In Canada with a Dirty Beard

I am back in Canada, after a long day of travel and an early morning. I am about to start a big two week block of training to get ready for a series of races coming up. It may kill me but it will be enjoyable, its great to see Carley but she isn't happy with me not shaving so i spent an hour trying to clean my self up. Training this week has gone great, and i will hopefully post some great pictures for Chance who needs to see what trees and lakes look like.

I am a little tired to day but here is what training has been this week.

Monday- hard threshold swim in the am, afternoon was recovery with Chiro and Massage.

Tuesday- In the morning had a great hard treadmill run with 5x6min intervals, with short rest.

In the afternoon i did a long ride with some big ring and slow cadence hill work to build some strength.

Wednesday- In the morning was a recovery swim with drills and some aerobic workout. In the afternoon was a great session with Mike. He came out to pace me in his car for some fast bike intervals, 2x20mins on my new favorite loop with some great hills. Riding in zone 4 for 2x20mins hit me pretty good, but my new position and pedals are amazing from Doug @ Colonels.

Today my travel started at 630am with a flight to Toronto, then a wait before i flew to Sudbury.

When i arrived Carleys Dad Gary picked me up, it was nice to feel some average temperatures. I did a little 75min loosen up run around the lake and up threw laurentian University. I don't know how many times i have ran around that loop while i went to school here. The next few days will be 5-6 hours each day so it will be so fun. I am not sure what's in plan for tonight, but hopefully it isnt as painfull as shaving today.

Hard Work Pays Off.

Many Years of Hard work, lead Carlos Sastre up Alp d'huez and more importantly to hold onto yellow, and become the 2008 Tour De France Champion.

This week was another good solid week after a big couple of weeks , i had a ez recovery day Monday with a massage and some chiro.

Tuesday- Threshold swim with 150m intervals, and a base run with some pickups, still a light day on the legs for some more recovery from last.

Wednesday- More recovery specific with a run in the am before swimming. Then a spin in afternoon with new q-rings for a couple of hours. Good day but no intensity.

Thursday- Track session am with 20x400m, good ice bath and core pm- was a swim 4k mostly strength/pull specific.

Friday- Legs off day before weekend, with 10x300m main set in the pool steady aerobic but hard enough with short rest.

Saturday- am- 3hours with 5x10mins at threshold power/ then a 90minute progression run starting in zone 2, my last 30mins was just around 550-6min pace, good hard run, then core for 30mins.
Later on in the afternoon Doug at Colonel's put some new Kao's on my bike so my pedals are jezzy now, and we did some more tweaking of my position.

Later on was an ice bath and more stretching befpre bed.

Sunday- 2.5hour ride with hills, 30min tempo run off bike, my legs weren't to snappy.

The afternoon was another good swim with a pyramid of pull/paddles , and another pyramid of pulling.

It was a good weekend of training. This morning was a good hard threshold swim, a bit fatigued but swimming well. Tonight there will be some recovery in the program to make sure my legs are good to go for the rest of the big week ahead.

Thursday i am excited to be getting out of the warm weather and visiting Carley in Sudbury for 2 weeks. I will be putting in a big block of training while i am there, to get ready for the next few races. Also a quick shout out to Chance who threw down a great race on the weekend to come 3rd overall, on his new Orbea set up by Doug, look out because i even heard a rumor he named it Penleope.

Solid Week

This weekend was solid to end a good hard couple of weeks. Friday i was a bit fatigued after some morning Swim Time trials in the pool. I headed out for a couple of hours with Mike Yates, to do some high cadence riding. Mike took me on a great route but decided every now and again not tell me about a turn, so i would often find my self turning around to catch back up to him. It was sort of amusing but, Mike ended his ride with a taco wheel and a broken fork after he hit a car. He is fine and it wasn't the drivers fault, so everyone please be careful on your bikes especially coming back into town. So since he was okay i got the last laugh.
Saturday was a big brick workout that lasted 4.5 hours, the ride was very fun and hilly, the run was great except for the 100degree temperature and the hard effort of the run.
Sunday- Was a good day, a long base run in the am on the gravel trinity trail. Later on i did a good swim, and did some core/flexibility training back at home while watching " The Bank Job". Not really much else for the weekend, today is a recovery day. Last week's Volume on the bike was a lot for me with 5swim,6bikes, 5runs. This week will definatly incorporate some recovery before i start another good block of training.

