Wheatgrass Juice contains vitamins B, C, E, and carotene (Vitamin A). We need Vitamin A to prevent weak or brittle bones, night blindness, and dry skin. Vitamin A is needed for good eyesight, normal growth and reproduction. Vitamin B is the anti-stress vitamin. The more stress we are under the more of this vitamin is needed. Vitamin B helps the digestive system, the adrenal glands and is essential for normal brain and body formation. Vitamin C is important for the health of the skin, teeth, gums, eyes, muscles and joints. Vitamin E is an anti-oxidant, prevents muscle degeneration, sterility, slow healing of wounds and infections and helps the heart. The Vitamin E in Wheatgrass Juice is 10 times more easily assimilated by the body than synthetic Vitamin E.Minerals. Mineral salts are basic to all organic life. The electrical currents of life transfer through Organic minerals (minerals from plants). Organic minerals regulate the elimination and blood-building functions of the body. If you take inorganic minerals (those available in pill form) , you need 10-20 times more , risking an overload, upsetting your internal balance.These minerals are not found in any one single source. That is why we go to great extremes and cost to add minerals to our Genesis Wheatgrass Soil. We have selected minerals from Volcanoes from New Mexico, ancient sea beds from Southeast Texas and Florida, kelp from the North Seas and earthworm castings. We would never grow Wheatgrass in only compost. " If its' not in the soil, it's not in the grass."When someone tells me they grow Wheatgrass in organic compost, my first thought is who's compost mine or yours, or John's or Sam's? All these composts would have a different mineral content. Some minerals could have been leached out during the composting process. Some add peat moss which have virtually no nutrients. The U.S. Senate Document # 264 in 1936 showed that 12 growing seasons would deplete most nutrients from the soil. It concerns me when I hear of someone growing Wheatgrass in only composted Wheatgrass mats. Each cycle of growing Wheatgrass, cutting the Wheatgrass, composting the Wheatgrass mats, with no minerals being added back, the Wheatgrass becomes less and less nutritional, indicated by a Bitter tasting Wheatgrass, thin blades, and a pale green color. Wheatgrass grown in a highly mineralized soil 1. is a good source of calcium. Calcium cannot be used properly if other trace minerals are not present. Plants such as Wheatgrass Juice and other live foods, have the trace minerals present to make the calcium absorbed by the body. Even though spinach, beet greens, and chard have more calcium than Wheatgrass, the presence of oxalic acid binds the calcium making it unusable by the body. 2. is a good source of iron. Iron is needed for red blood formation. Inorganic iron can cause constipation, The iron in Wheatgrass Juice has no side effects. Wheatgrass has an abundance of magnesium, potassium and calcium. These minerals maintain the pH of the blood. Alkaline minerals must neutralize the acids from metabolism in order to maintain healthy bones and teeth and build our immunity against colds and other illnesses. Normal blood contains five grams of sodium per pint. Sodium aids digestion, elimination and regulates the fluids in our cells. Americans eat too much sodium in shape of table salt. Wheatgrass Juice has a safe amount of sodium for even people on a low salt diet. 3. contains all known mineral elements including selenium and zinc.If your Wheatgrass is bitter, not sweet, its not grown in "Genesis" Wheatgrass Soil.Amino Acids A deficiency of just one amino acid can result in allergies, low energy, sluggish digestion, poor resistance to infection, and premature aging. Wheatgrass Juice contains 17 amino acids, lysine, isoleucine, tryptophane, phenylalanine, threonine valine, methionine, alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, proline, serine, and tyrosine.MSM MSM is a sulfur bearing molecule found in all living organisms destroyed in processed food. It helps our body use vitamins, help to reduce allergies, helps detoxify the body and increase oxygen, and helps take out inflammation. Our habit of processing everything we eat not only destroys some of the vitamins but totally destroys 100% of the enzymes. Enzymes are also destroyed by drying. Enzymes found in Wheatgrass Juice help detoxify the pollutants inside us and help with digestion. The most important enzymes isolated from Wheatgrass Juice are: 1. cytochrome oxidase, an antioxidant required for proper cell respiration 2. lipase, a fat splitting enzyme 3. protease, a protein digestant 4. amylase, which facilitates starch digestion 5.catalase, which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen in the blood and tissues. 