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Things You May Not Know About Wheatgrass?
1.
Wheatgrass juice is 70% chlorophyll.
2. Chlorophyll is the first product
of light and contains more light energy than any other element.
3. Wheatgrass
juice is a crude chlorophyll and can be taken orally and as a colon implant without
toxic side effects.
4. Chlorophyll is the basis of all plant life.
5. Wheatgrass is high in oxygen like all green plants that contain chlorophyll.
The brain and all body tissues function at an optimal level in a highly-oxygenated
environment.
6. Chlorophyll is antibacterial and can be used inside and
outside the body as a healer.
7. Dr. Bernard Jensen says that it only
takes minutes to digest Wheatgrass juice and uses up very little body energy.
8. Science has proven that chlorophyll arrests growth and development of
unfriendly bacteria.
9. Chlorophyll (wheatgrass) rebuilds the bloodstream.
Studies of various animals have shown chlorophyll to be free of any toxic reaction.
The red cell count was returned to normal with 4 to 5 days of the administration
of chlorophyll, even in those animals which were known to be extremely anaemic
or low in red cell count.
10. Farmers in the Midwest of America who have
sterile cows and bulls put them on Wheatgrass to restore fertility. (The high
magnesium content in chlorophyll builds enzymes that restore the sex hormones.)
11. Chlorophyll can be extracted from many plants, but Wheatgrass is superior
because it has been found to have over 100 elements needed by man. If grown in
organic soil, it absorbs 92 of the known 102 minerals from the soil.
12. Wheatgrass has what is called the grass juice factor, which has been shown
to keep herbivorous animals alive indefinitely.
13. Dr. Ann Wigmore
has been helping people get well from chronic disorders for 30 years using wheatgrass.
14. Liquid chlorophyll gets into the tissues, refines them, and makes them
over.
15. Wheatgrass juice is a superior detoxification agent compared
to carrot juice and other fruits and vegetables. Dr. Earp Thomas, associate of
Ann Wigmore, says that 15 pounds of Wheatgrass is the equivalent of 350 pounds
of carrots, lettuce, celery and so on.
16. Liquid chlorophyll washes
drug deposits from the body.
17. Chlorophyll neutralizes toxins in the
body.
18. Chlorophyll helps purify the liver.
19. Chlorophyll
improves blood sugar problems.
20. Wheatgrass juice cures acne and even
removes scars after it has been ingested for seven to eight months. The diet must
be improved at the same time.
21. In The American Journal of Surgery
(1940), Benjamin Cruskin. M.D. recommended chlorophyll: to clear up foul-smelling
odours, neutralize strep infections, heal wounds, hasten skin grafting, cure chronic
sinusitis, overcome chronic inner-ear inflammation and infections, reduce varicose
veins and heal leg ulcers, eliminate impetigo and other scabby eruptions, heal
rectal sores, successfully treat inflammation of the uterine cervix, get rid of
parasitic vaginal infections, reduce typhoid fever, and cure advanced pyorrhoea
in many cases.
22. Wheatgrass juice acts as a detergent in the body and
is used as a body deodorant.
23. A small amount of Wheat grass juice
in the human diet prevents tooth decay.
24. Wheatgrass juice held in
the mouth for 5 minutes will eliminate toothaches and poisons from gums.
25. Gargle with Wheatgrass juice for a sore throat.
26. Pyorrhoea of
the mouth: lay pulp of Wheatgrass soaked in juice on diseased area in mouth or
chew wheatgrass. Spit out out pulp.
27. Drink Wheatgrass juice for skin
problems such as eczema or psoriasis.
28. Wheatgrass juice keeps the
hair from greying.
29. By taking Wheatgrass juice, one may feel a difference
in strength, endurance, health, and spirituality and experience a sense of well-being.
30. Wheatgrass juice improves the digestion.
31. It is great for
blood disorders of all kinds. 32. Wheatgrass juice is high in enzymes.
33. Wheatgrass juice is an excellent skin cleanser and can be absorbed through
the skin for nutrition. Pour green juice over your body in a tub of warm water
and soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.
34. Wheatgrass
implants (enemas) are great for healing and detoxifying the colon walls. The implants
also heal and cleanse the internal organs. After an enema, wait 20 minutes, then
implant 4-ounces of Wheat grass juice. Retain or 20 minutes.
35. Wheatgrass
juice is great for constipation and keeping the bowels open. It is high in magnesium.
36. Dr. Birscher a research scientist, called chlorophyll "concentrated
sun power." He said, “Chlorophyll increases the function of the heart, affects
the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus and the lungs."
37. According to Dr. Birscher, nature uses chlorophyll (wheatgrass) as a body
cleanser, re-builder and neutralizer of toxins.