Things have been going well. I feel like i am riding in the Tour de SattleSores, because of riding every day but enjoying every minute. Tuesday was a good hard tempo run, swim and long ride with big gear work on the climbs. Wednesday was a great day after a run and swim session in the am, where i sprinted like a madman, the evening i did a really hard interval session on the bike with Mike Yates. That Mate can fly and is a champ for keeping me honest in the 100degree weather. So leaving the workout with Bloodshot eyes and my dirty tour play off beard i have been growing. Someone thought i was homeless at 7-11 and tried to give me change to eat. I may have been dehydrated and looked like i was strung out on something but after some recovery iwas good. Thursday good day mostly base, run in am , recovery swim, and then a zone 1 ride around the lake, i am feeling good on the new bike setup (Seriously Call Doug@Colonels). My legs are good for the rest of the week due to a great massage i had yesterday from Tarp. If anyone needs a good massage in Fort Worth; Tarp is the man for sports massages and he has a wheel barrel full of experience from working on Elite runners at TCU and triathletes for many years. Not to mention Active Sport sport and spine was ranked#1 in Texas for getnr done.
This morning was a good practice for the books, big wu, then right into the meat and potato's or the Texas chips and queso part of the workout. 1500m Time Trial, 200ez, 100m Time Trial, 100ez, 50m kick time trial. Well i swam as fast as i did in college for the 1500m in a hot pool from a push while tired during a workout. Then for the 100m i swam fast and impressed my self. So with my head in the gutter i had 50m hard kick left, so i thought why not try and break a personal best. So i set a new YMCA, warm hot pool, tired from workout, flimsy kick board, noodle in my lane, aqua fit class going on on the other side of pool, 50m kick personal record of 39seconds, not bad for me at the end of a hard workout. So after a really long swim down, i was able to get my core temperature down.
Tonight is some more time on the bike, with some high cadence work, because if you want to win you gotta spin, unless you Jan Ulrich. But i guess he didnt win in the end.
I need to thank Kervin Quinones from Rotor for sending me some sweet oval Q-Rings to throw on my bike. I will post a picture later in the week. I am looking forward to the added improvements and decreased dead spots in my cycling stroke, resulting in some jezzy free speed. http://www.rotorbike.com/
This weekend will be big but it is what it is, so why stay in bed and watch cartoons if you can be out playing on your bike and being healthy.

As teenage years start, exercise tends to stop
By LINDSEY TANNER
The Associated Press


CHICAGO — One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, less than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do.
What’s more, the study suggests that less than a third of teens that age get even the minimum recommended by the government — an hour of moderate to vigorous exercise, like cycling, brisk walking, swimming or jogging.
The sharp drop raises concerns about inactivity continuing into adulthood, which could endanger kids’ health throughout their lives, the study’s authors said.
"People don’t recognize this as the crisis that it is," said the lead author, Dr. Philip Nader, a pediatrician and professor emeritus at the University of California at San Diego.
Inactivity is linked with greater risks for many health problems, including heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes.
The new findings come a week after an influential pediatricians group recommended that more children have their cholesterol checked and that some as young as 8 be given cholesterol-lowering drugs. That advice was partly out of concern over future levels of heart disease and other ailments linked to rising rates of childhood obesity.
The latest study, appearing in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association, tracked about 1,000 U.S. children at various ages, from 2000 until 2006.
Special gadgets were used to record their activity. Average levels of moderate to vigorous activity fell from three hours a day at age 9 to less than an hour at age 15.
Nader said he was "surprised by how dramatic the decline was." He said possible reasons include that schools drop recess and gym classes and that kids increasingly use video games and computers.
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development funded the research, calling it one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind.
James Griffin, science officer for the study, said that as children mature, "You would expect somewhat of a decline [in activity], but nothing of this magnitude."
He noted that the study coincided with the rise in popularity of video games, DVDs and Internet use — "all of the types of things that take children from outside and put them on a couch or in front of a computer."
Griffin said the results send a message to parents to teach their kids to balance computer time with more active pursuits, like walking the dog or shooting hoops.
Study participants were children involved in agency research on youth development, recruited from 10 hospitals around the country. Family income, race and ethnic background closely matched the U.S. population.
The researchers tracked the children’s activity levels starting at age 9, using an accelerometer — a device that attached to a belt and recorded movement. Activity levels were counted at ages 9, 11, 12 and 15 during the school week and on weekends.
That method isn’t foolproof because the device isn’t worn during swimming and contact sports. But the researchers said it’s unlikely that such activity happened often enough among the children studied to skew the results.
Through age 12, well over half the children got at least the government-recommended amount of activity every day. By age 15, less than one-third were that active on weekdays, and only about 17 percent were on weekends.
Boys were more active than girls at every age. But by age 15, even boys’ average activity levels fell short of recommendations, particularly on weekends.