6. transhydrogenase, an enzyme which aids in keeping the muscle tissue of the heart tone 7. superoxide dismutase (SOD) Clinical trials show that SOD can help protect us from cell damage due to superoxides, infections, aging, radiation, and poisoning from bad air, bad food, and drugs. Wheatgrass is a superior source of SOD.Chlorophyll and Oxygen Wheatgrass is 70% chlorophyll (the green part of the plant). Dr. G.H. Earp Thomas, scientific researcher, considers Wheatgrass chlorophyll "the richest nutritional liquid known to man." Chapter 3 of The Wheatgrass Book by Ann Wigmore ,includes evidence of the blood cleansing and building abilities of chlorophyll, its effect on the circulatory system and oxygen supply, and its role in detoxifying and regenerating the liver.HOW EASY IS IT TO GROW? With a small initial capital outlay, and a little on-going effort in tending your crop, you can grow trays of wheatgrass very easily. It is one of those habits that's easy, once you know how, and you've experimented a few times! There are 2 mediums in which to grow wheatgrass - using soil or hydroponically (using water). Traditionally, wheatgrass, like any plant, is best grown in soil. The nutrient levels are slightly reduced by growing in water, but this method is convenient for those people who cannot make compost, etc. in a garden, and those who just want to keep the growing really simple. You can try both methods, and choose which suits your own circumstances best. Growing instructions are included with the kits, which provide the ingredients for a minimum of 4 trays. ARE WE REALLY SO UNHEALTHY?Two of the most salutary trends in modern nutrition are the malnutrition of affluent society and mass dehydration - both lead to poor health. We are increasingly dependent on refined foods, low quality, mass produced meat, fruit and vegetables. We are subject to massive media exposure of the high sugar drinks and fast food outlets. There is an increasing need to add fertilisers to improve yields from impoverished soil, and to use of growth hormones and antibiotics in the production of meat. Other factors - such as the tight margins demanded by supermarket giants - all conspire to reduce the nutritional value of our foods. The poor quality of our tap water does little to encourage us to drink the recommended daily quota. Our reliance on high energy sugar drinks and stimulants, such as tea and coffee, combine to dehydrate our systems still further. The results can include a reduction in the efficiency of our immune systems, a lowering of reserves through the poor nutrient content of our diet and a propensity to infections . . .IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, HOWEVER . . .An increase in the public's awareness of these issues has led to an enormous increase in the consumption of organic foods, a suspicion of GMO foods, the on-going call for adequate food labelling and increased use of water purification. Alongside the quantum leaps in our understanding of the importance of living foods and the factors that have led to the deterioration in the quality of our food, come the welcome proliferation of the juice bar, the complementary health clinic, and the local wholefood shop. An organic, freshly prepared juice in a gym or juice bar may cost £3 or more, but an increasing number of people are looking for ways to boost their intake of fresh organic nutrients and of pure water AT HOME. What is it about wheatgrass, that leads it to feature on the menus of fashionable juice bars, to help increasing numbers of people in their fight against cancer, to boost the immune system, and to be an important element in most detox programmes?