38. Wheatgrass juice
can dissolve the scars that are formed in the lungs from breathing acid gasses.
The effect of carbon monoxide is minimized since chlorophyll increases haemoglobin
production.
39. Wheatgrass juice reduces high blood pressure as it enhances
the capillaries.
40. Wheatgrass juice can remove heavy metals from the
body.
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colour too so if your going to put your Wheatgrass in the kitchen window they
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More Facts
Above Wheatgrass Grass is the world's most ubiquitous form of vegetation.
There are over 9,000 species of grass. From the outback "down under"
to the one inch arctic tundra, wherever there is sun, water and soil, there
is grass. As a seed, all grasses start from grains like wheat, barley, oat,
rye, and rice. Four of the world's top five crops are grains/grasses. For
centuries, farmers have noticed how livestock improved when they fed on the
young grasses of early spring. Scientists started studying grasses in the
1930's in an effort to discover its nutritional mysteries and include it in
animal feed. They found that animals could survive on grass alone but, in
contrast, failed on other healthy vegetables like spinach and carrots. The
agricultural chemist Dr. Charles F. Schnabel started a movement that made
grasses available for both livestock and human consumption. In the early 1940's,
you could buy "tins" of Schnabel's dry grass powder in pharmacies
all across North America. Stories about the new health food with "more"
vitamins than the alphabet has letters ran in Newsweek, Business Week, and
Time magazines. Later in the 1970's, Dr. Ann Wigmore popularized the use of
indoor grown fresh squeezed grass juice for the therapeutic treatment of cancer
patients who had been pronounced "incurable" after conventional
medical treatment. Wigmore had wrote how she saved her own gangrenous legs
from amputation with her grass treatments and eventually ran in the Boston
marathon. Word about her "Hippocrates Health Institute" and the
"miracles" resulting from her wheatgrass treatments spread. Today,
wheatgrass juice is available as dry powder and fresh squeezed juice in juice
bars and health food stores everywhere. Although wheatgrass has helped thousands
recover from serious illness, it is neither a drug nor a magic potion. It
is, instead, the cornerstone of a holistic health restoration program that
includes detoxification, nourishment from raw living foods and a revamping
of the lifestyle including the mental and emotional conditions that created
the "disease." Unlike drug companies which promote their products
with large advertising budgets, grass is not patentable and is unlikely to
ever be approved for medical use. Instead it owes its popularity to an underground
movement that is made up of thousands of individuals, hundreds of practitioners
and a handful of healing resorts who all testify to its healing properties.
Word has even spread to medical doctors who are discovering alternative health
treatments. Dr. Leonard Smith, a cancer surgeon in Gainesville, Florida, allowed
wheatgrass juice to be given to his patient Gary Garrett because he desperately
needed a blood transfusion, but could not because of his Jehovah Witness religion.
Smith said: "Gary's platelet count rose every day for 7 days from 61,000
to 141,000 and the only thing we did differently was administer wheatgrass.
That's phenomenal and it's fully documented on the hospital record."
Smith now juices wheatgrass himself. Dr. Allan L. Goldstein, Ph.D, of the
George Washington University Medical Center (USA) tested barley grass against
three types of prostate cancers. He reports: "Barley grass leaf extract
dramatically inhibits the growth of human prostatic cancer cells grown in
tissue culture. ...It may provide a new nutritional approach to the treatment
of prostate cancer." And Dr. Julian Whitaker, M.D., the famous editor
of the popular Health and Healing Newsletter, said: "Why take these young
grasses? Because you'll be giving yourself a health elixir unlike anything
you've ever experienced! The effect these highly nutritious green drinks are
having on all my patients, especially my arthritis patients, is nothing short
of amazing." Why Grass Works As a source of nourishment, grass is a complete
food containing over 80 nutritional elements including all known vitamins
and proteins. People with wheat allergies, by the way, have nothing to fear
from this food. Although grass is grown from grain, it has completely transformed
into a vegetable with none of the allergic proteins common to glutenous grains.
Grass is non-toxic at any dose, but you may have a reaction to it because
it is a potent detoxifying agent. Grass is a powerful liver purger and too
much can release too many poisons, too fast. It also cleanses and heals the
large intestine, another collection point of toxins in the body. But it is,
perhaps most famous for its blood purification. Grass is one of the planet's
richest sources of high quality chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is liquid sunshine
made by green plants. Sunlight charges and excites electrons in the chloroblast
cells which then store that energy as ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP converts
carbon and water into carbohydrates and releases oxygen into the atmosphere.