You only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone." PERCY CERUTTY

A brilliant quote that was sent to my email this am via Runners World. An a excellent picture to demonstrate what spending time out of your comfort zone in the final stretch of a race can earn you.

When i was living in Victoria the first time i moved out here and lived with Colin in a Phat little basement apartment. Simon and Greg used to do crazy run workouts around Elk Lake. So seeing those too running in the race pictures shows how two great runners can build off each other to bring each other past there comfort zones. Truly amazing racing and Congrats to the Canadian boys for representing. I really want to race that non draft legal race sometime, last year at the US OPEN i got to witness that racing first hand and in it is fast but fun. Seeing Greg Bennett get off the bike and run for $$$$, brings me to my run workout this am. After a great hard threshold set in the pool, where i have learned to start man upping a little more i had 10x150 super speedy with short rest. This am i had a threshold run where i had 45mins @ threshold, and running on the trail through the woods, my hrt felt like it was going to fly out of my chest but i just kept leaning forward and trying to bump it up a gear visualizing running shoulder to shoulder with the best in the sport. One thing to say is i am glad i built into it or it would have been a long walk home. With a warm up and a cool down it was a good solid run. Later i will be out on my bike doing some big gear work on some Jezzy climbs at a hard effort, so today i am trying to ignore that comfortable hurt and climb above it, and when that pain starts to feel manageable step it up again. I will end the evening with a ice bath, to make sure the legs are good to go for tomorrow for some more good work. If anyone needs to learn how to make a salad in less than two minutes, they need to go to www.marksdailyapple.com (marks website is a great tool)

Purple Kale

Here is a pic of some new purple Kale that i am test driving in my salad for lunch.
The weekend consisted of some solid training and a some good rest watching tour coverage and napping. Saturday was good the day went by pretty fast, hard tready session in am/ swim session, ice session, nap/ light spin on new set up, BBQ.

Sunday was equally as solid with a good long ride in am with some zone 3 mixed in and then a solid swim in the afternoon with a nap. The bike felt great and i have no aches or pains today, i really feel like each pedal stroke is transferring into power. This week will be action packed and alot of good hard volume. Today is some what of a recovery day with a hard swim later this afternoon. I feel a bit sluggish after getting a wicked 10hours of sleep last night but my heart rate was 43 when i woke so i must be some what recovered from the week. I am going to try and pay closer attention to the readings in the am and try and monitor it closely.

There was a lot of triathlon news over the weekend, Simon Winning Life Time and Gomez winning another World Cup, but J-lo getting fit for a triathlon shows that this sport is growing.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/lopez%20is%20training%20for%20a%20triathlon_1074095

Jezzy Wezzy

Last night was wicked. Doug spent 3 hours tweaking my bike position. Its scary at the wattage differences i could see as the fitting went on. Just moving my seat up 10mm made a huge difference in power. We also made some major changes that are going to relate in to wicked good and wicked fast speed. I am so excited to race next. Doug was trained by John Cobb, and he has mad bike fitting skills. Anyways allot of good changes, and i don't really know how i biked as fast as i did before in that horrible position but i was never fitted on my P3 i am riding now.
I know Doug is going to post a report sometime next week at http://www.colonelsbikes.com/.
Anyways after being ill and hurt for Buffalo springs i have spent the whole week wound up like a little wind up doll. I want to race so bad, that i feel bad for the next person that has there tour de France kit on and launches an attack this weekend. Just joking i will make sure i only hit my key workouts, and keep it hard on the hard and keep it jezzey on the easy.
This morning was a great swim, 15x200m short rest, main set. The next few days will be some good training, and alot of Tour Coverage. Little Wayne's in town so it will be low key unless he dials me up.
Have a great weekend.