Steve Meyerowitz, known as Sproutman in the US, describes wheatgrass as "a sunshine transfusion" Dr Ann Wigmore healed her gangrenous legs with it in the 1970's and later ran the Boston marathon; and our own Living Foods expert, Elaine Bruce, who was a student of the late Ann Wigmore, describes it as an essential ingredient of the Living Foods Programme.Click Here for a Printer Friendly Fact Sheet on Wheatgrass & The Wheatgrass Starter Kit SO . . . WHY DRINK WHEATGRASS JUICE?Wheatgrass earned its reputation from people with terminal illnesses, who took it at the eleventh hour after conventional medicine left them with no hope. In the 1970s, Dr Ann Wigmore opened the Hippocrates Health Institute, in Boston, nourishing terminally ill patients back to health with fresh squeezed wheatgrass. Dr Charles F Schnabel (1895 - 1974) chemist and agriculturalist, knew from his work with his farm animals and his research in the laboratory, that wheatgrass boosts nutrition, builds good blood and strengthens immunity. More recently, there are many studies demonstrating the efficacy and nutrition of grass foods, using both clinical evidence and testimonials. In the US there are numerous healing centres, where wheatgrass plays a key role in the diet. There are courses run in the UK by proponents of wheatgrass and raw, living foods. Wheatgrass has long been used like a herbal medicine - for its therapeutic and nutritional properties. Although wheat is the most popular, barley, oats and rye are equally potent.So what's it good for?Blood purification, Liver detoxification, Colon cleansing. As a food Wheatgrass is very nourishing and restorative with a complete range of nutrients. Therapeutically, the fresh juice can be drunk or applied rectally using a enema implant. For disease prevention, you can make powdered drinks, take it in tablet or capsule form, or drink the fresh juice as part of a long term health maintenance programme. For those with an intolerance to gluten, do not be put off . . . The grain metamorphoses completely into a vegetable, with none of the allergic proteins common to the glutenous grains.". . . our food is our medicine and our medicine is our food" - Hippocrates, the father of medicine.It has long been established that the best medicine is a whole, natural food. All known nutrients were found in concentrated form in wheatgrass, including what are now known as phytochemicals. Also anti-oxidants, enzymes, 20 amino acids, vitamins including: folic acid, calcium, zinc, selenium, magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, potassium, and cellular RNA and DNA. Similar natural superfoods containing a broad spectrum of concentrated nutrients are bee pollen, spirulina, chlorella and blue green algae. They all provide the raw materials from which the body manufactures what it needs and balances its own chemistry. Grasses, along with alfalfa and these algae, are the richest sources of chlorophyll on the planet. Green plant cells are the only cells capable of absorbing the energy of the sun. The famous research scientist E. Bircher called chlorophyll "concentrated sunpower - it increases the functions of the heart, improves the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus and the lungs. It raises the basic nitrogen exchange and is therefore a tonic which, considering its stimulating properties cannot be compared with any other". The amount of juice you drink is totally up to you.Steve Meyerowitz says "Grass is non-toxic in any dose, but you may react to the results of its detoxifying power. All grass is a powerful purgative for the liver, and too much can release too many poisons too quickly". EXPERIMENT! Start with small quantities. It can be mixed with other juices or taken neat. Notice the effects of a daily 1oz shot! Remember - it's concentrated sunpower! Rocket fuel! Greenpower! Living food! Whatever it becomes for you . . . have fun! If you have time let us know how you get on.
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Wheatgrass
Seeds
Our Wheatgrass seeds were grown last year on
the fertile farm land of West Lancashire. It is then
pre-cleaned and if needed dried to a moisture content
of 14%. Then it is stored in large bins. When the wheat
is wanted it is put though a cleaner were the dust is
removed and the wheat is sifted. The whole wheat grains
are then packed in bags ready to be shipped.
2kg = £11.00 FREE Delivery.
10kg = £14.50 FREE Delivery.
20kg = £18.50 FREE Delivery.
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Barley
Grass Seeds
Our Barleygrass seed is grown on the farm
in West Lancashire. It is harvested when it as ripened
in the hot summer sun!. It is then pre-cleaned and if
needed dried to a moisture content of 14%. This Barley
is also a winter variety. When the barley is wanted
it is put though a cleaner were the dust is removed
and the barley is then sifted. The whole barley grains
are then packed in bags ready to be shipped.
2kg = £11.00 FREE Delivery.
10kg = £14.50 FREE Delivery.
20kg = £18.50 FREE Delivery.
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Oat
Grass Seeds
These Oatgrass seeds are grown on the fertile
farm land of West Lancashire. They are then pre-cleaned
and if needed dried to a moisture content of 14%. Then
they are stored in large bins. The whole oat grains
are packed in bags ready to be shipped.
