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Electric Wheatgrass Juicers

Electric wheatgrass juicers, such as the Green Power Juicer, are much easier to use than hand-crank models. To juice wheatgrass, turn your wheatgrass juicer on and place a bunch of cut wheatgrass, tip down into the hole at the top.

Your bunch of wheatgrass should be about 2/3-inch in diameter. Measure wheatgrass in "rounds" like spaghetti. A one-inch round of wheatgrass yields about one ounce of juice.

Care of Wheatgrass Juicers

To get as much juice as possible from your wheatgrass, put the pulp through the wheatgrass juicer two or more times. After each use, take your wheatgrass juicer apart, wash all parts with mild, non-detergent soap, and dry them thoroughly. Drink your wheatgrass juice within 12 hours, since it is extremely perishable.

Harvesting for Your Wheatgrass Juicers

A 10- by 14-inch tray of fully mature wheatgrass will produce between 7 and 10 ounces of wheatgrass juice, depending on the wheatgrass' length and moisture content. Practice with your wheatgrass juicer. You'll learn how much wheatgrass to harvest for each use.

Wheatgrass Juicers & Health

What are the health benefits of wheatgrass juicing? Wheatgrass juice improves digestion, is an appetite suppressant and improves metabolism. Crank up your wheatgrass juicer because wheatgrass improves skin problems and prevents tooth decay. Other benefits of wheatgrass juice include removing dandruff, improving the nervous system and boosting the immune system.

Wheatgrass Juicers and Fruit

Wheatgrass juicers aren´t just for wheatgrass. You can make juice from fruits and vegetables such as carrots, apples, oranges, strawberries and spinach in your wheatgrass juicer.

Cut fruits and vegetables into small bite-sized pieces. Smaller pieces will process better in the wheatgrass juicer. Wheatgrass spoils quickly. If you combine wheatgrass with other fruits and vegetables, drink the juice quickly to ensure freshness.

Wheatgrass for Wheatgrass Juicers

Wheatgrass is the young, tender grass shoots of the wheatberry. Considered a complete food, wheatgrass is high in chlorophyll and contains every vitamin, mineral and amino acid needed for good human nutrition.

One ounce of fresh wheatgrass juice from your wheatgrass juicer equals 2.5 pounds of vegetables in nutritional value. Wheatgrass juice enriches the blood, improves blood disorders and lowers blood pressure.

Benefits of Wheatgrass Juicers

One of the benefits of wheatgrass juicing is its medicinal value.You don't always have to drink your wheatgrass juice. Gargle wheatgrass to relieve a sore throat. After squeezing wheatgrass in your wheatgrass juicer you can rub it on a sore tooth or gum to help reduce swelling and pain.

Wheatgrass juice may cause symptoms to intensify briefly. Wheatgrass juice is doing its job, cleansing the body of unwholesome substances.

Growing Wheatgrass for Your Wheatgrass Juicers

Growing wheatgrass requires little time and effort and no costly supplies. A special wheatgrass juicer for extracting juice from wheatgrass is the only appliance you'll need once the wheatgrass is grown. Besides a quality wheatgrass juicer, you'll need a warm place to start off wheatgrass seeds and lots of indirect sunlight for growing wheatgrass plants.

Operating Wheatgrass Juicers

As your wheatgrass is being processed inside your juicer, a few drops of juice and the wheatgrass pulp will come out the front of the wheatgrass juicer. The drinkable wheatgrass juice will come out of the spout on the bottom of the wheatgrass juicer.