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lucky884
22-09-2007, 12:49 PM
Has anyone here tried wheatgrass juice? It does seem to have some remarkable properties if the likes of Ann Wigmore and Steve Meyerowitz are correct.
I've just started growing a batch, but would like to hear other experiences and/or opinions!
chris
22-09-2007, 02:08 PM
Has anyone here tried wheatgrass juice? It does seem to have some remarkable properties if the likes of Ann Wigmore and Steve Meyerowitz are correct.
I've just started growing a batch, but would like to hear other experiences and/or opinions!
Yes it's extremely powerful if you grow it yourself. I found that it was very good for visions and powerful dreams as well, food for your third eye.
It tastes horrendous and it is annoying to grow. I have over a years worth of seeds just in case as it is the perfect cheap survival food in emergancies.
Far more potent than wheatgrass is to forgo poisons and then your body should right itself, nothing is a substitute for that.
I have tried it quite a few times, and found it to be very potent. As you say, not the best tasting stuff, but full of goodness......... The first one I had made me all giddy and woozy, I was on a fast at the time though.........
lilly555
22-09-2007, 05:56 PM
I've had a few wheatgrass shots before. A little of juice in cups. It really had a cleansing feel about it. Although I don't know how pure it was because I bought it from a "Corporate Organic" juice bar.
eternal_spirit
22-09-2007, 06:01 PM
Can you buy seeds ?
revolutionary_jam
22-09-2007, 07:37 PM
i got tablets from ebay and took them a lot im sure they're good for u but i didn't feel any different
chris
22-09-2007, 07:46 PM
Can you buy seeds ?
For seeds...
http://www.browfarm.co.uk/
Sometimes I can't find it on his site so I just phone him directly. He's a wheatgrass enthusiast and will talk to you about it all day if you let him. Very good stuff.
Even though wheatgrass juice is very good for you, the best quality nutrients come from fibre that is decaying in your gut. This is why whole fruit, nuts and veg are the best. You get short chain amino acids from there which are the final products of chemical breakdown in proteins, further than the sacred oils that the suppliment industry pushes all day. About 3% of human energy is made up from these nutrients whereas in gorillas they get up to 60% of their energy from this. Keep in mind that it is mostly from fibre you get these nutrients, not protein, protein creates toxic acids from it's decay.
lucky884
25-09-2007, 10:07 PM
Thanks for all the replies - I've tried it now and it does indeed taste terrible, so it must be good for you! :)
I have tried it quite a few times, and found it to be very potent. As you say, not the best tasting stuff, but full of goodness......... The first one I had made me all giddy and woozy, I was on a fast at the time though.........
I felt this too, powerful stuff!
I have over a years worth of seeds just in case as it is the perfect cheap survival food in emergancies
I've also done this - although it's been pointed out that I could eat the lawn in the worst case scenario:)
texdallas
29-10-2007, 04:31 PM
wheatgrass is mighty stuff! if your having problems with the taste try watering it down a bit with some lemon green tea. The b17 packed wheat grass and the detox power of the green tea a potent medicine!
lucky884
30-10-2007, 07:44 AM
wheatgrass is mighty stuff! if your having problems with the taste try watering it down a bit with some lemon green tea. The b17 packed wheat grass and the detox power of the green tea a potent medicine!
I admit the taste is a problem for me! Your tea sounds good I'll give it a go! - Thanks
I heard Kamut wheatgrass tastes better and is more nutritious. I grew one batch - it is incredibly sweet but slightly less objectionable than wheatgrass! (Only just though!)
I found this article on the internet http://www.cityfarmer.org/wheatgrass.html. If the wheatgrass is grown outside it allegedly tastes better. Something I'm currently experimenting with.
chris
30-10-2007, 08:04 AM
Better than wheatgrass on it's own is to eat a wide range of local edible plants, I've just started doing this and I can see this is the most powerful way you can eat.
Today 90% of the plantfood in our diets range under 20 different species and most people eat them cooked! Before agriculture man used to get in 200-1,000 different species and even then they took many parts of those species such as sap, roots, leaves, fruits, stems, flowers...
Get some books on local edible and medicinal plants and let the body use the diversity to create a great war machine out of basic elements, like the A-Team would do when trapped in a warehouse.
mad as a cat
30-10-2007, 10:44 AM
Hi Chris.
Could you please recommend such a book?
I live in the U.K.(Southern England),and this year,I've discovered Hazel nut trees, planted deliberately by the local council, along public footpaths, just yards from my home. There are so many trees, that I have collected a carrier bag full of hazels, and there's still more than enough for the squirrels! I don't pick from the tree, and because of this I've had a few unsavoury comments from people passing by - I'm not overly concerned, as these hazels would cost me a small fortune at the shops!
I've also collected a few blackberries this year, but without a freezer, it's been a bit like, 'eat-as-you-go'!
Many thanks:)
(Lucky884 - Sorry for going off track!)
chris
30-10-2007, 06:03 PM
Hi Chris.
Could you please recommend such a book?
I live in the U.K.(Southern England),and this year,I've discovered Hazel nut trees, planted deliberately by the local council, along public footpaths, just yards from my home. There are so many trees, that I have collected a carrier bag full of hazels, and there's still more than enough for the squirrels! I don't pick from the tree, and because of this I've had a few unsavoury comments from people passing by - I'm not overly concerned, as these hazels would cost me a small fortune at the shops!
I've also collected a few blackberries this year, but without a freezer, it's been a bit like, 'eat-as-you-go'!
Many thanks:)
(Lucky884 - Sorry for going off track!)
Just wrote something up...
http://davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?p=176055#post176055
mad as a cat
30-10-2007, 06:19 PM
Thanks for that link, Chris.
That's a lot to read, and as I'm sharing the PC with my son,I might get to read it tonight if I'm lucky!
Thanks again:)
lucky884
02-11-2007, 07:35 PM
Hi Chris.
Could you please recommend such a book?
I live in the U.K.(Southern England),and this year,I've discovered Hazel nut trees, planted deliberately by the local council, along public footpaths, just yards from my home. There are so many trees, that I have collected a carrier bag full of hazels, and there's still more than enough for the squirrels! I don't pick from the tree, and because of this I've had a few unsavoury comments from people passing by - I'm not overly concerned, as these hazels would cost me a small fortune at the shops!
I've also collected a few blackberries this year, but without a freezer, it's been a bit like, 'eat-as-you-go'!
Many thanks:)
(Lucky884 - Sorry for going off track!)
No need to apologise:)
I've also recently started foraging, I use "Food for Free" by Richard Mabey - it has a very useful calender of things to look out for each month, and the Gem version fits comfortably in the pocket.
Thanks Chris for another excellent post, I'm just reading your article now - definitely food for thought!:)