Cousin Ben/ Chlorella/ training update

Back at the training and building it up. Yesterdays long progression run and a hard swim with 1 of the mainsets being 24x50m on 20sec rest, fast, well a step up from fast pace, more like angry pace. This morning was a great brick workout with some hard intervals, and then a run off the bike. Luckily i called upon the Hemp magic for recovery. Last night i blended up some recovery pudding, with blueberries, bananas, hemp protein, carob powder and some other goodies like almonds and flax seed. Later on i will swim, then head to Chances to Grill out and watch the tour. I have been really getting sick of all of the rice and quinoa i have been eating lately, so it may be a mushroom burger depending on how the swim goes. Tomorrow will be some solid training, and a bike fit after dinner which may take most of the evening up but at least i will be able to get some things figured out. I will post more about that and the pictures from that come Friday.

Since cutting caffeine and other horrible foods out of my diet i have felt great. I am trying to become more aware with my bodies signals and trying to limit the stress that i put on my body.

Since adding a few nutritional super foods into my diet i have felt great, and i no longer crave sugars in the afternoon. Chlorella is a solid addition to my diet.

Here is some info on why it is solid, that i stole from a website so feel free to read. I will also post a great email from Cousin Ben about his Mudslide experience.

Health Benefits Of Chlorella
Heavy metal removal using chlorella
Chlorella is a powerful detoxification aid for heavy metals and other pesticides. Numerous research projects in the U.S. and Europe indicate that chlorella can also aid the body in breaking down persistent hydrocarbon and metallic toxins such as mercury, cadmium and lead, DDT and PCB while strengthening the immune system response. In Japan, interest in chlorella has focused largely on its detoxifying properties - its ability to remove or neutralize poisonous substances from the body.
This detoxification of heavy metals and other chemical toxins in the blood will take 3 to 6 months to build up enough to begin this process depending on how much chlorella a person is taking. Chlorella is a food. As such, it is almost impossible to take too much chlorella. It is also this fibrous material which greatly augments healthy digestion and overall digestive track health.
How Does Chlorella Detoxify Your Body?
Chlorella is comprised of a fibrous, indigestible outer shell (20%) and its inner nutrients (80%). It is the fibrous material which has been proven to actually bind with the heavy metals and pesticides - such as PCBs - which can accumulate in our bodies.
A clean bloodstream, with an abundance of red blood cells to carry oxygen, is necessary to a strong natural defense system. Chlorella's cleansing action on the bowel and other elimination channels, as well as its protection of the liver, helps keep the blood clean. Clean blood insures that metabolic wastes are efficiently carried away from the tissues.
Chlorella gets its name from the high amount of chlorophyl it possesses. Chlorella contains more chlorophyl per gram than any other plant. Chlorophyl is one of the greatest food substances for cleansing the bowel and other elimination systems, such as the liver and the blood.
Green algae are the highest sources of chlorophyl in the plant world. And of all the green algae studied so far, chlorella has the highest, often ranging from 3 to 5% pure natural chlorophyll.
Chlorella is a key detoxification tool
Hemoglobin is the protein in our red blood cells which binds with oxygen and gives blood its bright red color. Chlorophyll cells are nearly identical to hemoglobin, with one exception: Chlorophyll has a magnesium molecule at its center while hemoglobin has an iron molecule at the center of it. This is important because magnesium is essential for the heart to function properly. Every time our heart beats, it is utilizing magnesium to do so.
Chlorophyll is effective against anemia and stimulates the production of red blood cells in the body. It also helps carry oxygen around the body and to the brain. This is why chlorella is often called a 'Brain Food'.Several researchers have suggested the use of chlorophyll as a medical therapy for anemia.
Chlorella Will Improve Your Digestive System
Since chlorella has such a high chlorophyll content, people find chronic bad breath is often eliminated in just a few days on chlorella. Foul smelling stools are also greatly improved and chlorophyll has been attributed to relieving constipation.
Chlorella Shown To Be Helpful in Fighting Cancer
Interferon is one of our body's greatest natural defenses against cancer. One of the ways we fight cancer is to use agents to stimulate macrophage production and activity. Interferon is a natural secretion of the body which is thought to be a stimulator of macrophages and tumor necrosis factor.
Chlorella stimulates the activity of macrophages and T-cells by increasing interferon levels thus enhancing the immune system's ability to combat foreign invaders whether they are viruses, bacteria, chemicals or foreign proteins.
Chlorella Contains Natural Digestive and other Enzymes
Chlorella contains enzymes such as chlorophyllase and pepsin, which are two digestive enzymes. Enzymes perform a number of important functions in the body. Chlorella has many different types of enzymes that our bodies need.
It is essential that any chlorella you take is NOT freeze dried or pasteurized. If it is, then you have lost the crucial benefit of enzymes such as these.

