THE WONDER OF WHEATGRASS

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Wheatgrass juice often brings on feelings of nausea when the enzymes present in the juice mix with the toxins and mucus in your stomach. If that happens, lie down and rest until the feeling passes. (Some folks find it helpful to chew a little celery.) The wheatgrass is not toxic or harmful to you in any way, but its cleansing properties do — it's said — cause accumulated toxins in your body to empty quickly into your stomach. So just as you would with any new diet or exercise program, use caution and proceed slowly.

If you're trying to "detoxify" your system, wheatgrass enthusiasts say that you should gradually increase your intake until you're drinking three to eight ounces of juice daily . . . then — once you reach good health — two ounces a day will serve as a maintenance dose.

One pound of dry wheat produces two pounds of sprouts, four pounds of grass, or a maximum of 42 ounces of wheatgrass juice. The cut blades will keep for a short while in the refrigerator, although some nutrients are lost in storage. The juice, on the other hand, must be drunk immediately after it's squeezed to be fully effective.

Most folks sip the liquid straight, but it can easily be mixed with other vegetable juices. In fact, here's a sample recipe, reprinted (by permission) from Dr. Ann Wigmore's book Recipes for Longer Life.

GREEN DRINK NO. 2

1 small bunch of wheatgrass

2 cups of mixed sprouts (alfalfa, mung)

1/2 cup of fenugreek sprouts

2 cups of salad greens

Put all the ingredients through a grass juicer, then place them in a cheesecloth bag and squeeze the juice from the pulp. You should get about 8 ounces. To make the beverage zestier, include 2 to 4 cloves of garlic and 1 to 2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper.

EDITOR'S NOTE: To find out more about wheatgrass juice and its possible healing properties — or to obtain a price list of the equipment and books available on the subject — write to the Hippocrates World Health Organization, Dept. TMEN, 25 Exeter Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

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