Ultimately, all food on the planet, whether animal or vegetable, directly
or indirectly comes from chlorophyll. Scientists would love to duplicate photosynthesis,
because it would provide an endless source of food and energy. But even more
amazing is that this "blood of plants" is a chemical cousin to haem
Haem is part of hemoglobin, the red iron rich oxygen carrying portion of human
blood. Wheatgrass juice literally gives you a sunshine transfusion. When you
drink it, this enzyme-rich and metabolically active fresh living food, transfers
its high vibration to your system, raises your "kundalini" or "chi"
and gives you a natural high. It is this energetic lift that enhances your
ability to heal. But don't confuse the high from grass with marijuana. Wheatgrass
is hope, not dope. Which Grass From Where? You can grow your own wheatgrass
indoors and juice it; buy it from a professional growers, a health food or
mail order store; or buy freshly squeezed juice from a juice bar or natural
food store. In 1931, Charles F. Schnabel discovered that grass achieves its
peak nutrition when grown to the jointing stage. This is the point when the
plant stops being a vegetable and starts reproducing. This point which for
the most part is achieved in 3-7 weeks depending on the growing conditions,
enables the prodigious root system of this plant to develop and pull minerals
up from the soil. Immediately after jointing, there is a dramatic decline
in nutrient content. Almost all bottled grass powders are grown this way.
Although the Wigmore style, 10-14 day old greenhouse-grown, fresh squeezed
grass juice is the grass of choice used at the healing centers for treating
illness, the bottled dehydrated juice powders reign as nutritionally superior.
They have more protein than meat, fish or eggs, more beta carotene than carrots,
more calcium than spinach and are rich sources of vitamins A, C, and K, chlorophyll,
RNA, DNA, antioxidants, nitrosamines and a full complement of amino acids
and trace minerals. How to Use Wheatgrass This is not orange juice. The intense
taste is more akin to juicing garlic than oranges. First time wheatgrass drinkers
will find that 1-2 ounces is a lot. Experienced users can drink up to 8 ounces
spread out over the day. But therapeutic doses for treating serious illness
can require 8-32 ounces per day. Rectal implants via enemas, rubber bulb syringes
and colonics are necessary for these amounts. Some people take it only this
way and never drink it at all. Powdered wheat, barley and Kamut grass juices
(Kamut is a popular variety of wheat) are solely promoted as nutritional supplements,
but they also have a therapeutic dosage that is many times more than the serving
size recommended on the bottle. Grass also has numerous first aid uses for
the skin on burns, cuts, bruises, acne, eczema, poison ivy, and accelerates
the healing of all types of wounds. Use it with bandages, poultices or compresses.
It has documented results in the treatment of gingivitis and is perfect for
mouth for gum problems in general. Filtered grass juice drops in the eyes
are soothing for eye strain and tension. Dr. Gary Hall, medical director of
the Eye Surgery Institute in Phoenix, Arizona recommends wheatgrass juice
for anyone who shows signs of retinal disturbances or has a history of macular
degeneration. "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work
of the stars." Walt Whitman Steve Meyerowitz(Sproutman) is the author
of several books on health, diet, and nutrition including *Wheatgrass Nature?s
Finest Medicine, *Power Juices Super Drinks, *Sproutman?s Kitchen Garden Cookbook,
*Sprouts the Miracle Food, *Juice Fasting and Detoxification, *Food Combining
and Digestion, and *Sproutman's Turn-the-Dial Sprout Chart
HOW EASY
IS IT TO GROW? With a little effort in tending your crop, you can grow trays of
wheatgrass very easily. It is one of those habits that's easy, once you know how,
and you've experimented a few times! Traditionally, wheatgrass, like any plant,
is best grown in soil. Growing instructions are included with the kits, which
provide the ingredients for a minimum of 4 trays. ARE WE REALLY SO UNHEALTHY?
In real terms we are living longer than any other time in human history. We eat
when ever we like and as much as we want. This is a great achievement for our
society. But in order to do this we have over looked the main reasons we eat food.
It is for it's nutrisnal values. If it tastes good then so much the better for
it. Our ancestors lived off the land, if fruit was ripe then they picked and eat
it. When it could be stored it was stored fresh and uncooked, so keeping a great
many vitamins and minerals. When they got the chance of meat they were glad of
it and often it was eaten uncooked. Or only cooked on the out side. When meat
was stored it was dried or smoked, this all retained a greater number of vitamins.
Our ancestors lived like this for thousands of years. From the day we walked upright
and long before that time our bodies have been chancing to suit the environment
around it. So over this time our bodies have adapted to digest the food we eat.
