What is the Scoop on Wheatgrass Juice?

WHAT IS WHEATGRASS?

Wheatgrass is a variety of grass that is used like an herbal medicine for its therapeutic and nutritional properties. It is available as a fresh squeezed juice, a dehydrated or freeze dried powder, or in capsule or tablet form. AWheatgrass is the most popular young cereal grass, but other cereal grasses are also juiced for their nutritional value. The others are Barley, Oat Rye and Kamut. I am a proponent of Wheatgrass because it is one of the 4 healing foods that I teach that is an integral part of the Dr. Ann Wigmore program for healing. Ann Wigmore wrote many books about Wheatgrass and its healing power and it has been used for 30 years in her Hippocrates Institute Healing Centers in the United States, Puerto Rico and Australia.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

It has broad effectiveness, but its three most therapeutic roles are blood purification, liver detoxification and colon cleansing. As a food it is very nourishing and restorative with such a complete range of nutrients that it can, by itself, sustain life. This nutritional miracle is most evident in the animal kingdom where studies prove large and small grazing animals not only sustain themselves on young grasses, but also improve their health.

HOW DO I TAKE IT?

Therapeutically, you would drink the fresh juice or apply it rectally through enemas and implants. For nutrition and prevention, you make powdered drinks or take tablets.

WHERE DO I GET IT?

From your natural food store, juice bar, direct from growers, or mail order. Here in the Charleston area, I order Wheatgrass every other week from a Grower in Akron, Ohio. I also sell Sweet Wheat, which is a freeze dried version of fresh Wheat Grass. The Healthy Life Market, Charleston, WV also has some dried versions as well as the Sproutman growing system.


WHY SHOULD I TAKE IT?

Wheatgrass earned it’s reputation from people with terminal illnesses who take it at the eleventh hour of their lives, after conventional medicine left them with no hope. But you can take it as part of a long range prevention and health maintenance program.

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

You can grow the grass yourself, buy it from a grower or health food store, drink the juice at a juice bar or buy bottled grass tablets and powders. But if you are sick, it is highly recommended that you enroll in a retreat center for a 2-4 week wellness program. As an alternative, you can establish a home-health program by learning about the Ann Wigmore program and created the healing foods on your own, or with help from your family or friends.

WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?

There are many scientific studies demonstrating the efficacy and nutrition of grass foods. Most information about it’s therapeutic effectiveness is based on clinical evidence and the word-of-mouth testimony of users.

WHEAT GRASS VS. WHEATGRASS

The word on spelling: “Wheat grass” is a variety of grass like barley, oats and rye, grown in fields across America. “Wheatgrass” refers to grass grown indoors in trays for approximately 10 days and is the kind that is squeezed into a fresh juice. The tray-grown grass is used primarily for therapeutic purposes. The 60+ day old field grown grasses, available in dehydrated powder or tablets, are used primarily as nutritional supplements.


Most of the above information was taken from Steve Meyerowitz’s, “Wheatgrass, Nature’s Finest Medicine.”



ANALYSIS OF WHEATGRASS
Taken from Ann Wigmore’s “The Wheatgrass Book”

CHLOROPHYLL
Of all the valuable compounds contained in wheatgrass juice, chlorophyll is one of the most important. There are two vital aspects of chlorophyll.
First, it converts the sun’s energy into a form that plants can use. It is sort of a living battery. The same life force in nature that explodes into greenery every spring can be transferred into the human body via the consumption of wheatgrass juice.
The second important nutritional aspect of chlorophyll is its remarkable similarity to hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in the blood.
Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, a Japanese scientist and health educator, is a leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and since fat particles are absorbed directly into the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this way. It is his opinion that inside the body the magnesium ion in chlorophyll is replaced with an iron molecule, making new blood. In other words, when the “blood” of plants is absorbed in humans it is transformed into human blood, which transports nutrients to every cell of the body.

