Drinking wheatgrass juice is a fast and highly effective way to eliminate internal wastes and toxins from the body while adding valuable nutrients......on an empty stomach wheatgrass juice is assimilated in about 20 minutes and the vitality lasts throughout the day. 30 mls of freshly squeezed wheatgrass juice contains as much nutrient value as 1 kilo of fresh green veggies in vitamin mineral and amino acid content. (Approx. 20 amino acids and 30 enzymes), which are important for correct digestion and other body processes.
Unfortunately many fruits and veggies we buy today are nutrient deficient, obviously we all agree to get the most benefit from vitamins and minerals a persons intake should come in a form as close to nature as possible.

Health Benefits of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices

Juices are the perfect fast food for today's eat-on-the-run lifestyle. They contain all the goodness of the whole product in a condensed form. For example, a pound of carrots can be a significant source of calcium and protein, but those ten carrots may be more than your willing to eat at a single meal. Juicing concentrates that one pound into a single glass of easy to drink juice. These nutrients are quickly assimilated since the body does not have to separate out of the fiber. samson single gear juicer

Don't be afraid to experiment with different combinations of juices, just let your taste buds be your guide. Vegetable juices that taste "strong" such as spinach and beet, are high in compounds that should be consumed in small quantities. Dilute these with milder tasting juices such as carrot, celery, or apple juice.

Fiber is extremely important to the human body, and your diet should contain at least 30 grams of dietary fiber a day. This is easily accomplished by substituting whole grains for refined cereals and flour, legumes for red meat, fruits for sweet desserts, and adding salads on a daily basis. Fruit and vegetable juices should not be used as a substitute for whole produce, but as supplements to them.

Not only are fruit and vegetable juices your best convenience foods, they provide thousands of substances, some of which have well-known functions, and some whose roles in the human body are not yet understood or recognized. Current wisdom recognizes three roles that fruit and vegetables play in the human body:

Fruits and vegetables provide nutrients essential for growth and renewal
Fruits and some vegetables contain substantial amounts of carbohydrates which supply most of the energy we use to live and perform work.

Fruits and vegetables contain generous amounts of vitamins. Vitamins regulate metabolism and help in the conversion of the fats and carbohydrates into energy.

Fruits and vegetables contain minerals that are necessary for the nerve and muscle function and are the building material for some body tissue. samson single gear juicer

Fruits and vegetables have a protective effect
Fruits and vegetables can protect the body from such major diseases as cancer and heart disease. Some are high in substances called anti-oxidants, such as beta carotene, Vitamins C and E and selenium, which are nutrients that protect cell membranes from the damage of free radicals. Some are rich in other anti-cancer compounds, such as indoles. This is especially true of the cruciferous family to which the cabbage belongs.

Fruits and vegetables have  a medicinal effect
Fruits and vegetables can be your best non-prescription drugs. For example, blueberries are an effective anti-diarrheal agent, and ginger is as effective as well-promoted motion-sickness drug, and new studies show that it also relieves nausea and stomach discomfort caused by pregnancy.

Fresh juices are a perfect food supplement. They are far more potent than the isolated nutrients found in vitamin pills. Nutrients influence each other and, therefore, they should not be separated. Part of this influence is a synergistic effect among nutrients, which means that nutrients combined naturally in foods work together more effectively than when they are separated as a single supplement. Remember, juices provide not only the nutrients well-known functions, but also nutrients with roles that are not yet understood or recognized.

For centuries plants have been used for their medicinal effects. In a maxim often quoted, our father of medicine, Hippocrates, said that we should let food be our medicine. However, we do not advocate that juice should be a substitute for medical care, but rather a valuable way to complement it.

Wheat grass is live food

The Wonders of CARROT JUICE

By John B. Lust

Carrot juice, because of its many healthful benefits, is frequently called a the "miracle juice." A large number of people--throughout the United States and in all walks of life--suffering from various ailments have found that the inclusion of carrot juice in their diet has greatly improved their health. Countless others have found it to be a valuable "protective" agent in the building and maintenance of health in both children and adults, while its delicious flavor makes it popular with all members of the family as a beverage --plain or combined with other juices. samson single gear juicer

Gold mine of nutrients.

Carrot juice is one of the richest sources of vitamin A that can be used in the daily diet. It also ranks high as a source of the other vitamins, especially those of the B complex. Its mineral content is equally rich, and includes calcium, copper, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, chlorine, sulfur, and iron.