2kg = £11.00 FREE Delivery.
10kg = £14.50 FREE Delivery.
20kg = £18.50 FREE Delivery.
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Rye
Seeds
Our Rye seeds for juicing are pre-cleaned and
if needed dried to a moisture content of 14%. Then it
is stored in large bins. When the wheat is wanted it
is put though a cleaner were the dust is removed and
the wheat is sifted. The whole wheat grains are then
packed in bags ready to be shipped.
2kg = £12.00 FREE Delivery.
10kg = £15.50 FREE Delivery.
20kg = £20.50 FREE Delivery.
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HOW EASY IS IT TO GROW?
With a little effort in tending your crop, you can grow trays of wheatgrass
very easily. It is one of those habits that's easy, once you know how, and
you've experimented a few times! Traditionally, wheatgrass, like any plant,
is best grown in soil. Growing instructions are included with the kits, which
provide the ingredients for a minimum of 4 trays.
ARE WE REALLY SO UNHEALTHY?
In real terms we are living longer than any other time in human history. We
eat when ever we like and as much as we want. This is a great achievement
for our society. But in order to do this we have over looked the main reasons
we eat food. It is for it's nutrisnal values. If it tastes good then so much
the better for it.
Our ancestors lived off the land, if
fruit was ripe then they picked and eat it. When it could be stored it was
stored fresh and uncooked, so keeping a great many vitamins and minerals.
When they got the chance of meat they were glad of it and often it was eaten
uncooked. Or only cooked on the out side. When meat was stored it was dried
or smoked, this all retained a greater number of vitamins. Our ancestors lived
like this for thousands of years. From the day we walked upright and long
before that time our bodies have been chancing to suit the environment around
it. So over this time our bodies have adapted to digest the food we eat.
Yet today two of the most salutary trends
in modern nutrition are the malnutrition of affluent society and mass dehydration
- both lead to poor health. We are increasingly dependent on refined foods,
pre cooked and preperpered. We are subject to massive media exposure of the
high sugar drinks and fast food outlets. Our reliance on high energy sugar
drinks and stimulants, such as tea and coffee, combine to dehydrate our systems
still further. The results can include a reduction in the efficiency of our
immune systems, a lowering of reserves through the poor nutrient content of
our diet and the way our food is now prepered by us and for us. . .
IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, HOWEVER . . .
An increase in the public's awareness of these issues has led to an enormous
increase in the consumption of organic foods and a suspicion of GMO foods,
I'm sorry to say that having been growing fresh fruit and vegetables for a
living all my life and my father and granfather before me. My veiws on organic
food and GMO foods may fly in the face of what may peoples apinions are. I
do understand the ongoing call for adequate food labelling and increased use
of water purification. Alongside the quantum leaps in our understanding of
the importance of living foods and the factors that have led to the deterioration
in the quality of our food. But I have to ask the questions of why we do many
of thses things.
A big problem with the so called healthy
food groups is the reason they are going down these roots. As a farmer and
grower I feel I'm as well qualifed as anyone to give my piont of veiw on the
health and wealth of this country we live in.
We dont have to go back far in the history
of our country to see how much it as changed. Dispite all you may read and
have been told we are far far better off than our granperrents. But this in
its self as made new problems. Not just for us but for our country and in
the end the world we live in. Has I said earlier our problems started thousands
of years ago. From the first day a of our ansester picked up a rock and used
it as a tool.
come the welcome proliferation of the
juice bar, the complementary health clinic, and the local wholefood shop.
An organic, freshly prepared juice in a gym or juice bar may cost £3 or more,
but an increasing number of people are looking for ways to boost their intake
of fresh organic nutrients and of pure water AT HOME. What is it about
wheatgrass, that leads it to feature on the menus of fashionable juice bars,
to help increasing numbers of people in their fight against cancer, to boost
the immune system, and to be an important element in most detox programmes?