Chlorella is Alkaline and Helps Balance Your Body's pH
It's important that we maintain a balance body pH of ideally about 7.2-7.4, which is about neutral. However, because of our poor diet of junk food, overcooked, processed foods, fast food, which include soft drinks which have a pH of 2.7, most of us are not balanced.
This is important because most diseases start, live and thrive in an acidic environment and do not live well in an alkaline environment. Cancer rates have risen steadily so that now fully 1/3 of all people in the U. S. will get cancer in their lifetime.
The rise of fast, junk and processed foods match those of rising cancer rates. 30 years ago, cancer in children was almost unheard of. Now they have entire hospital wards given over to children with cancer. Including whole foods like chlorella in your diet is one step you can take toward reducing your risks for cancer.
Chlorella Normalizes Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure
Studies have shown that chlorella tends to normalize blood sugar in cases of hypoglycemia. In hypoglycemia, blood sugar is too low. Proper levels of blood sugar are necessary for normal brain function, heart function and energy metabolism, all of which are crucial in sustaining good health and preventing disease.
High blood pressure is one of the major risk factors in heart attack and stroke, which account for more fatalities in the United States than any other disease. Laboratory experiments have shown that regular use of chlorella reduces high blood pressure and prevents strokes in rats.
You can find the best price on the internet for high quality chlorella here . I encourage you to compare with other merchants on the internet and you will see what I mean.
The pillars of a good mercury detoxification program are chlorella, N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC), MSM and the herb cilantro, which is discussed here. My favorite source for organic cilantro in 1 pound bags is here. Garlic is also a good mercury chelator.
Next, let's look at how much chlorella you should take per day for mercury detoxification.

Cousin Ben Checks In.

hello,
my trip to laos has been a very crazy and long journey. what started off as an already 20 hour bus ride turned into something else. we left hanoi at 5:45pm in a mini bus with 10 seats and packed in 10 people plus all of the luggage in with us. there were bags on top of people and surrounding the door, it was a mess. people here like to pack the bus as full as possible, they will sell tickets after tickets and never think about bags and such. so this mini bus takes us to the hanoi bus station and we get dropped off. the guy handling all the bags was very rough with them and it resulted in my hip strap being broken on my backpack, but not quite as bad as the British girls who had china in their bag! we were under the impression that we would have a sleeper bus until a city 6 hours south of hanoi then switch buses for the border, but no. we get to our bus and it is a regular bus that is packed full of stuff in the cargo holds and the roof has tons of boxes on it. what are we transporting here? we finally pull out of the station around 7pm and after 5 minutes the A/C is off and all of the windows are open! like i have said before it is very hot in Vietnam. so we start our trip and everyone is sweating and not enjoying the ride. after a couple of hours we start picking up people along the way..... families..... making people move seats and accommodate for more people. at one point we stop and look out the window and they are tightening the lug nuts on the bus! wow this is only 3 hours into the trip. we come to stopping point at about 2:30am and take a break. once again they are tightening the wheels on the bus..... and adding more boxes of who knows what. we also pick up another 4 passengers! so there was no bus switching we took the same broke down bus across the border. we arrive at the border at 5:30am and leave at 8:30am.... we had to go through Vietnam exit immigration and then go and get a laos visa. the visa you could get on arrival and was fairly simple. the border crossing was in a very beautiful place up in the mountains and the temperature was much better, almost chilly. so we get going and finally we see some rain which is nice for a change and we believe that we have a long bus trip to the capital vientiane. well then there is a traffic back up and there has been a mud slide. so the driver makes everyone get off the bus and attempts to go through it and makes it. well back on the bus, but then not even half a mile up the road are more buses, trucks and cars stopped. no one on the bus speaks english except for the other westerners on the bus with us, so some of them go and check it out. there are 4 huge mudslides blocking the road! so some backpackers get there stuff and decide to walk through it and see what is on the other side. i decided to wait a bit and see if they would return or not. it was still continuing to rain a lot and people where getting stir crazy. finally there were 6 of us who decided to get on and go find out. we figured there would be a bus on the other side. we stopped at about 11:30am for the mud slide and now it was almost 2pm. we began our walk and i could not imagine my eyes, these mud slides where huge. there was no way that our bus was going anywhere for a long long time. there were 4 huge mud slides that we had to walk through, needless to say we were all covered in mud and rain and soaked to the bone. we see some more people from our bus and they are in the back of this converted truck that has a roof over the bed of it. we pack it full and take off towards town which was about a 10 minute ride. it finally stopped raining but everything was soaked. paying for this ride was hard because they use kip over here and all we have in Thailand baht or dollars, so it wasn't easy. then we see a bus and find out it is going to vientiane!!!! lucky, because this bus was about to be leaving. we see other passengers from our bus in there and they told us we barely made it. so all of the seats are full but they have little plastic stools that we can sit on in the aisle of the bus!!! we got on the bus around 3:45 and arrived in vientiane just after 7pm. my back was killing me. anyways I'm here in Laos now and it was a crazy ride getting here, but i made it. hopefully my next overland trip will be different.

