The benefits of wheatgrass
Wheatgrass is a nutrient-rich young grass that is a member of the wheat family. It provides a concentrated amount of nutrients including selenium, iron, calcium, magnesium, amino acids, chlorophyll, and vitamins A, C, E as well as vitamin B17 (laetrile) which is recognized by alternative health practitioners for its anticancer qualities.
Wheatgrass has been used for centuries as an herbal medicine due to its therapeutic and nutritional properties. A more recent advocate of wheatgrass therapy was Ann Wigmore, who opened the first living foods healing institute back in 1968 where she nourished terminally ill patients back to health by drinking fresh wheatgrass juice and eating diets of raw, living foods. This beneficial therapy continues to be used today at various healing centers throughout the United States.
Chlorophyll- is beneficial for cleansing the bowel and other elimination systems such as the liver and the blood. When our bodies have access to chlorophyll, they are able to manufacture high-quality red blood cells which can help to transport oxygen throughout the body, as well as to the brain. It helps relieve inflammation, is a natural pain reliever, reduces hypertension, and it acts as an efficient detoxification agent by binding to toxins, such as mercury, and carrying them out of your system.
The most effective way to obtain the abundance of nutritional benefits that are found in wheatgrass is by drinking the freshly pressed juice. It can be mixed it together with other freshly made juices or you can add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to enhance the flavor.
You can purchase Wheatgrass Growing Kits and Juicers online so you can grow and juice your own at home.
Healing stage 4 stomach cancer by juicing wheatgrass
It was over four years ago when Danny McDonald of Dunaff, Ireland was diagnosed with stomach cancer. By the time the cancer was discovered he was already stage 4 and the cancer was spread throughout his body. Doctors recommended chemotherapy, although they said they weren’t sure if he would actually survive the protocols. Danny says, “I told the doctors I wasn’t prepared to undergo the course of treatments they had suggested. I knew it would kill me. They were furious I had come to that conclusion. The consultant warned me I’d be dead in three months.” Danny decided to use a nutritional approach to healing that entailed drinking freshly made wheatgrass juice. Danny says that this decision was based on much more than just the whim. He had heard about the healing properties of wheatgrass from a friend in Buncrana, and the more he learned about the therapy, the more convinced he became that wheatgrass juice possessed the healing properties that were needed to beat his disease.
Danny had been a farmer for over 60 years so he used those same skills to grow his first batch of wheatgrass. Then his friend showed him how to extract the juice from the plant using a Wheatgrass Juicer. He says, “I didn’t know what to expect, but I was determined to give it a go.” He started by drinking a single ounce of wheatgrass juice every day and then he worked himself up to drinking 7 ounces every day. He reports that, “within seven days the burning sensation that I had in my side was gone and I was beginning to feel a lot better. I stopped taking the tablets which had been prescribed (for pain relief) and I haven’t taken one since. A month later the pain had completely disappeared and I knew I was on the mend. The wheatgrass was working. I had made the right decision to reject the advice of the doctors.” Danny also began to gain his weight back, which had dropped to only 112 pounds.
Today Danny McDonald weighs a healthy 168 pounds and the cancer that was killing him is now gone. He says, “I know a lot of doctors think that wheatgrass doesn’t have the qualities to kill cancer, but I am living proof that it does. And although many doctors won’t admit it publicly, gradually they are coming round to see the benefits of wheatgrass. When people ask me how I did it and I just say one word, ‘wheatgrass’.”
How to juice wheatgrass with a crank style juicer
Additional Resources
- Danny MacDonald heals stage 4 stomach cancer with wheatgrass juice
- Cancertutor.com on juicing wheat grass for a cancer therapy
- Wheatgrass for animals with cancer
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