Well, Sari Dennis suggested a couple of weeks ago that I try Wheatgrass on a daily basis. She explained the wonderful properties of this food and I said I would give it a try. So, off to a health food store for a 2 oz "shot." The liquid is so rich that it took a couple of days for my body to properly ingest and digest. I am a believer in this "food" and I actually purchased a juice machine to extract my own wheatgrass at home. To be perfectly honest, I do not know exactly what to attribute my increased energy. I have lost 27 lbs. I am eating well, exercising daily, taking healthy vitamin supplements, consuming more water, no junk food, no caffeine, very little alcohol, no red meat, and taking wheatgrass. It is probably a combination of all of these things.
Below is an excerpt on the advantages of wheatgrass. Happy reading !!!
The Benefits of Wheatgrass
Excerpts from The Wheatgrass Book by Ann Wigmore
WHEATGRASS JUICE...
Increases red blood-cell count and lowers blood pressure. It cleanses the blood, organs and gastrointestinal tract of debris. Wheatgrass also stimulates metabolism and the body’s enzyme systems by enriching the blood. It also aids in reducing blood pressure by dilating the blood pathways throughout the body.Stimulates the thyroid gland, correcting obesity, indigestion, and a host of other complaints.
Restores alkalinity to the blood. The juice's abundance of alkaline minerals helps reduce over-acidity in the blood. It can be used to relieve many internal pains, and has been used successfully to treat peptic ulcers, ulcerative colitis, constipation, diarrhea, and other complaints of the gastrointestinal tract.Is a powerful detoxifier, and liver and blood protector. The enzymes and amino acids found in wheatgrass can protect us from carcinogens like no other food or medicine. It strengthens our cells, detoxifies the liver and bloodstream, and chemically neutralizes environmental pollutants.
Fights tumors and neutralizes toxins. Recent studies show that wheatgrass juice has a powerful ability to fight tumors without the usual toxicity of drugs that also inhibit cell-destroying agents. The many active compounds found in grass juice cleanse the blood and neutralize and digest toxins in our cells.
Contains beneficial enzymes. Whether you have a cut finger you want to heal or you desire to lose five pounds...enzymes must do the actual work. The life and abilities of the enzymes found naturally in our bodies can be extended if we help them from the outside by adding exogenous enzymes, like the ones found in wheatgrass juice. Has remarkable similarity to our own blood. The second important nutritional aspect of chlorophyll is its remarkable similarity to hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in the blood. Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, president of the Hagiwara Institute of Health in Japan, is a leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and fat particles are absorbed directly into the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this way. 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.