The vitamin A content of carrot juice helps to strengthen the eyes. In many cases where defective eyesight was noted--as during the war--the condition was overcome by fortifying the diet with fresh carrot juice.

One of the first evidences of vitamin A deficiency may be noted in the difficulty of adjusting the sight in a dim light, as in entering a dark room, or theatre, from a brightly lighted hall. A more serious symptom is the inability to regain focus of the road after the glare of passing automobile headlights. This sight defect is known as "night blindness," or "glare-blindness," and has been the cause of many serious accidents.

Vitamin A is essential in keeping healthy condition the mucous membranes which line all the cavities of the body. The mucous membrane may be described as consisting of two layers. The top layer, ~nown as epithelium is composed of billions of cells. Close under the epithelium lies the mucous membrane, a thin layer of involuntary muscle fibers., which are extremely pliable and elastic. The vitality of this lining depends upon an adequate supply of vitamin A. When a deficiency of vitamin A exists the cells harden and degenerate into a horny rough surface, obstructing the normal function of the secretion of the disinfectant mucous. Infections resulting from vitamin A deficiency may affect the bladder or kidneys, the alimentary tract, the mouth, tonsils, sinuses, the tongue, ear canal, eyes or tear ducts.

Vitamin A promotes growth of bones and teeth, the maintenance of healthy body tissues, and the maintenance of normal glandular functions. It aids in the resistance to infections.  Vitamin A is especially necessary in the diet of expectant mothers to build up and maintain the health of both mother and the developing child.   Fresh carrot juice should be included in the diet not only during pregnancy, but also during the period of nursing the baby.

In addition to those already mentioned, some of the symptoms which have been traced to vitamin A deficiency are: dry, scaly and rough skin, especially on the arms and legs; intestinal disorders and diarrhea; poor appetite; retarded growth; lack of vigor loss in weight and physical weakness; atrophy of the glands; poor development of teeth through defective  formation of enamel and dentine--and poor gum structure, and may also be a causative factor in cases of sterility; nerve degeneration and stones in the kidney and bladder. samson single gear juicer

It is pointed out by many authorities that where a vitamin A deficiency exists, it may be the result of either inadequate amount of this vitamin in the diet, or of faulty metabolism. The latter condition may be a symptom of some physical disorder which requires diagnosis and treatment by a physician.

Another cause of vitamin A deficiency is the practice of using mineral oil which carries off the vitamin A before it has been absorbed by the system. Mineral oil should not be used in salad dressing for this reason, and, under any condition, should be used only on the advice of a physician, usually as a temporary measure only.

When changes occur in the tis sues because of vitamin A deficiency, the natural protection against bacteria is removed and the tissues become diseased. An adequate intake of vitamin A--especially in carrot juice-will help overcome infection.

Vitamin A is soluble in fat but not in water. Consequently, surplus vitamin A is not lost in the body fluids, such as urine, perspiration, etc., but is stored for future use. Approximately 958 of all such surplus vitamin A is stored in the liver, with small amounts in the ~dneys, lungs and under the skin.

Your daily requirements samson single gear juicer

The Food and Nutrition Committee of the National Research Council has established a scale for the minimum daily requirement of vitamin A as follows: samson single gear juicer

Wheatgrass juice is a living enzyme food, which sets the body on an immediate detoxification path . To help cleanse the body.

Allergies and sensitivities Wheatgrass is different from wheat. One is a grain the other a green vegetable. The green vegetable grass contains no gluten. Most wheat allergies are due to the gluten in the grain. Therefore it is no more allergenic than spinach or lettuce. Whaetgrass actually contains antiallergic factors. Allergies are immune responses to toxic irritants. Detoxification is crucial to any allergy treatment problem.

Steve Meterowitz 1998

 

