Re: Wheatgrass and Barleygrass...

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> I have recently heard some great things about wheatgrass and

> barleygrass. Is anyone taking these on a daily basis?

> Is one better than the other?

I consume wheatgrass daily - provided I've had the opportunity to

sprout it in the past week.

Wheatgrass seems a delicious way to get young green plants into your

body. There's some up-front cost in buying a grass juicer, though.

Check it out in a nearby juice bar to see if you like it before

getting an electrical juicer.

> Is wheatgrass or barleygrass the same in powder and pill form

> versus the raw juice form?

Not according to most people. Wheatgrass juicers all seem to be

raw fooders - and will probably tell-you that fresh juice is rich

in important enzymes - while pills are dead. I'm sure powders and

pills are good for you - but the juice is practically bound to be

better.

> I would really like to implement one of these into my daily diet,

> so I'm trying to get as much info as possible.

Wheat is *extremely* cheap and easy to sprout. The juice is one

of the most amazing-tasting of the vegetable juices - IMO.

I also sprout spelt, rye, sunflower, buckwheat, flax - and

a variety of peas, beans and lentils.

Spelt is another good one to sprout. Even sweeter than wheatgrass.

I can't get it to germinate so well, though - only about a quarter

of my seeds come up.

I keep meaning to put up a wheatgrass page - though there are enuogh

other ones out there. In the meantime here's the page about my

juicer - and a few other links:

http://timtyler.org/juicer/

http://wheatgrass.pages123.co.uk/links.htm

http://www.wheatgrassforlife.com/

http://www.growwheatgrass.com/

http://www..com/grow/bits/bits.html

http://www.sproutman.com/

http://www.eatsprouts.com/

[Guest guest]

> wheat grass has been touted as a miracle cancer cure and amazing

> overall rejuvenator. have you found it to proivide a significant

> increase in your overall health, or suprprisingly alleivate

> chronic conditons, albeit of a minor scope?

My understanding is that - for cancer - some of the best vegetables

are Brassica - brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, cabbage - and the

like.

Wheatgrass seems good at providing a range of vitamine and minerals,

superoxide dismutase - and a range of anti-oxidants - it seems

likely to help.

I'm not sure I'd describe it as a " rejuvenator " - but it seems to be

good, nutritious, delicious food.

http://www.alternative-healthzine.com/html/0500_2.html is a

brief article about the nutritional components of wheatgrass.

I can't claim to have noticed any significant improvements in my

health as a result of consuming wheatgrass. However, I didn't have

anything much wrong with me to start with. Unfortunately for any

attempt at analysis, a rapid increase in consuming wheatgrass

coincided in me with increased consumption of a wide range of other

fruit and vegetable juices (because I bought a decent juicer).

About the only thing I can say with much certainty about

wheatgrass's effect on me is that it provides an immediate " lift " .

Wheatgrass is probably the juicer's equivalent of coffee. For quite

some time after taking it, everything has more zing. I don't

usually get on at all with stimulants - but I like wheatgrass's

stimulant effect.