Yet today two of the most salutary trends in modern nutrition are the malnutrition
of affluent society and mass dehydration - both lead to poor health. We are increasingly
dependent on refined foods, pre cooked and prepared We are subject to massive
media exposure of the high sugar drinks and fast food outlets. Our reliance on
high energy sugar drinks and stimulants, such as tea and coffee, combine to dehydrate
our systems still further. The results can include a reduction in the efficiency
of our immune systems, a lowering of reserves through the poor nutrient content
of our diet and the way our food is now prepared by us and for us IT'S NOT ALL
DOOM AND GLOOM, HOWEVER An increase in the public's awareness of these issues
has led to an enormous increase in the consumption of organic foods and a suspicion
of GMO foods, I'm sorry to say that having been growing fresh fruit and vegetables
for a living all my life and my father and father before him. My viewer on organic
food and GMO foods may fly in the face of what may peoples opinions are. I do
how ever understand the ongoing call for adequate food labeling and increased
use of water purification. Alongside the quantum leaps in our understanding of
the importance of living foods and the factors that have led to the deterioration
in the quality of our food. But I have to ask the questions of why we do many
of these things. A big problem with the so called healthy food groups is the reason
they are going down these roots. As a farmer and grower I feel I'm as well qualified
as anyone to give my point of view on the health and wealth of this country we
live in. We don't have to go back far in the history of our country to see how
much it as changed. Despite all you may read and have been told we are far far
better off than our grandparents. But this in its self as made new problems. Not
just for us but for our country and in the end the world we live in. Has I said
earlier our problems started thousands of years ago. From the first day a of our
ancestor picked up a rock and used it as a tool. You could say that was the day
we changed the world for ever! Here's the reason why. Up to that time we had changed
to suit the environment around us. Not by our own choosing but by the environment
around us. Mr. Charles Darwin realised this with his theory of evolution. An easy
way come the welcome proliferation of the juice bar, the complementary health
clinic, and the local wholefood shop. An organic, freshly prepared juice in a
gym or juice bar may cost £3 or more, but an increasing number of people are looking
for ways to boost their intake of fresh organic nutrients and of pure water AT
HOME. What is it about wheatgrass, that leads it to feature on the menus of fashionable
juice bars, to help increasing numbers of people in their fight against cancer,
to boost the immune system, and to be an important element in most detox programs?
Steve Meyerowitz, known
as Sproutman in the US, describes wheatgrass as "a sunshine transfusion"
Dr Ann Wigmore healed her gangrenous
legs with it in the 1970's and later ran the Boston marathon; and our
own Living Foods expert, Elaine Bruce, who was a student of the late Ann Wigmore,
describes it as an essential ingredient of the Living Foods Program. SO
. . . WHY DRINK WHEATGRASS JUICE? Wheatgrass
earned its reputation from people with terminal illnesses, who took it at the
eleventh hour after conventional medicine left them with no hope. In the 1970s,
Dr Ann Wigmore opened the Hippocratic Health Institute, in Boston, nourishing
terminally ill patients back to health with fresh squeezed wheatgrass. Dr Charles
F Schnabel (1895 - 1974) chemist and agriculturist, knew from his work with his
farm animals and his research in the laboratory, that wheatgrass boosts nutrition,
builds good blood and strengthens immunity. More recently, there are many studies
demonstrating the efficacy and nutrition of grass foods, using both clinical evidence
and testimonials. In the US there are numerous healing centres, where wheatgrass
plays a key role in the diet. There are courses run in the UK by proponents of
wheatgrass and raw, living foods. Wheatgrass has long been used like a herbal
medicine - for its therapeutic and nutritional properties. Although wheat is the
most popular, barley, oats and rye are equally potent. So what's it good for?
Blood purification Liver detoxification
Colon cleansing As a food
Wheatgrass is very nourishing and restorative with a complete range of nutrients.
Therapeutically, the fresh juice can be drunk or applied rectally using a enema
implant. For disease prevention, you can make powdered drinks, take it in tablet
or capsule form, or drink the fresh juice as part of a long term health maintenance
program. For those with an intolerance to gluten, do not be put off . . . The
grain metamorphoses completely into a vegetable, with none of the allergic proteins
common to the glutinous grains.". . . our food is our medicine and our medicine
is our food" - Hypocrites, the father of medicine. It has long been established
that the best medicine is a whole, natural food. All known nutrients were found
in concentrated form in wheatgrass, including what are now known as phytochemicals.
