is wheatgrass really that much better for you over other greens?

[dmb2002man]

hello,

I was at wholefoods yesterday after doing p90x and ended up getting a shot of wheatgrass and really enjoy the taste. I had already had a green smoothie for lunch so i only did 1 oz. I am just curious how healthy wheatgrass really is. I mean i eat kale, collard, spinach daily and was wondering if its any better than those.

Josh

[Raw Angel Mom]

I guess it depends of each person. Everything is important but in wheatgrass, it is rich beyond words. Dr. An Wingmore healed her colon cancer and reverseD her gray hairs to her normal color. She has no gray hair at age 70. Her staff doesn't have gray hair either. You need to start a little bit at the time to get your body use to it. It took me two years to be able to drink it with no nausea. I found out also that mold could be what has caused me nausea. I buy my wheatgrass from a good source. I haven't managed to grow it myself yet, but i want to learn.

Greens keep your gray hair out and fruits keep your skin beautiful and young.

I love doing green smoothie with those greens that you named but i am considering to juice them now.

Have fun with your journey!

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

hello,

I was at wholefoods yesterday after doing p90x and ended up getting a shot of wheatgrass and really enjoy the taste. I had already had a green smoothie for lunch so i only did 1 oz. I am just curious how healthy wheatgrass really is. I mean i eat kale, collard, spinach daily and was wondering if its any better than those.

Josh

Wheatgrass is far far far better than any of those foods and the finest land food on the planet, and there is the science to prove it. l'll go into more detail when l have the time.

Wheatgrass is a very powerful cleanser too, perhaps the best l know of.

[Living Food]

Fresh greens are good, green sprouts are much much better, microgreens are better still, and cereal grasses (wheat, barley, rye, and oat) are the best of them all. Grasses contain virtually every known mineral and vitamin and are loaded with other phytonutrients, including an extremely potent antioxidant known as superoxide dismutase. They also contain many nutrients and lifegiving compounds that we have yet to identify...but that doesn't mean that we don't need them, or that they aren't benefical to us. I think that everyone should be growing and juicing their own wheatgrass daily, if you are looking for maximum levels of health and vitality.

[dmb2002man]

Fresh greens are good, green sprouts are much much better, microgreens are better still, and cereal grasses (wheat, barley, rye, and oat) are the best of them all. Grasses contain virtually every known mineral and vitamin and are loaded with other phytonutrients, including an extremely potent antioxidant known as superoxide dismutase. They also contain many nutrients and lifegiving compounds that we have yet to identify...but that doesn't mean that we don't need them, or that they aren't benefical to us. I think that everyone should be growing and juicing their own wheatgrass daily, if you are looking for maximum levels of health and vitality.

yeah im going to try and grow wheatgrass in a pot and get me a wheat grass juicer from amazon. I do eat wheat, barley, rye and oat on a daily basis and also a green smoothie. I do make fresh carrot juice on a daily basis as well. I mean could i replace my green smoothie with just a shot of wheat grass or continue to do both. I drink 40oz of green juice daily made in my vitamix. I just dont want to overdue it but want the health of all this stuff.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

I mean could i replace my green smoothie with just a shot of wheat grass or continue to do both.

Yes, and then some. Try getting up to 2 oz of grass juice before breakfast, + it wouldn't hurt to have another one before dinner.

Myself and various people are of the belief that blenders kills much of the good stuff in greens, so l think a quick 1 minute session with a manual wheatgrass juicer is definitely the way to go. Juice it quick and get it into your mouth quick and swish around. The longer you do it, the more effective the wheatgrass becomes.

Check out the basic links from the HHI's principle greensman Michael Bergonzi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnrDThR258U&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEcKXBjLanU&feature=channel

apart from the enzymes, one of the most important aspects of wheatgrass juice is the extremely high levels of pre-digested protein. The higher the amino acid levels in the food, the more of the suns energy that it contains. More about this another day if l have the time to come back to this topic. 30 ml of grass juice = 1 gram of protein. lf you are raw and eating lots of sprouts you will find that about 9 grams of protein will be enough to build good muscle. All of the best greens have the highest levels of amino acids, ie, sprouts and grasses...vegies greens have alot less, and if not picked fresh can cause a host of other problems like malnutrition.

lf you bothered to go through some of the posts l made last year, you would find everything you need to know about sprouts and grasses. There is a wealth of information there and a discussion of the science which backs it all up.


Late edit:
here is an interesting link which talks about sprouts and grasses
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?66435-Frugivore-s-we-are-not/page3

But there is lots of other stuff too if you look.

[blessteve]

You guys talked me into sprouts and now you almost have me talked into growing wheat grass.

I would have to do it all myself cause I live in a small mountain town.

Guess its a good thing to be talked into healthy habits. lol

[MysticTree]

You guys talked me into sprouts and now you almost have me talked into growing wheat grass.

I would have to do it all myself cause I live in a small mountain town.

Guess its a good thing to be talked into healthy habits. lol

It's very easy to do which is a bonus :o)

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

You guys talked me into sprouts and now you almost have me talked into growing wheat grass.

I would have to do it all myself cause I live in a small mountain town.