ENZYMES are perhaps more important than any other active ingredient in wheatgrass. Hundreds of enzymes have been discovered in cereal grasses. The most important enzymes that have been isolated in wheatgrass are:
Cytochrome oxidase - an antioxidant required for proper cell
respiration
Lipase - a fat splitting enzyme
Protease - a protein digestant
Amylase - facilitates starch digestion
Catalase- catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water
and oxygen in the blood and body tissue
Peroxidase - which has an action similar to catalase, on a cellular level
Transhydrogenase - aids in keeping the muscle tissue of the heart toned
Superoxide dismutase (SOD)- crucial role in preventing aging. It acts
as an anti-inflammatory, neutralizes the toxic effects of superoxides.
(Superoxides can damage cells).



* It is interesting that 3 of the above enzymes, cytochrome oxidase, peroxidase, and catalase are found in relatively high concentrations in normal red and white blood cells. In the body of cancer patients however, their numbers are usually decreased significantly. Also, when the supply of SOD is low, cells become poisoned and lose their ability to renew themselves. They die prematurely.

VITAMINS AGAINST FREE RADICALS:

Vitamin C - as much per ounce as orange juice and more than most
vegetables. Important to the health of the skin, teeth, gums, eyes,
muscles and joints.
Vitamin A - the precursor to this Vitamin is found in the food of
carotene. It is converted into Vitamin A in the intestines. It has more 3 times as much carotene per pound then iceberg lettuce and about as much as other dark green varieties of lettuce. This type is harmless in
any amount, which is not the case when the Vitamin A is from animal
products. It can be toxic to the liver in large doses. Vitamin A is
essential for normal growth and development, good eyesight and reproduction.

Vitamins B-complex- facilitates the use of carbohydrates for energy
and aids the nervous and digestive systems. It is essential for normal
brain and body development, and for the adrenal glands. In relation-
ship to the other Vitamins, our need for Vitamin B-complex is small.
Vitamin E - and antioxidant and fertility vitamin. Without enough
we face muscle degeneration, sterility and slower healing of wounds
and infections. It also protects the heart. It is 10 times more easily
assimilated by the body than synthetic E.
Vitamin K - necessary for blood coagulation

MINERALS
* Wheatgrass has an alkalizing effect on the blood, due to it’s abundance of
alkaline minerals such as magnesium, potassium and calcium.

Sodium, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Cobalt, Potassium and trace minerals such as Selenium and Zinc. These are just some of the minerals.

AMINO ACIDS (PROTEIN)
*Proteins are composed of small proteinous “chains” called amino acids.
There are 8 “essential” amino acids. Wheatgrass has these 8, plus another 9 for a total of seventeen.
EIGHT ESSENTIAL:
Lysine - anti-aging and immune system response
Isoleucine - protein balancer and mental health
Leucine - alert and awake, high energy levels
Tryptophane - builds rich blood, healthy skin and hair. Works with
Vitamin B to calm nerves and stimulate digestion
Phenylalanine - aids the thyroid gland in the production of thyroxin
Theronine - stimulates digestion, assimilation of foods
Valine - activates the brain, aids in muscle coordination, calms nerves
Methionine - helps in cleaning and regenerating the liver and kidneys
Also aids hair growth and promotes mental calmness.
REMAINING NINE:
Alanine - a body builder
Arginine - especially vital to men
Aspartic acid - a helper in the conversion of food energy *
Glutamic acid - improves mental balance and smooth metabolic
function
Glycine - helps cells convert oxygen into energy
Histidine - affects hearing and nervous functions
Proline - becomes glutamic acid and performs the same function
Serine - a simulator of the brain and nervous functions
Tyrosine - aids in the formation of hair and skin and prevents
cellular aging.



