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Now here’s the true, weird tale of what I found out from a wheatgrass fanatic who poured it straight into his eyes. But, what caused this man to be so tempted?

Wheatgrass is jam-packed with with nutritional benefits. Personally, I take an ounce or two of wheatgrass now and then, which is in no way extreme. But, as you might guess, there are people who are thought of as normal and those who are thought to be radical about the ingredients that both love wheatgrass, in this case. I’d like to think I’m of the normal, sensible crowd, who flocks to grasses for their nutritional potential.

What is so great about wheatgrass juicers? Juicing wheatgrass gives you healthy amounts of: chlorophyll, enzymes, minerals, and vitamins, each in potent amounts. It is believed that chlorophyll is good for your blood, because of its like chemical makeup of your blood cells. The verdict is still out on that, as far as I am concerned, but no scientist can deny its nutritional potency for such a small amount drank. That’s why I take wheatgrass so regularly; it’s difficult to find anything that compares, in my opinion.

But, there are people among us juicers, who take things to another level - like the day I was at my favorite health food store. They had an electric wheatgrass juicer on display. And a person was drinking a shot or two of wheatgrass. Nothing odd or noticeable about this, right? But then he presented an eyedropper and placed it in a third glass of wheatgrass juice and started using the eyedropper to squirt wheatgrass juice in his eyes. Oh, this has lots of minerals and vitamins, he said, as he attempted to keep his eyes open, tears of green, pouring from the sides of his face.

Here’s another memorable, although in this case odd, reason why I say talk to your health care provider before juicing. The common idea when one has something that is really good for them, is to do more of it. And while, logically, that may sound good, it is not always a wise practice. Such as, in this example, squirting juiced wheatgrass into your eye. Think what you like, but I only drink mine.

A different example of such thinking might be: let’s say, you have been working out at the gym, and were having great progress with weight training. After a few sessions lifting free weights, you began to observe results. Here, the fanatical weight lifter enthusiast in this example, might logically believe that they can go from lifting one hundred pounds, to abruptly lifting three hundred pounds. That sounds absurd, right? Not to mention dangerous to the point that it could do more harm than good.

With juicing in general, not just wheatgrass, it’s smart to entertain the idea of starting off slow. When I first began juicing wheatgrass, I placed in about an ounce or two to my carrot juice. In about a 2 parts wheatgrass, to 8 parts carrot juice. I didn’t feel so good when I tried to down a shot or two straight, like I discovered other people doing at the local juice bar. So, even now, after years of juicing, I still down it slowly with other juices mixed in mostly.

If you should get into wheatgrass with your juicing, remember you can use a masticating juicer to get both the juice and benefits from grass and similar greens. Many people make the common mistake, believing just any juicer will do. That’s not true. Also, there are wheatgrass juicers. Wheatgrass juicers come in both electrical and hand crank, or manual models. Both will get the job done, but hand crank models often must be clamped on to the lip of a counter (and not all of today’s modern kitchens can accommodate this). This hand crank could be viewed as a good thing, or a bad thing, as you get one heck of a workout, long before you ever get your first glass of wheatgrass.

Juicing wheatgrass is not for beginners: it’s something to work up to. It could be too potent to your body if you are not already healthy inside and out.

For the record we do not believe in juicing wheatgrass to drip into your open eyes. To be honest its definitely a bit weird to us, and Joe juices each day. Even though, that saidif you aren’t that weird, and are actively looking for solid experience and juicer recipes, then one would be out of the loop if you did not get in on what Juicing Joe is telling people over at JuicingTips.com, the up and coming newsletter that’s juxtaposing the way people who juice live - and it is perhaps, out of your league.

- Joe Boone

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