whats good about wheatgrass
By Mark Snare
Wheatgrass! so whats the fuss about? you seen it everywhere these days and I'm sure most of you have had a shot of the green power juice when visiting a juicebar, well I certainly hope so. Well here is the word on the green stuff and why its so good for you. Now I'm sure that you've noticed like us the increasing trend towards natural health, I think folk have worked out that pill popping is not the answer and it's best to take responsibility for your own health in a "prevention is far better than having a thermometer up your botski while in a NHS gown" way. I know I do.
We are what we eat! thats a phrase thats gets around a bit at the moment isn't it? Well its true, your body is constantly renewing itself from the inside out, in two years all your soft tissue (muscles, organs, skin sloppy internal bits) are completely renewed. In a seven year cycle all your bones are completely renewed!! good isn't it!! none of us have bit on us that is more than 7 years old, you know what that means?? I'm off down the park to play on my BMX!!......
.....Not really! what that means is to stay in tip top form and radiant health you need to make sure the building blocks you give your body are of the best quality and that nothing is missing or lacking!
Also making sure that your body's waste products from all this building are taken away and not allowed to accumulate. So next time you eye up a choccy croissant in the supermarket stop and ask yourself what that will help your body build!!
Wholefoods, what are whole foods? well a whole food can be two things really, a whole food is either an unprocessed food stuff (we like these despite being harder to chew) or the expression "wholefood" can refer to a foodstuff so complex and complete that should you only eat that for the rest of your days, apart from being a little bored you'd basically be Ok in terms of the spectrum of nutrients provided.
Wheatgrass happens to be one of these, it has protein, carbohydrate, fats and the essential vitamins and minerals to sustain life! Think on it for a while, picture a horse and rider, one is a musclar beast that can run and run all day long, eating a staple diet of grasses, the other is it's passenger, possibly runs on takeways, not quite so lean and definately unable to run all day!
Now I don't mean go out and start grazing but you get the idea of what a simple fresh diet can do!! Most people equate protein intake with muscle building, it just ain't so! Look at nature, the lean, energetic beasts are mostly veggie chompers.
How can we benefit from wheatgrass? Well our digestive tract is somewhat different from that of a horse, cow, sheep or any grazing animal for that matter so step in JUICING!! funny that with us being juiceproducer! Juicing wheatgrass unlocks the minerals vitamins and sheer green goodness of the grass and allows us to digest and ultize it without the inconvienience of having to grow another three stomachs.
Whats in wheatgrass juice? where do I start!! plenty! amino acids, vitamins (wheatgrass juice just happens to be a non animal source of B12) , enzymes, minerals and trace elements (from the 92 minerals availble wheatgrass manages to suck 90 out of the soil) Essential fatty acids, protein 2% as juice, up to 45% as dried powder (meat being 25%), beta carotene (natural vitamin A) and chlorophyll
Chlorophyll, now this is a good bit, chlorophyll is what makes green veggies green, its one of the elements required for photosynthesis, this is the green plant's ability to suck up the suns rays and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Hence wheatgrass juice is sometimes called liquid sunshine! Chlorophyll when taken in wheatgrass juice or any green juice for that matter is marvellously cleansing at a cellular level, helps to build the blood's ability to carry oxygen and just generally rocks the house from a health point of view!!!
Alkalising too, I almost forgot, wheatgrass and other grass juices are heavily alkaline, I'll go into this topic in more detail on another page but alkalising foods are good, acid foods in too greater abundance are bad!! If you'd like to read more about the benefits of an alkaline diet check out our article on the matter.
How to juice wheatgrass: to juice wheatgrass you need a single auger juicer or a twin gear juicer, a centrifugal machine just won't cut the mustard so to speak. If you'd like out hints and tips on growing wheatgrass have a look here
pretty compelling stuff isn't it? for further reading have a look at "Wheatgrass Nature's Finest Medicine" by Steve Meyerowitz
Thanks again for reading!
Mark Snare
www.juiceproducer.com
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