Grass Juice, The New Trend for Health and Beauty

For the sake of appearances in order to remain attractive, celebrities often choose unique beauty treatments. From drinking juice  to diligently working out the body. And now there is a new fondness among Hollywood celebrities, which is drink wheat grass juice. The juice is believed to strengthen the body, nourish and make the face look pretty.

They generally drank the juice before breakfast, before exercising and makes it energy drinks. Wheat grass juice is actually not a new thing. But it is only being famously reported recently since celebrities consume them.

Wheat grass juice had been introduced in the 1940s. One of an American named Ann Wigmore – who wrote several books about the efficacy of wheat grass – testified that she recovered from cancer with the help of this drink.

Released from the deadly disease, she learned about medicinal plants and wrote more than 30 titles of books, including those titled “Elixir of Life” which contains the wonders of wheatgrass.

A scientist from the Institute of Oncology, Professor Petrov found that sprout slows tumor growth and reduce the number of metastases.

The health benefits

According to Genius Beauty, some studies showed the existence of anti-cancer properties in these drinks. However, they did not say how it impacts a healthy body.

Grass grown from wheat sprouts have have more than 90 types of vitamins and minerals that the human body needs. This ‘green juice’ is also useful because it containsamino acids, including lysine, which will lubricate the skin and hair to look stunning.

As many as 70 percent of wheat grass contains chlorophyll to molecular structure resembles hemoglobin, thus actively protect the body from free radicals and cardiovascular disease. Wheat sprouts contains more than 400 enzymes.

How to make grass juice is also simple and inexpensive. Sprouts of wheat and harvest it soon after reaching 10-12 inches tall. Then, make a juice by mixing with a little water.

However, there are experts who warned, to immediately process and drink the wheat grass juice within 15 minutes after the harvest. Because if not, the enzymes in it will be reduced. Within an hour, enzymes in it will disappear.

Experts advise to drink juice on an empty stomach, starting with small amounts and gradually increase the portions. Green sprouts can be added to fruit cocktail, juice mixed with avocado, apple juice, sunflower seeds, and alfalfa. You can also mix it with yogurt.