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If someone had suggested a year ago that one day I would be singing the praises of the benefits of juicing wheatgrass I would have told them that they were out of their mind. The mere thought of consuming grass in any way, shape, or form was unthinkable. I have my wife to thank for persistently encouraging me to give wheatgrass a try. She read everything she could get her hands on that had to do with wheatgrass and then she would share her findings with me. In fact, the potential benefits she told me about seemed…too good to be true. I have long believed that if something is touted as “too good to be true” then…it probably is. I’ll never forget the day she came walking into my office carrying a champagne glass filled with a dark green liquid. “Try it. You’ll like it,” she said assuredly. Hesitantly, I tasted the grassy smelling drink. “It’s not bad, is it?” she said. “Are you kidding? It tastes horrible!” I said while trying to get her to take the glass back. “Do you want to get well, or not?” she responded firmly. Rather than prolong the debate, that I knew I was destined to lose, I chugged the remaining liquid. There’s an old song called “The Green, Green Grass of Home,” which is an appropriate theme for the days that followed. Every day for the next couple of weeks she treated me to a champagne glass filled with wheatgrass juice. Admittedly, I was not in love with the taste of wheatgrass juice. In fact, I still don’t care for it. But, I am absolutely blown away with the benefits. Mind you, these are not just benefits that I have simply heard about. These are actual benefits that I have experienced. Wheatgrass really does live up to it’s billing. Wheatgrass juice contains vitamins B, C, E, and carotene (Vitamin A). We need Vitamin A as a preventative against weak or brittle bones, dry skin, and night blindness. Vitamin E aids growth, reproduction, and eyesight. (My wife no longer wears glasses and my eyesight has improved as well.) Vitamin B is an anti-stress vitamin that additionally benefits the digestive system, the adrenal glands, and promotes normal brain and body formation. Vitamin C benefits healthy skin, muscles, joints, gums, and teeth while Vitamin E works as an anti- oxidant preventing muscle degeneration, sterility, slow healing of wounds and infections and it’s also beneficial to the heart. Wheatgrass is a potent source for vital minerals, amino acids, enzymes, chlorophyll, and so much more. One of its greatest attributes is its alkalizing effect on the body. Alkaline elements remove acidic waste from the body and restore the alkaline-acid pH balance necessary for ultimate health and energy. When talking about the benefits of wheatgrass juice it may actually be easier to talk about what it doesn’t do. What I have witnessed in the improvement in my health and that of my wife is truly amazing and we attribute that change to juicing wheatgrass. We are off all pharmaceuticals, feel better than we have in years, and are significantly more active than we have been in a long time. There is also an additional benefit that is particularly rewarding. Wheatgrass is cheap. When you get into juicing you soon learn that purchasing large quantities of organic fruits and vegetables substantially increases your grocery bill. But wheatgrass is not a part of that added burden…especially when you grow it yourself. The benefits of juicing wheatgrass are considerable and there is no way I could cover them all in a short article. I do believe that if you give it a try you too will experience significant improvement in your health. Richard Weirich is a juicing expert. For more great tips and information on the benefits of juicing, visit http://www.juicingpro.com .
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