

10 Day Smoothie Cleanse:

On this (the easiest) smoothie detox plan you simply swap out one meal per day, with a green smoothie. Easy right?!

Special Tip: Choose the meal you most often skip, or are not too hungry for. If you don’t eat breakfast, then that is when you want to add a smoothie.

Quick 3 Day Smoothie Cleanse:

On this quick smoothie cleanse, you have one detox smoothie, one salad, and one healthy meal per day.

This is one of my most famous weight loss plans, so there is a full article dedicated to it. With salad recipes, healthy meals and more. You can get the full plan here (for free!)

7 Day Detox Smoothie Cleanse:

By far my most famous smoothie detox cleanse. I’ve been on TV shows like the Today Show, Rachael Ray Show and more showcasing this fantastic and easy detox plan! I’ve even written a best selling cookbook around the diet

It’s a little more intricate. You start with a couple days of swapping just 1 meal for smoothies, and then gradually move into 2 all smoothie days. Then gradually back out. You can get the full plan here (for free!)

No matter if you choose a 3, 7, or 10 day weight loss cleanse… you’ll be resetting cravings and increasing metabolism!

Try out one of our weight loss cleanse plans, and check out our 10 best detox smoothie recipes below.

Smoothie Diet Meal Planner

The smoothie diet meal planner below is completely free, and so easy to use!

Simply click on the photo, it will bring you to a link where you can fill in all your meals, then you print. Easy, right?

Frequently Asked Questions

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Final Thought on Detox Smoothies

To make the best detox smoothies as conveniently as possible, check out our Recommended Smoothie Blenders or see our list of the Top 10 Best Selling Smoothie Blenders. With a good smoothie blender, you’ll be encouraged to make weight loss smoothie recipes every day, and find your weight loss and detox goals are easier to achieve. It’s worth the $100 investment in your health!

Integrating healthy smoothie recipes for weight loss into your normal diet can have tremendous health benefits. You can enjoy smoothies for weight loss, as a natural cleanse, to keep you hydrated, keep your bowels regular, and many more benefits. Try experimenting with different recipes until you find the ones you really like and will drink often.

Please comment below and let me know how these detox smoothies do for you, and any new detox smoothie recipes you’d like to share.

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Article History:

• Originally written and published on September 18, 2016 by Audrey Johns
• Updated on October 4, 2022 by Audrey Johns
• Updated on March 17, 2023 by Audrey Johns