Also antioxidants, enzymes, 20 amino acids, vitamins including: folic acid, calcium,
zinc, selenium, magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, potassium, and cellular RNA
and DNA. Similar natural superfoods containing a broad spectrum of concentrated
nutrients are bee pollen, spirulina, chloral and blue green algae. They all provide
the raw materials from which the body manufactures what it needs and balances
its own chemistry. Grasses, along with alfalfa and these algae, are the richest
sources of chlorophyll on the planet. Green plant cells are the only cells capable
of absorbing the energy of the sun. The famous research scientist E. Bircher called
chlorophyll "concentrated sunpower - it increases the functions of the heart,
improves the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus and the lungs. It raises
the basic nitrogen exchange and is therefore a tonic which, considering its stimulating
properties cannot be compared with any other". The amount of juice you drink is
totally up to you. Steve Meyerowitz says "Grass is non-toxic in any dose, but
you may react to the results of its detoxifying power. All grass is a powerful
purgative for the liver, and too much can release too many poisons too quickly".
EXPERIMENT! Start with small quantities. It can be mixed with other juices or
taken neat. Notice the effects of a daily 1oz shot! Remember - it's concentrated
sunpower! Rocket fuel! Greenpower! Living food! Whatever it becomes for you .
. . have fun! If you have time let us know how you get on. You can use this wheat
for , too! Recipe Method Soak wheatgrass seeds in water for 8 to 12 hours. Get
a jam jar or pickling jar, put drained and rinsed wheat in it, cover lid with
nylon net or part of an old stocking, secure with a rubber band. Twice a day,
rinse (cover with cool water, swirl around, dump out). In 2 to 3 days, a small
sprout will appear. Refrigerate at this point. Can eat raw, in salads, on sandwiches,
or alone, or cook about 5 minutes, use in bread, or cook and eat plain or with
rice. Has a slightly sweet, nutty flavour Sacks of Wheat Grains for sale, for
use in Heated wheat bags, Growing Wheatgrass, Cooking or just feeding the birds.
These sacks of wheat or barley grains are cleaned to remove any dust. The wheat
or barley is packed in 20 kg bags. The sacks are ready for delivery to your door.
Physio Wheat Bag Range has been designed to treat specialised complaints such
as Whiplash, knee injuries, back pain and joint disorders. The unique design of
these products enables them to deliver soothing warming heat to the exact point
where it is required, without impairing the users mobility. The Simply-Physio
range all have removable washable covers. Packaged with an appropriate printed
card band around the middle giving comprehensive usage instructions. The range
comprises of: The Belt Pack is a wheat bag incorporated into a belt, enabling
it to be tied around the back or any other part of the body. It is particularly
useful for treating back and shoulder problems. Allowing the heat to be positioned
exactly where it is required. It is supplied with a removable washable cover in
a soft comfortable navy blue cloth. Designed by an independent Physiotherapist.
After being heated or chilled the Joint Pack can be fastened in place around the
knee, elbow, wrist or ankle providing continuous relief. It is ideal for sports
injuries, for reducing bruising or swelling or relieving the pain of Arthritis
and Rheumatism. The Joint Pack is supplied with are removable washable outer cover
in Black Watch Tartan, which can be scented with aromatherapy oil. Designed by
an independent Physiotherapist. The Neck Collar provides excellent relief from
neck injuries such as whiplash. It is also ideal for relieving muscle stress and
tension around the neck end shoulders. The Neck Collar fastens securely around
the neck and can be adjusted for size it will provide an even level of heat. The
Multi Purpose Soother is a versatile, pliable wheat bag for a wide range of every
day complaints, such as sore joints, back pain, bruising etc. used anywhere on
the body hot or cold to give " drug-free" pain relief. The Mutli Purpose
is supplied with are removable washable outer cover in Black Watch Tartan, which
can be scented with aromatherapy oil. HOW EASY IS IT TO GROW?With a small initial
capital outlay, and a little on-going effort in tending your crop, you can grow
trays of wheatgrass very easily. It is one of those habits that's easy, once you
know how, and you've experimented a few times! There are 2 mediums in which to
grow wheatgrass - using soil or hydroponically (using water). Traditionally, wheatgrass,
like any plant, is best grown in soil. The nutrient levels are slightly reduced
by growing in water, but this method is convenient for those people who cannot
make compost, etc. in a garden, and those who just want to keep the growing really
simple. You can try both methods, and choose which suits your own circumstances
best. Growing instructions are included with the kits, which provide the ingredients
for a minimum of 4 trays. ARE WE REALLY SO UNHEALTHY?Two of the most salutary
trends in modern nutrition are the malnutrition of affluent society and mass dehydration
- both lead to poor health. We are increasingly dependent on refined foods, low
quality, mass produced meat, fruit and vegetables. We are subject to massive media
