"Side Effects Of Wheatgrass...

So you’ve jumped onto the health ship and you want to start incorporating wheatgrass into your diet. Good for you! Now it’s time to find the right product for you.

Before that, we should go through a few of the side effects that can be associated with wheat grass.

In fact, it’s basically grass, many animals (including humans) eat different forms of grass every day for survival. Lettuce is actually a type of grass believe it or not, just in case you were wondering why a salad is so refreshing sometimes.

The side effects of wheatgrass are very mild if any at all. Here are some things you should look for when starting a wheat grass diet:

Combining it with other foods may cause nausea. Besides detoxification, another reason why one might feel nauseous after drinking wheatgrass juice is if you drank it with or after a meal. Wheat grass juice does not combine well with other foods and should always be taken on an empty stomach.

After you drink wheat grass juice, we suggest waiting an hour before eating; that’s about how long it takes for the juice to be assimilated.

What does cause the temporary effects can be disputed although it is widely attributed to “detoxification.”

A “detox” effect occurs when the body rapidly undergoes removal of toxins such as heavy metals, bad fats, carcinogens, metabolic waste, and impurities in the human body.

This rapid excretion of toxins subsequently causes headache and nausea, the same effects that have been incorrectly attributed to mold. Once the toxins are removed from the body, the side effects will no longer occur. These “detox effects” usually subside over a short period of time.

Mold and wheat grass: There are a few varieties of mold that commonly grow on wheat grass and are very difficult to avoid. Almost every wheat seed that gets planted produces a small amount of a “blue fuzz” mold. This is a type of “slime mold”, a non-pathogenic mold (i.e. not harmful) which does not penetrate the plant.

Usually, this mold can simply be cut above and rinsed off before the grass is juiced. Other varieties (white or brown) can be harmful, however they usually kill the plant, and it is obvious the food is spoiled (just like with any produce).

This is why we suggest that our visitors use some sort of wheatgrass supplement, instead of trying to manage your own harvest of wheatgrass.