In our last post I mentioned that we would be testing the array of claims found on the Internet about the many uses of wheatgrass. In this post we will be checking out one of the more useful functions of wheatgrass in regards to social situations. Will wheatgrass help with bad breath?
Suzie has just returned from lunch and tells us she had a heaping plate of garlic noodles. In our pre-wheatgrass breath check Melissa reports that it smells like Suzie has a mouth stuffed chock full of garlic cloves. As you all know garlic is a pretty hard odor to get rid off and admittitly I am very skeptical that the wheatgrass will be able to overcome such a strong scent. We juiced up one 4oz shot of wheatgrass and Suzie put it down the hatch.
Now for the moment of truth, the post wheatgrass breath check……Success! Melissa reports no sign of the garlic, just the smell of a freshly cut lawn. I am truly amazed with this one. Go out there and try it for yourself.
The Internet is full of claims about the different uses of wheatgrass, other than drinking as a healthy juice. It’s hard to know what is actually factual and what is malarkey. We decided to do some experiments here at the Rhibafarms office. Our first experiment is to see if wheatgrass juice will relieve insect bites.
One of the biggest investments when getting into wheatgrass is the juicer. Quality wheetgrass juicers start at about $300. That’s a pretty big investment for beginners. While doing some searching, I found an interesting method for juicing wheatgrass with a common household blender. We did an experiment with it here at RhibaFarms.
Now you have a cup of green juice and you observant readers will remember that this juice is mostly water. The best way to drink wheatgrass juice is as pure juice. So the next step was to cut more grass for the blender, then we added our freshly strained juice back into the blender. The idea is to keep doing this until the whole flat is juiced, that way the juice is as pure as you can get it using the blender. Pour yourself a shot and the remaining juice you don’t drink can be frozen and used through out the week.