exposure of the high sugar drinks and fast food outlets. There is an increasing
need to add fertilisers to improve yields from impoverished soil, and to use of
growth hormones and antibiotics in the production of meat. Other factors - such
as the tight margins demanded by supermarket giants - all conspire to reduce the
nutritional value of our foods. The poor quality of our tap water does little
to encourage us to drink the recommended daily quota. Our reliance on high energy
sugar drinks and stimulants, such as tea and coffee, combine to dehydrate our
systems still further. The results can include a reduction in the efficiency of
our immune systems, a lowering of reserves through the poor nutrient content of
our diet and a propensity to infections . . .IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, HOWEVER
. . .An increase in the public's awareness of these issues has led to an enormous
increase in the consumption of organic foods, a suspicion of GMO foods, the on-going
call for adequate food labeling and increased use of water purification. Alongside
the quantum leaps in our understanding of the importance of living foods and the
factors that have led to the deterioration in the quality of our food, come the
welcome proliferation of the juice bar, the complementary health clinic, and the
local wholefood shop. An organic, freshly prepared juice in a gym or juice bar
may cost £3 or more, but an increasing number of people are looking for ways to
boost their intake of fresh organic nutrients and of pure water AT HOME. What
is it about wheatgrass, that leads it to feature on the menus of fashionable juice
bars, to help increasing numbers of people in their fight against cancer, to boost
the immune system, and to be an important element in most detox programs? Steve
Meyerowitz, known as Sproutman in the US, describes wheatgrass as "a sunshine
transfusion" Dr Ann Wigmore
healed her gangrenous legs with it in the 1970's and later ran the Boston marathon;
and our own Living Foods
expert, Elaine Bruce, who was a student of the late Ann Wigmore, describes it
as an essential ingredient of the Living Foods Programme. Click Here for a Printer
Friendly Fact Sheet on Wheatgrass & The Wheatgrass Starter Kit SO . . . WHY
DRINK WHEATGRASS JUICE?Wheatgrass earned its reputation from people with terminal
illnesses, who took it at the eleventh hour after conventional medicine left them
with no hope. In the 1970s, Dr Ann Wigmore opened the Hippocrates Health Institute,
in Boston, nourishing terminally ill patients back to health with fresh squeezed
wheatgrass. Dr Charles F Schnabel (1895 - 1974) chemist and agriculturalist, knew
from his work with his farm animals and his research in the laboratory, that wheatgrass
boosts nutrition, builds good blood and strengthens immunity. More recently, there
are many studies demonstrating the efficacy and nutrition of grass foods, using
both clinical evidence and testimonials. In the US there are numerous healing
centres, where wheatgrass plays a key role in the diet. There are courses run
in the UK by proponents of wheatgrass and raw, living foods. Wheatgrass has long
been used like a herbal medicine - for its therapeutic and nutritional properties.
Although wheat is the most popular, barley, oats and rye are equally potent.So
what's it good for?Blood purification, Liver detoxification, Colon cleansing.
As a food Wheatgrass is very nourishing and restorative with a complete range
of nutrients. Therapeutically, the fresh juice can be drunk or applied rectally
using a enema implant. For disease prevention, you can make powdered drinks, take
it in tablet or capsule form, or drink the fresh juice as part of a long term
health maintenance program. For those with an intolerance to gluten, do not be
put off . . . The grain metamorphoses completely into a vegetable, with none of
the allergic proteins common to the glutenous grains.". . . our food is our medicine
and our medicine is our food" - Hippocrates, the father of medicine. It has long
been established that the best medicine is a whole, natural food. All known nutrients
were found in concentrated form in wheatgrass, including what are now known as
phytochemicals. Also anti-oxidants, enzymes, 20 amino acids, vitamins including:
folic acid, calcium, zinc, selenium, magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, potassium,
and cellular RNA and DNA. Similar natural superfoods containing a broad spectrum
of concentrated nutrients are bee pollen, spirulina, chlorella and blue green
algae. They all provide the raw materials from which the body manufactures what
it needs and balances its own chemistry. Grasses, along with alfalfa and these
algae, are the richest sources of chlorophyll on the planet. Green plant cells
are the only cells capable of absorbing the energy of the sun. The famous research
scientist E. Bircher called chlorophyll "concentrated sunpower - it increases
the functions of the heart, improves the vascular system, the intestines, the
uterus and the lungs. It raises the basic nitrogen exchange and is therefore a
tonic which, considering its stimulating properties cannot be compared with any
other". The amount of juice you drink is totally up to you. Steve Meyerowitz says
"Grass is non-toxic in any dose, but you may react to the results of its detoxifying
power. All grass is a powerful purgative for the liver, and too much can release
too many poisons too quickly". EXPERIMENT! Start with small quantities.
