Juicing Wheat Grass

Juicing wheat grass and barley grass is easy, but the actual challenge lies in drinking them. They are very good energizing tonics, cleansers and detoxifiers. Wheat grass is rich in chlorophyll, protein, enzymes, vitamins and minerals, though it is not rich in taste.

You can grow your own wheat grass and extract the juice from it easily. The most important thing is that you should get a highest quality crop, to get the juice with maximum nutrients in it. A crop of 7 to 8 inches is optimum to get the essential nutrients. 12 to 18 ounces of juice can be had from a 17” x 17” flat of wheat grass, and 1 oz of fresh juice can be had from a handful of wheat grass.

A crunching juicer, which would masticate the wheat grass, is needed for juicing it, since it is very leafy and it can not be juiced using the juicers meant for other fruits and vegetables. It has to be crushed to extract the juice. Electric juicers of low rpm can be used, to avoid oxidizing of wheat grass due to high speed.

Dedicated Electric Wheat grass Juicers; Multi-Purpose Wheat grass Juicers; and Twin Gear Juice Extractors are juicers available for juicing wheat grass. Centrifugal juicers are not effecting in extracting the juice form wheat grass. Single auger, Manual Wheat Grass Juicer can be a good alternative device for this purpose. The wheat grass has to be fed into the hopper.

The expelled pulp can be taken in a bowl and shot glasses can be used perfectly to contain the juice. Green liquid wheat grass can be made by cranking the handle of the hopper and foam for the juice can be had by passing the pulp through the juicer for a second time. The juice has to be taken immediately for maximum benefits.

It starts to lose nutrients from 30 minutes of harvesting and juicing, and within 12 hours it starts to break down and goes stale. In the beginning take 1 oz per day first thing in the morning. You should not eat anything else for fifteen minutes after this. This juice equals 2.5 lbs of green vegetables.

The juice thus made has an acquired, sweet taste with grassy flavor. You can get utmost benefits, when you use a good juicer which is meant for juicing wheat grass. Concentrated antioxidants can be gained just by drinking 1 -2 ounces of wheat grass juice per day. 

You can find out more by going to Jack Lalanne Juicer.