The Complete Guide to Using Grass Foods & Juices
to Revitalize Your Health.
By Steve Meyerowitz
Illustrations and photos.
ISBN #1-878736-97-3 216pg, ppbk. Sproutman Publications,
1999.
$12.95
Basics of Wheatgrass and What's in this Book
What is Wheatgrass?
Wheatgrass is a variety of grass that is used like an herbal medicine
for its therapeutic and nutritional properties. It is available
as a fresh squeezed juice, a dehydrated powder, or tablets. This
book uses the name "wheat" grass because it is the
most popular, but the common grains of barley, oat and rye grow
grasses that are equally potent. See Spiritual & Religious
Roots, History & Culture, Healing with Grass, Nutrition,
The Pioneers, Real Stories from Real People.
What does it do?
It has broad effectiveness, but its three most therapeutic roles
are: blood purification, liver detoxification, and colon cleansing.
As a food it is very nourishing and restorative with such a complete
range nutrients that it can, by itself, sustain life. This nutritional
miracle is most evident in the animal kingdom where studies prove
large and small grazing animals not only sustain themselves on
young grasses but also improve their health. See Healing with
Grass, Nutrition, Research, Real Stories from Real People, Spiritual & Religious
Roots.
How do I take it?
Therapeutically, you would drink the fresh juice or apply it rectally
through enemas or implants. For nutrition and prevention, you
can make powdered drinks or take tablets. See The Juicers, Healing
with Grass, Real Stories from Real People.
Where do I get it?
From your natural food store, juice bar, direct from growers, or
mail order. See Resources, The Companies, The Pioneers, Healing
Resorts.
Why should I take it?
Wheatgrass earned its reputation from people with terminal illnesses
who took it at the eleventh hour of their lives, after conventional
medicine left them with no hope. But you can take it as part
of a long range prevention and health maintenance program. See
Healing with Grass, Research, Nutrition, Real Stories from Real
People.
How do I get started?
You can grow the grass yourself, buy it from a grower or health
food store, drink the juice at a juice bar or buy bottled grass
tablets and powders. But if you are sick, it is highly recommended
that you enroll in a retreat center for a 2-4 week wellness program.
As an alternative, you can establish a home-health program using
the information in this book and the guidance of a knowledgeable
health professional. See Grow Your Own Grass, The Juicers, The
Companies, Healing Resorts.
Why should I believe you?
There are many scientific studies demonstrating the efficacy and
nutrition of grass foods. Most information about its therapeutic
effectiveness is based on clinical evidence and the word-of-mouth
testimony of users. See Science & Wheatgrass, Research, Real
Stories from Real People, Nutrition, Spiritual & Religious
Roots, History & Culture.
Wheat Grass vs. Wheatgrass
A word on spelling. "Wheat grass" is a variety of grass
like barley, oats and rye, grown in fields across America. "Wheatgrass" refers
to grass grown indoors in trays for approximately 10 days and is
the kind that is squeezed into a fresh juice. The tray-grown grass
is used primarily for therapeutic purposes. The 60+day old field
grown grasses, available in dehydrated powder or tablets, are used
primarily as nutritional supplements.