It can be mixed with other juices or taken neat. Notice the effects of a daily
1oz shot! Remember - it's concentrated sunpower! Rocket fuel! Greenpower! Living
food! Whatever it becomes for you . . . have fun! If you have time let us know
how you get on.
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We sell compost by the
litre. This is because some batches are wetter than others. So to sell it by weight
would be unfair on you the customer has you would be paying for the water in the
compost not the compost.
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Organic
Wheatgrass Growing Compost.
60lts
bag
Price: £16.50
Our Organic Compost utilise the same peat types used
in our comparable conventional composts. The high quality of our composts is maintained
in the organic range and now with several years commercial usage are testimony
to their quality.
The fertilisers used in our compost are manufactured to
The Soil Association Certification Scheme. But we must state we have no affiliation
the Soil Association Certification and do not wish to be associated with them
in anyway.
Organic peat moss 0-5mm: 100%.
N: 435; P2O5: 292; K2O:
312g/m pH:6.0
Shipping Weight: 20.00 kg
Code: GOC
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Rigid Seed Tray
Size: 36cm x 23cm x 7cm
Injection molded reusable
tray
Strong and rigid with two-tier drainage
Colour: GREEN
Shipping
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RIGID
WHEATGRASS GROWING TRAY
Price: £1.50 each
code: MST These are the best trays on the market
we use them on the farm. Alright you will find cheaper trays on other sites, but
other trays are made to use once and then throw away. BUT our trays are made to
use again and again we have been re-using some of these trays on the farm for
4 years or more. They're a nice colour too so if your going to put your Wheatgrass
in the kitchen window they look better than them black trays. I've even washed
them in the dishwasher and they seem to stand up to it very well. (We can get
you the black trays for half the price, but they won't last half as long.)
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Facts Above Wheatgrass
Grass is the world's most ubiquitous form of vegetation.
There are over 9,000 species of grass. From the outback "down under"
to the one inch arctic tundra, wherever there is sun, water and soil, there is
grass. As a seed, all grasses start from grains like wheat, barley, oat, rye,
and rice. Four of the world's top five crops are grains/grasses. For centuries,
farmers have noticed how livestock improved when they fed on the young grasses
of early spring. Scientists started studying grasses in the 1930's in an effort
to discover its nutritional mysteries and include it in animal feed. They found
that animals could survive on grass alone but, in contrast, failed on other healthy
vegetables like spinach and carrots. The agricultural chemist Dr. Charles F. Schnabel
started a movement that made grasses available for both livestock and human consumption.
In the early 1940's, you could buy "tins" of Schnabel's dry grass powder
in pharmacies all across North America. Stories about the new health food with
"more" vitamins than the alphabet has letters ran in Newsweek, Business
Week, and Time magazines. Later in the 1970's, Dr. Ann Wigmore popularized the
use of indoor grown fresh squeezed grass juice for the therapeutic treatment of
cancer patients who had been pronounced "incurable" after conventional
medical treatment. Wigmore had saved her own gangrenous legs from amputation with
her grass treatments and eventually ran in the Boston marathon. Word about her
"Hippocrates Health Institute" and the "miracles" resulting
from her wheatgrass treatments spread. Today, wheatgrass juice is available as
dry powder and fresh squeezed juice in juice bars and health food stores everywhere.
Although wheatgrass has helped thousands recover from serious illness,
it is neither a drug nor a magic potion. It is, instead, the cornerstone of a
wholistic health restoration program that includes detoxification, nourishment
from raw living foods and a revamping of the lifestyle including the mental and
emotional conditions that created the "dis-ease." Unlike drug companies
which promote their products with large advertising budgets, grass is not patentable
and is unlikely to ever be approved for medical use. Instead it owes its popularity
to an underground movement that is made up of thousands of individuals, hundreds
of practitioners and a handful of healing resorts who all testify to its healing
properties.
Word has even spread to medical doctors who are discovering
alternative health treatments. Dr. Leonard Smith, a cancer surgeon in Gainesville,
Florida, allowed wheatgrass juice to be given to his patient Gary Garrett because
he desperately needed a blood transfusion, but could not because of his Jehovah
Witness religion. Smith said: "Gary's platelet count rose every day for 7
days from 61,000 to 141,000 and the only thing we did differently was administer
wheatgrass. That's phenomenal and it's fully documented on the hospital record."
Smith now juices wheatgrass himself. Dr. Allan L. Goldstein, Ph.D, of the George
Washington University Medical Center (USA) tested barley grass against three types
of prostate cancers. He reports: "Barley grass leaf extract dramatically
inhibits the growth of human prostatic cancer cells grown in tissue culture. ...It
may provide a new nutritional approach to the treatment of prostate cancer."