35 POINTS ABOUT WHEATGRASS

       WHEAT GRASS AGAINST DISEASE A GREAT HOPE FOR AILING HUMANITY

A virtual epidemic of chronic degenerative disease is afflicting the western world: from cancer to heart disease; from arthritis to schizophrenia; from diabetes to the common cold. These diseases and so many more, increasingly subjugate a people attuned more to affording sickness than enjoying the natural state of health which is our birthright. The statistics for cancer, for example, are starkly and devastatingly illustrative of the extent to which our well-being is threatened.samson single gear juicer
The information below was already valid for the 1980's in the U.S.A.
"Last year over 405,000 Americans died from cancer."
"Almost 56 million Americans now living will eventually have cancer."
"In 1980, about 708,000 people we diagnosed as having cancer."
"Cancer kills more children age three to four than any other disease."
"The overall incidence of cancer has increased between 5% and 10% since 1970."
(Excerpted from "Cancer Facts and Figures:1980," The American Cancer Society, Inc., 777 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017) A meaningless litany of mere statistics? The real costs of cancer, in terms of human fear, hopelessness and death which have left no family unscathed, suggest not. Astounding success in the reversal of chronic degenerative diseases has been experienced through the application of a vegetarian diet of living foods consisting of wheat grass juice, immature greens, sprouts, fruit, vegetables, and sprouted and/or fermented seeds, nuts and grains. The use of 70% chlorophyll extract of seven day old wheat grass is central to the rejuvenation process and the reversal of disease. The effects of this wheat grass juice on the diseased organism are two-fold: first it provides an optimal nutritional environment for the healing process; and second, it catalyses a detoxification process which increases the elimination of accumulated internal waste which causes disease by autointoxication.
Let us examine more closely each of these two processes. Scientific analysis has demonstrated that grass grown from wheat is a perfectly complete food in itself, capable of sustaining life in a healthy way. Dr. G.H Earp Thomas, a soil expert at the Bloomfield Laboratories in Massachusetts, isolated over 100 elements, including all the known minerals, from wheat grass. His calculations indicate that 15lbs of fresh wheat grass is equivalent in nutritional value to 350lbs of choicest vegetables. Studies have shown that wheat grass is an excellent source of vitamins A, B, C, E and K, as well as calcium, chlorine, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulphur, cobalt and zinc. Further, the chemical structure of the chlorophyll molecule in wheat grass reveals that it is remarkably adapted to utilisation of the human blood stream, by virtue of its similarity to the hemin molecule of haemoglobin. (Haemoglobin is one of the major components of our blood.) These two molecules are essentially identical with the exception of the central atom which is magnesium in the case of chlorophyll and iron in the case of hemin. Thus we can see that within the context of this optimal and easily assimilated and utilised nourishment, the human body has the fundamental components with which to eliminate disease and regenerate itself.
This healing process occurs as the therapeutic chlorophyll in wheat grass juice catalyses the elimination of the stored toxins which cause disease. These toxins are present in the ailing organism in the form of hardened mucous, crystallised acids, fatty deposits, calcifications and solidified, decaying fecal matter.
As these toxins are eliminated, the body is cleansed and brought back to its natural state of health.
Wheat grass juice has a very high enzyme content which helps to dissolve tumours. Imagine the astonished rejoicings of persons labelled "terminal" who watch visible tumours disintegrate and disappear before their very eyes.
The following data on the nutrients contained by the first joint wheat grass (7-10" tall) is taken from a report Dr. C.F. Schnabel made to the American Chemical Society. NUTRIENT MILLIGRAMS PER POUND (453.59G) Chlorophyll 5,000 mg Choline 4,000 mg Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 2,000 mg Vitamin A (carotene) 360 mg Vitamin E 120 mg Vitamin F 120 mg Vitamin K 120 mg Niacin (B group vit) 120 mg Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 24 mg Vitamin B1 (thiamine) 12 mg Pantothenic acid (B group vit) 8 mg Vitamin B6 4 mg It may seem that wheat grass contains relatively small amounts of the B vitamins, but in actuality the amounts compare favourably with latest research on vitamin B needs as compared to C and A. All in all, wheat grass juice is a potent food/medicine that has many uses.samson single gear juicer

                                          GROWING WHEATGRASS

1. Soak organic seeds in cold water for 12 hours (overnight)
2. Rest seeds for 12 hours drain in suitable container (large jar perhaps with open mesh lid) or
    in sprouting bag.
3. Give 5-minute drink before sowing.
4. Sow in organic soil, press seeds down firmly so they can make contact with mother earth
    (organic soil) and form a thick carpet.
5. Cover with 4-8 layers of soaking wet newspaper or wet cheesecloth.
6. To prevent seed coming in contact with newspaper use thin layer of wet paper towels.
7. In 4 days the wheat sprout will lift the top cover.
8. Remove the cover, wet thoroughly ( but allow to drain ) and relocate somewhere warm and
    sunny ( only morning sun )
9. 7-10 days the grass will be 12-15cm high and ready to be harvested.
10. Cut as close to the base as possible.
11. Juice, drink and enjoy feeling very alive.