31 USES FOR WHEATGRASS JUICE:
from Ann Wigmore’s “ Rebuild your health”
1. Chlorophyll increases the function of the heart, affects the vascular system, the uterus, the intestines and the lungs.
2. Nature used chlorophyll as a body cleanser, rebuilder and neutralizer of toxins.
3. Wheatgrass juice helps to reduce high blood pressure, as the juice helps to remove toxins from the body and gives the blood iron, aiding circulation.
4. It purifies the blood.
5. It helps overcome dandruff. Rub the juice into the scalp, rinse and shampoo.
6. Douche with wheatgrass for vaginal infection.
7. It can help prevent tooth decay.
8. Hold it in the mouth for 5 minutes to relieve toothaches and sore gums.
9. It helps relieves sore throats.
10. Pyorrhea of the mouth - take wheatgrass, soaked in juice for 5 minutes, and apply to diseased area; or chew it in the mouth until it is dry and spit out the pulp.
11. It can overcome skin troubles.
12. When combined with easy to digest nourishment, it can keep hair from greying.
13. It aids in proper digestion.
14. It is an excellent mouth wash.
15. Use it as a skin mask to tighten skin.
16. Combined with Living Foods, it is great for blood disorders of all kinds, including anemia.
17. Pour the juice over you in a tub of warm water. Soak for 15 minutes and rinse off with a cold shower.
18. After an enema, wheatgrass juice implants are great for healing and detoxifying the colon walls, as well as cleansing the internal organs.
19. Wheatgrass juice is excellent for constipation and keeping the bowels open.
20. It disinfects and cleans out bacteria and viruses.
21. It has beneficial effects on the capillaries.
22. It helps overcome aging and gives energy to the sex hormones.
23. It neutralizes harmful inorganic molecules. Fruits and vegetables contaminated by sprays can be cleansed with wheatgrass placed in the rinse water.
24. Toxic metals - lead, cadmium, mercury, aluminum and excessive amounts of copper can be successfully removed with small amounts of wheatgrass juice, in increasing dosages.
25. Water can be purified by placing a bundle in it.
26. Wheatgrass is very healing for your pets. Pet birds benefit because of the rich diet they have from their seed intake. It helps to de-tox their livers.
27. It brings oxygen to your cells!
28. It gives you added energy!
29. Wounds and skin problems can be healed by applying in to your skin.
30. It is an appetite suppressant.
31. It helps dissolve the fatty lipids in your blood, thereby lowering triglyceride and cholesterol readings.


RESOURCES FOR WHEATGRASS:

SALLY MILLER 304-744-8748, FRESH FROM PURE INTENTIONS ORGANIC
WHEATGRASS GROWERS AND DEALER FOR “ SWEET WHEAT” FREEZE DRIED WHEATGRASS CAPSULES AND POWDER, AS WELL AS “SWEET SKIN” CRÈME WITH FRESH WHEATGRASS.

THE FIELD GROWERS:
GREENLIFE - 800-544-8147 Dried extracted juice of mixed grasses
PINES WHEATGRASS - 800-MY-PINES www.Wheatgrass.com - Dried before juicing
GREEN MAGMA - 805-983B9943 www.greenfoods.com -Dried green barley extracted juice
GREEN KAMUT - 800-452-6884 www.kamut.com - Dried kamut extracted juice

TRAY GROWER:
SWEET WHEAT - 888-22-SWEET www.sweetwheat.com - grown indoors, juiced and freeze dried

MIXED PROTEIN POWDERS
KYO-GREEN -800-421-2998 www.kyolic.com - grown in the highlands of Japan and mixed with barley grass and chlorella (algae)
GREENS+ 800-643-1210 www.greensplus.com mix of greens, algae and herbs


FROZEN JUICE
PERFECT FOODS, INC. 800-933-3288
EVERGREEN JUICES INC. 905-709-2770 www. evergreenjuices.com



YOU WILL ALSO NEED A JUICER THAT IS ABLE TO RIP THE BLADES OF THE GRASSES APART TO SQUEEZE OUT THE JUICE. IT SHOULD BE AN AUGER OR MASTICATING TYPE JUICE. I SELL THE OMEGA JUICER, WHICH CAN DO ALL OF THE ABOVE, PLUS FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND NUT BUTTERS.




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