The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Wheatgrass Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply, Including Easy-to-Make Recipes (Back to Basics Growing) - Softcover

Degraff, Loraine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601383398 ISBN 13: 9781601383396

Verlag: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., 2011

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Wheatgrass, that simple green plant you see growing above the counter in your favorite smoothie shop, is one of the most versatile, intrinsically useful vegetable matter available to you. It can be blended into almost anything, grows in any temperate or warm climate, and is chock full of so many vitamins and fiber that it can take the place of up to two or three servings of vegetables every day if used properly.

This book guides you through the process of not only growing but successfully cultivating wheatgrass for your own personal use in nearly any endeavor, from selling at local farmers markets to mixing it with your homemade smoothies. You will learn what wheatgrass does for your body and how it provides the necessary energy you need to lose weight and fight illness by boosting your immune system.

You will learn how to grow your own wheatgrass and how chlorophyll functions within wheatgrass by reducing environmental hazards, cleaning your blood with unique enzymes, improving liver function, and deodorizing the body. The nutritional benefits of wheatgrass are outlined in detail for anyone who wants to benefit from them, including information on vitamin content and comparisons to other super foods. The minerals, amino acids, cancer-fighting aspects, and weight-loss potential of wheatgrass are outlined in detail for you alongside instructions on how to grow and juice your own wheatgrass regardless of where you live. Top wheatgrass growers and experts have been interviewed and have provided tips on how you can use wheatgrass to cleanse your body and increase your nutritional intake every day. For anyone who has ever considered using wheatgrass for its super-food potential, this guide contains everything you need to know.

Biografía del autor

Though born in the United States, Loraine R. Degraff considers herself "international" due to her military family background. Her father's assignments led the family through the states and overseas. She is a Duke University graduate and a recipient of a master's degree in graphic design from Pratt Institute. Pursuing a childhood dream of a writing career earned her an advanced diploma from the Institute of Children's Literature in West Redding, Connecticut. Degraff currently lives in New York with her husband and five children, regularly augmenting her writing portfolio, which consists of several musical dramas, business and travel guides, children's stories, poems, and numerous articles. Based on her interest in the human body and its ability to heal itself, Degraff turned her writing focus to the area of alternative health. Her knowledge in this area, obtained through extensive research and hands-on experience growing and preparing organic herbs and produce beneficial to the body, laid a foundation for the writing of The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Wheatgrass. Degraff believes individuals can make better decisions for their personal health if they are better informed of the choices available to them. For more information about Degraff and her work, visit www.lorainedegraff.com.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1601383398
• ISBN 13: 9781601383396
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336