Ben

Cousin Ben

I was a little worried about my Cousin Ben visiting Vietnam. I feel better after being sent this photo.

Hemp

SO this morning while sipping my Hempucchino, after a decent 90min progression run, i decided to share my Hemp Burger recipe that i had made last night. This mornings run was fueled by the following dinner, i stole this from Branden Braziers recipes but spiced it up with some Texas fire.
Hemp Burger(texmex version) it makes 3 or so.
1cup walnuts
1/2 Cups Hemp Seeds
2 Tbs of Hemp Oil
Cayenne Pepper
Jalepinos
a bit of water and apple cider vinegar.
You just throw it in the food processor and it makes some great raw burgers, along with some Quinoa and veggies it was a solid dinner.
Its great to be back doing some decent training since Buffalo springs and since my toe is somewhat healed.
After the run this am, i put Hemp to work again by making a smoothie with Blueberries, Strawberries, Banana, Hemp Protein, Wheatgrass and Water and ICE and some Hemp Milk. Its hard to get my hands on Hemp Milk, every time i visit Central Market or Wholefoods i see customers with carts full. I guess the 4th of July played a big enough distraction for me to pick up a couple of boxes. Tonight there is a good hard swim on the schedule. It feels good to be back at it.

July 4th and Recovery

This week was all about recovery and taking care of my toe. Training consisted of a lot of light work, and some high cadence spinning on the bike. The weather was great and it was enjoyable. I slept 10 hours each night and over the last 4 days i had 4x1.5-2.ohour naps. So i am ready to start the next block of training. My foot is healing nicely, and i am caffeine free and pain killer free for the last week. I had a great long weekend, which was uneventfull, i went to a few grill outs at my buddy Chances new house. Friday afternoon after one of my long naps, i received a call about grilling out, which led to me and Chance building a BBQ. The instructions said under 1hour so we were up for the challenge. So with 2 people we determined that should be roughly 30-40Min's. Well I enjoyed my Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus beer, but it took 2hours and we still didn't get any of the attached burners working. Regardless, it was fun times and i managed to only have 1 beer over 4 days, pretty impressive i thought. This weekend was just what i needed to get back focused and looking forward to some good hard work ahead. I feel 10x better now that i am not taking antibiotics and i no longer have a fever or any pain in my foot. Besides watching the tour i watched a great movie called " The Cleaner" with Samuel L Jackson. This weekend should be action packed so i will post soon.

