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Drinking wheatgrass juice has become a popular trend and for good reasons. It is high in vitamins A, C and E. Two ounces contains the same amount of vitamin C as an orange. It is also an excellent source of essential B vitamins, which are necessary for normal brain and body development. Wheatgrass juice contains many essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron which are necessary for healthy bones, teeth, hair and skin. Wheatgrass juice contains natural enzymes, which help the body strengthen cells and removes poisons from the blood stream. Wheatgrass juice also dilates blood vessels allowing blood to flow more easily. By improving blood circulation valuable nutrients can be distributed more efficiently throughout the body. It also increases the iron content in the red blood cells. Last but not least it is high in fiber and provides you with chlorophyll and amino acids.

Wheatgrass leaves can be crushed to create a juice or dried to make a powder. The best to way to absorb its nutrients is by extracting the juice. The suggested dose of wheatgrass juice is 2 to 4 oz of juice per day.

You can stop by your local juice bar to buy a shot of wheatgrass juice everyday or you can buy yourself a wheatgrass juicer and either purchase wheatgrass at a grocery or health food store or grow your own wheatgrass and squeeze your own wheatgrass juice everyday. The benefit of juicing your own wheatgrass is that you can add other fruit juices to it. Wheatgrass juice has an earthy taste. Some people like it right away, some acquire a taste for it and others get a little help by adding a variety of fruits to their wheatgrass juice.

There are two basic types of wheatgrass juicers on the market, manual and electric. The best wheatgrass juicer is a juicer which has an auger to squeeze the juice out of the grass at a slow 90 RPM (revelations per minute). Look for a juicer which is easy to clean and make sure the juicer expels the crushed remains separately from the juice. Many wheatgrass juicers will also juice soft fruits and berries.

Veggiesensations.com offers several high quality easy to clean manual and electric models of wheatgrass juicers. These models will not only juice wheatgrass, but will also juice grapes, blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes and many more soft fruits and vegetables including other green leafy vegetables such as spinach.

In our Book section you will find 2 helpful wheatgrass books. Wheatgrass - Nature's Finest Medicine by Steve Meyerowitz. It provides you with all you need to know about growing wheatgrass, juicing wheatgrass and how to use it to restore your health. It includes detoxification, nutrition, research, benefits, healing retreats, chlorophyll, cancer, why wheatgrass works, where to get it, and where to get help for illnesses. The other book is The Wheatgrass Book by Ann Wigmore. It completely guides you through growing and using grasses to improve your health. The Wheatgrass Book teaches you how to cleanse, nourish, rejuvenate and heal your body with wheatgrass.

You can also grow your own wheatgrass for your daily juicing needs with several of our wheatgrass growing kits.

Reference: Wheatgrass by Wikipedia

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