Guess its a good thing to be talked into healthy habits. lol

l could write hundreds of pages on why we should all be consuming wheatgrass, but l am extremely busy, so l will cut it short and just post this brilliant link. Listen to the link several times and take notes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PATGkxLlI&feature=relmfu

Wheatgrass and other sprouted grains is the highest known source of the newly discovered super powerful `phytonutrients', and out of the 115 elements discovered in the Universe, wheatgrass has 96 of them.

The phytonutrients in wheatgrass have been shown by scientists at the Uni of Oregon that it destroys every form of cancer known to man, destroys every virus studied, and destroys every form of bacteria researched.

Brian also mentions that peas green and sunflower green sprouts are brilliant and eat the cell walls off cancer cells, but clinical testing over decades on hundreds of thousands of people has shown wheatgrass to be the best land food of them all.

Note the example where Brian talks about a lettuce being picked and losing 50% of it's nutritional value 30 minutes later. That's why shop bought fruit and vegies is not the answer. The real rosey future is sprouts and grasses.

[MysticTree]

l could write hundreds of pages on why we should all be consuming wheatgrass, but l am extremely busy, so l will cut it short and just post this brilliant link. Listen to the link several times and take notes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PATGkxLlI&feature=relmfu

Wheatgrass and other sprouted grains is the highest known source of the newly discovered super powerful `phytonutrients', and out of the 115 elements discovered in the Universe, wheatgrass has 96 of them.

The phytonutrients in wheatgrass have been shown by scientists at the Uni of Oregon that it destroys every form of cancer known to man, destroys every virus studied, and destroys every form of bacteria researched.

Brian also mentions that peas green and sunflower green sprouts are brilliant and eat the cell walls off cancer cells, but clinical testing over decades on hundreds of thousands of people has shown wheatgrass to be the best land food of them all.

Note the example where Brian talks about a lettuce being picked and losing 50% of it's nutritional value 30 minutes later. That's why shop bought fruit and vegies is not the answer. The real rosey future is sprouts and grasses.

Just because something is an element doesn't make it good.
Arsenic and Mercury are elements for example.

Homegrown is the answer and it's not limited to sprouts.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

Just because something is an element doesn't make it good.
Arsenic and Mercury are elements for example.

Homegrown is the answer and it's not limited to sprouts.

ln micro-trace amounts, these things play a positive role in the body. Give me time to find my charts. Even Gold plays a role.

l believe that some of these so called nasty elements in tiny amounts are supposed to kill off bad cells while not effecting the good cells, but naturally the amounts must be small. Let me dig in my old raw files and try and find some stuff about this.

[MysticTree]

arsenic and mercury are both cumulative. The levels build and build and then you don't have micro-trace amounts anymore.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

yeah yeah. l could be thinking of cyanide or something, but l will check my files later on.

[MysticTree]

yeah yeah. l could be thinking of cyanide or something, but l will check my files later on.

Possibly but cyanide isn't an element of course.

[dmb2002man]

thanks everyone for the great comments posted in this thread. This is all great info to know. Going to look at growing in pots under a grow light.

[Living Food]

arsenic and mercury are both cumulative. The levels build and build and then you don't have micro-trace amounts anymore.

Mercury is unique in that it is far more harmful in its organic form then its inorganic form; otherwise, all elements (even heavy metals) are important to your health in minute amounts in organic form. They only build up to dangerous levels and harm your health when you consume them in inorganic form.

[MysticTree]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning#Organic_mercury_compounds

[Living Food]

You notice that I said
Mercury is unique in that it is far more harmful in its organic form then its inorganic form

[MysticTree]

You notice that I said

I posted the link so others could access a bit of mercury info quickly. Just because I posted something doesn't mean it was intended in disagreement with you.

[blessteve]

Are we still talking about wheat grass ? Or mercury tooth fillings?

[Living Food]

Are we still talking about wheat grass ? Or mercury tooth fillings?

No, we went of on a little side conversation there :D

[MysticTree]

Are we still talking about wheat grass ? Or mercury tooth fillings?

Tooth fillings haven't been mentioned except by you.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

Mercury is unique in that it is far more harmful in its organic form then its inorganic form; otherwise, all elements (even heavy metals) are important to your health in minute amounts in organic form. They only build up to dangerous levels and harm your health when you consume them in inorganic form.

Thanks for that. That was my thinking too. Raw fooders who eat lots of alfalfa sprouts and other things with toxic elements never seem to get sick, so that makes sense. l knew it couldn't be as clear cut as Ms Tree said, there had to be more to the story./

[MysticTree]

Thanks for that. That was my thinking too. Raw fooders who eat lots of alfalfa sprouts and other things with toxic elements never seem to get sick, so that makes sense. l knew it couldn't be as clear cut as Ms Tree said, there had to be more to the story./

All I was trying to point out is that just because something is an element doesn't make it good. I used two elements as an example. If your body hangs onto an element then eventually that will become a problem. Not everything is cumulative but those things that are are can be a problem.

You were the one with the simplistic view - about elements.

[delmar]

Does anyone here know how wheat grass compares to other grasses such as oat grass, rye grass or even Kentucky blue grass?