| Hippocrates, considered the father of western | | | | miles per week. Imagine, less training, but better |
| medicine, taught that true health comes from the diet, | | | | performances in training and in races! I have broken |
| which is the best drug. Dr. Ann Wigmore, who was | | | | most of my own personal records. Another thing that |
| born in Lithuania in 1909 and raised by her grandmother, | | | | amazed me about the prison race, was that my laps |
| a natural healer, eventually immigrated to the United | | | | at the last of the race were as fast as the laps at the |
| States where she spent her life promoting wellness | | | | beginning." (McVay Wins Utah Prison Race, by Bruce |
| through living foods. Ann studied more than 4700 | | | | McVay) |
| varieties of grasses through out the world and | | | | Having juiced and experienced the nutrition high from |
| concluded that wheat grass was the most nutritious of | | | | wheat grass juice, I can report the same kind of health |
| them all. While all grasses are healing and will give you | | | | that Mr. McVay reported with his experience. I cannot |
| a wealth of nutrients, according to Dr. Wigmore, wheat | | | | say I love drinking it, but I do feel an increase in health |
| grass will supply more of what the body needs than | | | | when I do. |
| the others. Analysis in labs tells the same story. Wheat | | | | Having grown up with a little bit of land to plant seeds, I |
| grass comes out on top or close to the top in every | | | | didn't really relate to those who do not have this |
| category of nutrition per ounce. (Dr. Ann Wigmore's | | | | treasure in their lives until I experienced it. There really |
| Recipes for Longer Life) | | | | is value in having the opportunity to have fresh food. |
| A few years ago, Bruce McVay had some astonishing | | | | The closer one can get to the source of your food the |
| results in two races he ran, during which he refreshed | | | | more you will know about the process and the health |
| himself with wheat and barley grass mixed into fresh | | | | you are getting from the plants. In this day of |
| apple juice. Here is the story in his words: | | | | chemicals for killing weeds and bugs, chemicals for |
| "Being an ultra-distance runner for 5 years (races from | | | | thinning fruit on trees and chemicals to prevent |
| 30 to 100 miles or more), I tried nearly every physically | | | | spoilage or preserve the food, you really don't know |
| enhancing supplement and natural food source to | | | | what you are getting when you aren't close to the |
| improve my health, stamina, and oxygenation process. | | | | growing source. |
| One and one-half years ago, I began juicing 1 to 6 | | | | If you rely alone on your knowledge, the best way to |
| ounces of grass daily. After 1 to 2 months of cleansing | | | | get nutritious food is to grow it yourself or know the |
| (which consisted of a few headaches and itching) I | | | | grower and all his methods. What does all of this have |
| began to notice tremendous changes in my | | | | to do with growing wheat grass and juicing it? It is so |
| performance, energy, stamina, etc.. Always in the past I | | | | easy to grow it in your own home and to juice it to get |
| was a middle to rear of the pack racer. Wheat grass | | | | that wealth of nutrition, without a little bit of land to plant |
| changed that. | | | | seeds. It takes 10 days from start to cutting and juicing. |
| This year I ran a 26 mile race in the Teton Mountains | | | | In days when I was growing it for friends and would |
| and won by half an hour. The race was in top of the | | | | start 2 or 3 trays a day it sometimes got a little |
| Tetons, 12,000 to 13,000 feet high, and down to | | | | overwhelming, but the rush of nutrition was worth it. |
| Jackson Hole Wyoming. Ultra distance runners from all | | | | Why would I want to grow and juice and drink |
| over the United States participated. At the 18 mile | | | | something that doesn't appeal to me that much? That |
| checkpoint some people with twice the amount of | | | | is easy to answer. It is for the nutrients. Wheat grass |
| training as I, quit the race. Two or three finished. | | | | juice is primarily chlorophyll. It provides high amounts of |
| Something I noticed was that I never hit the wall | | | | magnesium and is a blood cleaner and builder. It can |
| (nausea, etc.) like I had sometimes in previous races. I | | | | dissolve scars, remove heavy metals, neutralize toxins, |
| was exhilarated all the way to the end of the race. | | | | strengthen circulatory, reproductive, digestive and |
| On June 5th, of this year I participated in 11.5 hour | | | | respiratory systems, and is an excellent skin cleanser. It |
| run-a-thon at the Utah State Prison. I ran over 62 miles | | | | is high in enzymes used in every system of the body. It |
| eating primarily wheat-barley grass juice mixed into | | | | keeps the hair from graying, helps heal skin problems |
| fresh apple juice. During this time I expended over | | | | and improves blood sugar problems. Because of the |
| 6500 calories. My nearest competitor was over 10 | | | | high concentration of minerals in the chlorophyll of |
| miles behind. These are factual examples, but the best | | | | wheat grass juice, if consumed consistently over time, |
| result is the way I feel all the time, as well as during the | | | | it will turn a sickly body into a healthy one. It is important |
| race...i.e. very comfortable under physical and mental | | | | to drink the juice while it is fresh, within 15 minutes or |
| stress. | | | | less of juicing it to obtain optimal good from the juice. |
| Some people would think that I increased my training | | | | Fifteen pounds of wheat grass is equal in nutrients to |
| or trained long and hard for these races, but in reality, I | | | | 350 pounds of carrot, lettuce, celery and so forth. It is |
| cut my training in half during this period of time. I had | | | | not expensive to start a wheat grass habit. Get |
| cut my mileage from 60-90 miles per week to 30-40 | | | | yourself a juicer and start one today. |