- Steve Meyerowitz, known as Sproutman
in the US, describes wheatgrass as "a sunshine transfusion"
- Dr Ann Wigmore healed her gangrenous
legs with it in the 1970's and later ran the Boston marathon; and
- our own Living Foods expert,
Elaine Bruce, who was a student of the late Ann Wigmore, describes it as
an essential ingredient of the Living Foods Programme.
SO . . . WHY DRINK WHEATGRASS
JUICE?
Wheatgrass earned its reputation from
people with terminal illnesses, who took it at the eleventh hour after conventional
medicine left them with no hope. In the 1970s, Dr Ann Wigmore opened the Hippocratic
Health Institute, in Boston, nourishing terminally ill patients back to health
with fresh squeezed wheatgrass. Dr Charles F Schnabel (1895 - 1974) chemist
and agriculturist, knew from his work with his farm animals and his research
in the laboratory, that wheatgrass boosts nutrition, builds good blood and
strengthens immunity. More recently, there are many studies demonstrating
the efficacy and nutrition of grass foods, using both clinical evidence and
testimonials. In the US there are numerous healing centres, where wheatgrass
plays a key role in the diet. There are courses run in the UK by proponents
of wheatgrass and raw, living foods. Wheatgrass has long been used like a
herbal medicine - for its therapeutic and nutritional properties. Although
wheat is the most popular, barley, oats and rye are equally potent.
So what's it good for?
- Blood purification
- Liver detoxification
- Colon cleansing
As a food Wheatgrass is very nourishing
and restorative with a complete range of nutrients. Therapeutically,
the fresh juice can be drunk or applied rectally using a enema implant. For
disease prevention, you can make powdered drinks, take it in tablet or
capsule form, or drink the fresh juice as part of a long term health maintenance
programme. For those with an intolerance to gluten, do not be put off . .
. The grain metamorphoses completely into a vegetable, with none of the allergic
proteins common to the glutinous grains.". . . our food is our medicine
and our medicine is our food" - Hypocrites, the father of medicine. It
has long been established that the best medicine is a whole, natural food.
All known nutrients were found in concentrated form in wheatgrass, including
what are now known as phytochemicals. Also antioxidants, enzymes, 20 amino
acids, vitamins including: folic acid, calcium, zinc, selenium, magnesium,
phosphorous, manganese, potassium, and cellular RNA and DNA. Similar natural
superfoods containing a broad spectrum of concentrated nutrients are bee pollen,
spirulina, chloral and blue green algae. They all provide the raw materials
from which the body manufactures what it needs and balances its own chemistry.
Grasses, along with alfalfa and these algae, are the richest sources of chlorophyll
on the planet. Green plant cells are the only cells capable of absorbing the
energy of the sun. The famous research scientist E. Bircher called chlorophyll
"concentrated sunpower - it increases the functions of the heart, improves
the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus and the lungs. It raises the
basic nitrogen exchange and is therefore a tonic which, considering its stimulating
properties cannot be compared with any other".
The amount of juice you drink is totally up to you.
Steve Meyerowitz says "Grass is non-toxic in any dose, but you may react
to the results of its detoxifying power. All grass is a powerful purgative
for the liver, and too much can release too many poisons too quickly".
EXPERIMENT! Start with small quantities. It can be mixed with
other juices or taken neat. Notice the effects of a daily 1oz shot! Remember
- it's concentrated sunpower! Rocket fuel! Greenpower! Living food! Whatever
it becomes for you . . . have fun! If you have time let us know how you get
on.
You can use this wheat for , too!
Recipe Method
Soak wheatgrass seeds in water for 8 to 12 hours. Get a jam jar or pickling
jar, put drained and rinsed wheat in it, cover lid with nylon net or part of
an old stocking, secure with a rubber band. Twice a day, rinse (cover with cool
water, swirl around, dump out). In 2 to 3 days, a small sprout will appear.
Refrigerate at this point. Can eat raw, in salads, on sandwiches, or alone,
or cook about 5 minutes, use in bread, or cook and eat plain or with rice. Has
a slightly sweet, nutty flavour