And Dr. Julian Whitaker, M.D., the famous editor of the popular Health and Healing
Newsletter, said: "Why take these young grasses? Because you'll be giving
yourself a health elixir unlike anything you've ever experienced! The effect these
highly nutritious green drinks are having on all my patients, especially my arthritis
patients, is nothing short of amazing."
Why Grass Works
As a source of nourishment, grass is a complete food containing over
80 nutritional elements including all known vitamins and proteins. People with
wheat allergies, by the way, have nothing to fear from this food. Although grass
is grown from grain, it has completely transformed into a vegetable with none
of the allergic proteins common to glutenous grains. Grass is non-toxic at any
dose, but you may have a reaction to it because it is a potent detoxifying agent.
Grass is a powerful liver purger and too much can release too many poisons, too
fast. It also cleanses and heals the large intestine, another collection point
of toxins in the body. But it is, perhaps most famous for its blood purification.
Grass is one of the planet's richest sources of high quality chlorophyll. Chlorophyll
is liquid sunshine made by green plants. Sunlight charges and excites electrons
in the chloroplast cells which then store that energy as ATP (adenosine triphosphate).
ATP converts carbon and water into carbohydrates and releases oxygen into the
atmosphere. Ultimately, all food on the planet, whether animal or vegetable, directly
or indirectly comes from chlorophyll. Scientists would love to duplicate photosynthesis,
because it would provide an endless source of food and energy. But even more amazing
is that this "blood of plants" is a chemical cousin to hemin. Hemin
is part of hemoglobin, the red iron rich oxygen carrying portion of human blood.
Wheatgrass juice literally gives you a sunshine transfusion. When you drink it,
this enzyme-rich and metabolically active fresh living food, transfers its high
vibration to your system, raises your "kundalini" or "chi"
and gives you a natural high. It is this energetic lift that enhances your ability
to heal. But don't confuse the high from grass with marijuana. Wheatgrass is hope,
not dope.
Which Grass From Where?
You can grow your
own wheatgrass indoors and juice it; buy it from a professional growers, a health
food or mail order store; or buy freshly squeezed juice from a juice bar or natural
food store.
In 1931, Charles F. Schnabel discovered that grass achieves
its peak nutrition when grown to the jointing stage. This is the point when the
plant stops being a vegetable and starts reproducing. This point which for the
most part is achieved in 3-7 weeks depending on the growing conditions, enables
the prodigious root system of this plant to develop and pull minerals up from
the soil. Immediately after jointing, there is a dramatic decline in nutrient
content. Almost all bottled grass powders are grown this way. Although the Wigmore
style, 10-14 day old greenhouse-grown, fresh squeezed grass juice is the grass
of choice used at the healing centers for treating illness, the bottled dehydrated
juice powders reign as nutritionally superior. They have more protein than meat,
fish or eggs, more beta carotene than carrots, more calcium than spinach and are
rich sources of vitamins A, C, and K, chlorophyll, RNA, DNA, antioxidants, nitrosamines
and a full complement of amino acids and trace minerals.
How to Use
Wheatgrass
This is not orange juice. The intense taste is more akin
to juicing garlic than oranges. First time wheatgrass drinkers will find that
1-2 ounces is a lot. Experienced users can drink up to 8 ounces spread out over
the day. But therapeutic doses for treating serious illness can require 8-32 ounces
per day. Rectal implants via enemas, rubber bulb syringes and colonics are necessary
for these amounts. Some people take it only this way and never drink it at all.
Powdered wheat, barley and Kamut grass juices (Kamut is a popular variety of wheat)
are solely promoted as nutritional supplements, but they also have a therapeutic
dosage that is many times more than the serving size recommended on the bottle.
Grass also has numerous first aid uses for the skin on burns, cuts, bruises, acne,
eczema, poison ivy, and accelerates the healing of all types of wounds. Use it
with bandages, poultices or compresses. It has documented results in the treatment
of gingivitis and is perfect for mouth for gum problems in general. Filtered grass
juice drops in the eyes are soothing for eye strain and tension. Dr. Gary Hall,
medical director of the Eye Surgery Institute in Phoenix, Arizona recommends wheatgrass
juice for anyone who shows signs of retinal disturbances or has a history of macular
degeneration.
"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work
of the stars." Walt Whitman
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Steve Meyerowitz(Sproutman)
is the author of several books on health, diet, and nutrition including
*Wheatgrass
Nature?s Finest Medicine,
*Power Juices Super Drinks,
*Sproutman?s Kitchen
Garden Cookbook,
*Sprouts the Miracle Food,
*Juice Fasting and Detoxification,
*Food Combining and Digestion, and
*Sproutman's Turn-the-Dial Sprout
Chart
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