Here is a picture of wheatgrass I recently purchased. A huge flat for $8 at my local health food store. Isn’t it lovely?
Wheatgrass has some amazing healing properties and the juice of wheatgrass is nutritionally exceptional. I get a bit of wheatgrass in my shake every morning (it’s in the JuicePlus Complete powder), but I’ve been needing an extra strength dosage (I got severely dehydrated after my half-marathon, and my kidneys are still recouping…I think I may have had a small kidney stone, but that’s a different story for another post).
Here are some of the benefits of this amazing food:
- One of the best sources of living chlorophyll available
- Anti-bacterial
- Assists in rebuilding red blood cells
- Can assist in restoring fertility due to high magnesium content
- Readily absorbs minerals from the soil
- 30 year track record of helping people to recover from illness – foundation of many cancer-recovery centers
- Incredible detoxifying agent – 15 pounds of wheatgrass is equivalent of 350 pounds of carrot, lettuce, celery, and other produce
- Neutralizes toxins
- Helps purify the liver
- Improves blood sugar regulation
- In a 1940 issue of The American Journal of Surgery, Dr. Benjamin Gruskin, M.D. recommended chlorophyll to clear up foul-smelling odors, neutralize staph infections, heal wounds, hasten skin grafting, cure chronic sinusitis, reduce varicose veins, treat cervical inflammation, reduce typhoid fever, among other things
- Improves complexion
- Improves strength, endurance, health
- Improves digestion
- Reduces high blood pressure (Source: Health Briefs Online, Volume 1, p. 147).
It’s a pain to grow though. It gets moldy very easily and I’ve never been successful at keeping it alive and mold-free.
However, one of my Pilates students suggested that I try putting it by a fan in order to keep it mold-free. He said he was able to grow wheatgrass for 3 years straight without any problem by doing this. Side note, said student used wheatgrass and a raw foods diet after unsuccessful attempts to deal with cancer through radiation. The dietary changes worked wonders and he is now cancer-free.
I’m going to try using the fan and see if this does the trick. Perhaps this is the answer to growing wheatgrass succesfully. I’ll let you know. 
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