How much greens ? (wheatgrass)

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Bill Schoolcraft Saturday, July 16, 2005 4:06 PM Re:

[Raw Food] Re: how much greens ? (wheatgrass)

 

I don't have the references onhand so I won't make any claims

but in a few nutrition books I have seen reference made to

wheatgrass juice having alot of " greens " worth of value per

serving. Meaning, how many heads of lettuce would equal what

you get from 2oz of wheatgrass juice.

 

Here is one of many links that discuss the value...

ttp://www.hippocratesgreenhouse.com/page6.html

 

The majority of intense study was done in Japan with (A) Barley

and (B) Wheatgrass, barley grass seems to be the favorite of the

two in Japan.

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The nutrient mix found in grasses is quite different than that found in

tender leafy greens. Yes, it is true that they share many nutrients in

common, but this does not make them similar at all. It takes an

extraordinary constitution, with multiple stomachs, to properly digest any

substantive quantity of grass. The animals so designed are called

" ruminants, " such as cows, goats, sheep, and they chew and rechew and so

forth.

 

The grasses tend to be VERY acidic and caustic. The juice is often

misperceived as " cleansing, " because the body has to work quite hard to

cleanse itself of the juice.

 

Please, I encourage everyone not to buy into this particular mythology.

There are far healthier,more sustainable ways to get what you need. And the

notion that " more is better " is quite self-defeating. We need the right

nutrients in the right packaging, not concentrated nutrients stripped of any

packaging.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan