This article strongly links to my writing about vitamins. Vitamins Part 1 was to explain how vitamins and minerals work in general. We know, that vitamins are fundamental to us and that they cannot be utilized without the minerals that are taking an important part of almost every step of the metabolism. In Part 2 we concentrated on the vitamins in wheatgrass / spelt grass juice and what these vitamins are proven to do in your body. Now we are going to investigate the effects that some of the minerals found in wheatgrass juice can do for us. Out of many in it I think the most important ones are Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Selenium and Zinc. Calcium I say Calcium you say bones…who wouldn’t think of that straight away. But did you know that this mineral also supports your heart, your muscles and your nerves to carry information from your brain to the rest of your body? Calcium also takes part in the moving of the blood and blood clotting. Not consuming enough calcium wouldn’t cause any harm at first as our bodies replace our needs from our bones, but as you can guess that’s not good on the long run. Long term low consumption can lead to low bone mass and abnormal heart rhythms. If you have muscle cramps and twitches on a regular basis, you’d better increase your intake and see whether this solves your problem as low Calcium levels may well be the cause. Calcium is not only in dairy products, but in nuts and green vegetables as well such as broccoli, kale and...
Here’s a little video about defrosting wheatgrass juice shots efficiently. A lot of people asked us to explain the best method for defrosting wheatgrass – I show you two ways here. The absolute DO NOT list is: don’t thaw overnight don’t use a microwave don’t warm your juice, just defrost to the point when it’s still cold don’t pour boiling hot water straight onto the plastic pot You can also read the full directions of use on our first website: http://homegrown-wheatgrass.com/directions-of-use.html defrosting...
Have you heard of wheatgrass but never tried it before? Or you did but were not satisfied with what you got? Come along to our free tasting days and taste our sweet and tasty version of wheatgrass juice grown outdoors in Holland-on-Sea with organic spelt seeds: 5th September – Carpenter’s Farm Shop (Carpenters Farm, St Mary’s Road, Aingers Green, Great Bentley CO7 8NJ) website 6th September – Blackwell’s Farm Shop (Herons Farm, Colne Road, Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex, CO6 1TQ) website We also offer special promotions on these days so you can get the goods cheaper if you come next weekend 🙂 Why is wheatgrass good for you? Read our blog: Why do we need vitamins? – Part 1 Why do we need vitamins? – Part 2 Wheatgrass juice health...
This is the second part of our article about vitamins. Part 1 was to explain in how vitamins and minerals work in general. In this second part – without exhausting the topic fully – we will concentrate on the vitamins in wheatgrass / spelt grass juice and what these vitamins are proven to do in your body. So we are going to talk about Vitamin A , B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7(H), B12, B17, C, D, E and Vitamin K. Some minerals (Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Selenium and Zinc) to follow in a future blog. Fat soluble Vitamins: Vitamin A (carotene): Known to strengthen your immune system and have a positive effect on your eye sight, hair, skin and nails. In addition it helps cell growth and plays a crucial part in keeping your inner organs healthy. There are two forms of vitamin A: preformed vitamin A (animal sources including dairy) and provitamin A carotenoids (in plants). Our bodies convert the provitamins into vitamin A and only as much as we need, so we cannot overdose it as long as we don’t take any supplements, as these rules don’t apply to these products. So unless advised by doctors based on measured vitamin A deficiency, taking these supplements can cause more harm than good. I’d advise to eat more carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and drink your wheatgrass instead to stay on the safe side 😉 Vitamin D (calciferol ) It plays an important role in bone development as it maintains the calcium levels in the blood and promotes its absorption. Also strengthens the immune system and prevents cell...
The most important supplement that comes to every professional’s mind is multivitamin with high mineral and vitamin content. But do we know, why? How can vitamins help us to achieve our goals? Let’s get to know them! The vitamins are organic compounds that are fundamental to us. Apart from vitamin D and K our bodies are incapable to produce them so the only way to support ourselves with the sufficient amount of nutrition is trough eating. They are essential for metabolic processes and take part in the control of those biochemical processes where food is utilized and converted to energy. There are two big groups: water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins. The latter explains why we still have to keep fat even in a strict diet. 🙂 Only a certain amount and a certain type of fat of course. However if the minerals are not present, the vitamins cannot work as the body is incapable to utilize them. The minerals are taking an important part of almost every step of the metabolism. Each of them supports many functions in order to maintain the smooth operation of the body. They make 4% of our bodies and are most importantly the component of the bones. Based on their present volume we call them micro-and macro-elements. The macro-elements are present in the body 0,005 per cent or over. Everything less than 0,005 per cent belongs to the micro-element group or the so called trace elements. The vitamins, minerals and proteins link to each other and build enzymes. The enzymes catalyse the coenzymes, which speed up the chemical processes. The vitamins, minerals and trace elements...
Do you know the diffrences in-between spelt and wheat? Did you know that most people with gluten sensitivity react to spelt flour a lot better? How comes this grain had been forgotten? I have written an article in this topic and published it earlier this year on Hub pages, you can read it by clicking on this link: HUB Article Spelt vs. Wheatgrass In it you can find a little historical review, a video presented by a team of reserchers and some nutritional information as well that were conducted by Hungarians and Slovakians in collaboration of a scientific university project supported by the EU (Project number: HUSK/0901/1.2.1/0010) where it was determined that spelt grass is a lot more nutritous compared to wheatgrass. So if wheatgrass is good for you spelt grass is even better 🙂 Not to mention that is nicer (darker) green with more chlorophyll and a lot better taste. Spelt is actually a kind of wheat, but in the English language that is not so obvious as in some others. For starters my own first language, Hungarian, where wheat is búza, spelt is tönköly búza. The latin name shows similar comparison where these are Triticum aestivum and Triticum spelta. Another example is the German language, where the wheat – Weizen will be repeated in the word for spelt : Spelzweizen. So until for some the relationship in-between these two grains is pretty obvious without any extra knowledge about them purely thanks to their languages, English people might not see that so clearly for the first sight, if they haven’t heard about spelt yet. Let us find out more,...
– or why do I find this Channel 4 program deceptive? That’s it, I am angry now! I had enough of television and so called good entertaining. It’s not enough that nowadays you cannot watch anything without being reminded by the adverts that you are in DANGER, cancer is coming for you!!! (Program that brain, because if you have not bad enough effects in your life to develop it, we still have to make you ill somehow) Now they are actually asking this question: “Can the food we eat really prevent heart attacks, slow down the aging process and fight flab?” What the…?! Mate, is this a serious question? So many people turned around their lives and cured very serious illnesses and deficiencies by changing their diet, cut the crap and eating healthy. (Ella Woodard, Venus Williams, just to mention a couple …) Why am I so outraged? I watched Channel 4’s Superfoods program last night… I was a bit nervous about it as soon as I heard they are going to talk about wheatgrass as I am very aware of the anti-campaign that goes against it just as against everything that is natural and not in the hands of the medicine lobby. (paranoid? I don’t think so!) But my friend said ‘Last time they showed a man who said he cured his cancer by eating broccoli soup every day…’ Hmmm, if they dare to show stories on TV nowadays like his, they might actually make a good program with some useful information about wheatgrass, which I am very fond of…so I switched on…I wish I hadn’t, I...
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