The Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice

Everyone has been talking about the many benefits of this magical green elixer. Looks like it will coat your insides green, smells like grass…tastes like…hmmm, takes some getting used to if it’s your first time. But if you haven’t experienced the joys of a wheatgrass juice shot, you’re missing out on a lot more than the unique taste!

10 Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice:

10.  Wheatgrass juice loves your blood (not in a vampire kind of way). It 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.

9. It also works great on your skin! Externally applied to the skin can help eliminate itching almost immediately. Will soothe sunburned skin and act as a disinfectant. Rubbed into the scalp before a shampoo, it will help mend damaged hair and alleviate itchy, scaly, scalp conditions. Is soothing and healing for cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes, poison ivy, athlete’s foot, insect bites, boils, sores, open ulcers, tumors, and so on. Use as a poultice and replace every two to four hours.

8.  Wheatgrass gives you sweet dreams. And this is without you juicing it. Wheatgrass works as a sleep aide. Just place a tray of living wheatgrass near the head of your bed. It will enhance the oxygen in the air and generate healthful negative ions to help you sleep more soundly. Oh yeah, no work involved there!

7. It’s great for your mouth! Yes, it sweetens the breath and firms up and tightens gums. Just gargle with the juice.

6. Wheatgrass 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.

5. It’s 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.

4. Wheatgrass juice 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.

3. It also stimulates the thyroid gland, correcting obesity, indigestion, and a host of other complaints.

2. Wheatgrass juice s a beauty treatment that slows down the aging process when the juice is consumed. Wheatgrass will cleanse your blood and help rejuvenate aging cells, slowing the aging process way down, making you feel more alive right away. It will help tighten loose and sagging skin. No prescription from a dermatologist or laser skin procedure will take care of you inside and out like wheatgrass.

1. Wheatgrass juice is 70% chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the first product of light and contains more light energy than any other element. Chlorophyll is the basis of all plant life. So drinking wheatgrass juice is like drinking life! Bottoms up!

Quick Tips For Getting Some Green:

• To give wheatgrass juice a try, do an internet search for local juice bars and raw/vegan friendly local restaurants. A lot of these establishments are introducing more raw options into their menu, including juices.
• Fresh wheatgrass juice is best. Local organic markets and larger chains (such as Wholefoods) carry wheatgrass. You’ll have to invest in a juicer, but wow will that juice really be fresh!
• Grow your own! Do a quick internet search for wheatgrass growing kits.
• No room for wheatgrass kit and juicer? No worries. Some larger chains offer flash frozen wheatgrass cubes that you can purchase in bulk. Naturally thaw a serving as needed, pour in shot glass, and enjoy. Be proactive for this one. Call your local store and ask them if they carry frozen wheatgrass juice. Do an internet search for your area and wheatgrass juice distributors. See if you can pair the two together.
• As a last resort, although its only half as powerful as the juice, you can purchase the powder and add it to smoothies, water and juices.

Consider really showing the world that you’ve gone green.

Resources

“The Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice” The Hippocrates Institute

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2 Responses to “The Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice”

1. nsignia says:

   September 2, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   Wheatgrass is awesome! And growing it doesn’t have to be expensive: I use plastic egg cartons and a normal blender, using coconut husk as the growing medium. Simply poke holes in the the lower half of the egg trays, add the medium, put a layer of wheat seeds on top, then use the top part of egg crates for drain trays below and covers. Fill bottom tray with water regularly till grass appears and reaches 1-2″ in height. Remove top covers and mist daily till grass reached 7-10″ in height.

   When ready to harvest, cut a good size handful of wheat grass, cut into 1 cm or less pieces and put into a regular blender approx 1/2 full of water. Blend well, then pour into a glass through a fine plastic strainer, squeezing out as much juice as possible from the grass pulp. Drink as is or use as a base for smoothies.

   After a tray of wheat grass has been harvested, discard the coconut husk and remains into your composter and re-use the tray. Easy, inexpensive, and recycles at the same time.

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2. Maria says:

   December 26, 2010 at 10:18 pm

   I have two questions. My first question, I’m highly allegric to grass, plants, and trees, but I’m not allegric to green leafy veggies. I consume them everyday. I want to try wheatgrass but I’m terrified of the reaction I might have. Has anyone with the same allegry tried wheatgrass and if so did anything bad happen? My other question is does wheatgrass have to be juiced or can it be cut then thrown into a smoothie?

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