Got Grass

I love this stuff,especially in the am, before swimming. I get the same feeling as i would from a cup of coffee, here is 40 reasons to drink the grass not smoke the grass.
What's so great about wheatgrass?
40 Points about Wheatgrass and its Nutritional Values
1 Wheatgrass Juice is one of the best sources of living chlorophyll available.
2 Chlorophyll is the first product of light and, therefore, contains more light energy than any other element.
3 Wheatgrass juice is a crude chlorophyll and can be taken orally and as a colon implant without toxic side effects.
4 Chlorophyll is the basis of all plant life.
5 Wheatgrass is high in oxygen like all green plants that contain chlorophyll. The brain and all body tissues function at an optimal level in a highly-oxygenated environment.
6 Chlorophyll is anti-bacterial and can be used inside and outside the body as a healer.
7 Dr. Bernard Jensen says that it only takes minutes to digest wheatgrass juice and uses up very little body energy.
8 Science has proven that chlorophyll arrests growth and development of unfriendly bacteria.
9 Chlorophyll (wheatgrass) rebuilds the bloodstream. Studies of various animals have shown chlorophyll to be free of any toxic reaction. The red cell count was returned to normal within 4 to 5 days of the administration of chlorophyll, even in those animals which were known to be extremely anemic or low in red cell count.
10 Farmers in the Midwest who have sterile cows and bulls put them on wheatgrass to restore fertility. (The high magnesium content in chlorophyll builds enzymes that restore the sex hormones.)
11 Chlorophyll can be extracted from many plants, but wheatgrass is superior because it has been found to have over 100 elements needed by man. If grown in organic soil, it absorbs 92 of the known 102 minerals from the soil.
12 Wheatgrass has what is called the grass-juice factor, which has been shown to keep herbivorous animals alive indefinitely.
13 Dr. Ann Wigmore and institutes based on her teachings has been helping people get well from chronic disorders for 30 years using wheatgrass.
14 Liquid chlorophyll gets into the tissues, refines them and makes them over.
15 Wheatgrass Juice is a superior detoxification agent compared to carrot juice and other fruits and vegetables. Dr Earp-Thomas, associate of Ann Wigmore, says that 15 pounds of Wheatgrass is the equivalent of 350 pounds of carrot, lettuce, celery, and so forth.
16 Liquid chlorophyll washes drug deposits from the body.
17 Chlorophyll neutralizes toxins in the body.
18 Chlorophyll helps purify the liver.
19 Chlorophyll improves blood sugar problems.
20 In the American Journal of Surgery (1940), Benjamin Gruskin, M.D. recommends chlorophyll for its antiseptic benefits. The article suggests the following clinical uses for chlorophyll: to clear up foul smelling odors, neutralize Strep infections, heal wounds, hasten skin grafting, cure chronic sinusitis, overcome chronic inner-ear inflammation and infection, reduce varicose veins and heal leg ulcers, eliminate impetigo and other scabby eruptions, heal rectal sores, successfully treat inflammation of the uterine cervix, get rid of parasitic vaginal infections, reduce typhoid fever, and cure advanced pyorrhea in many cases.21 Wheatgrass Juice cures acne and even help to remove scars after it has been ingested for seven to eight months. The diet must be improved at the same time.
22 Wheatgrass juice acts as a detergent in the body and is used as a body deodorant.
23 A small amount of wheatgrass juice in the human diet helps prevents tooth decay.
24 Wheatgrass juice held in the mouth for 5 minutes will help eliminate toothaches. It pulls poisons from the gums.
25 Gargle Wheatgrass Juice for a sore throat.
26 Drink Wheatgrass Juice for skin problems such as eczema or psoriasis.
27 Wheatgrass Juice keeps the hair from graying.
28 Pyorrhea of the mouth: lay pulp of wheatgrass soaked in juice on diseased area in mouth or chew wheatgrass, spitting out the pulp.
29 By taking Wheatgrass Juice, one may feel a difference in strength, endurance, health, and spirituality, and experience a sense of well-being.
30 Wheatgrass juice improves the digestion.
31 Wheatgrass juice is high in enzymes.
32 Wheatgrass juice is an excellent skin cleanser and can be absorbed through the skin for nutrition. Pour green juice over your body in a tub of warm water and soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with cold water.
33 Wheatgrass implants (enemas) are great for healing and detoxifying the colon walls. The implants also heal and cleanse the internal organs. After an enema, wait 20 minutes, then implant 4 ounces of wheatgrass juice. Retain for 20 minutes.
34 Wheatgrass juice is great for constipation and keeping the bowels open. It is high in magnesium.
35 Dr. Birscher, a research scientist, called chlorophyll "concentrated sun power." He said, "chlorophyll increases the function of the heart, affects the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus, and the lungs."
36 According to Dr. Birscher, nature uses chlorophyll (wheatgrass) as a body cleanser, rebuilder, and neutralizer of toxins.
37 Wheatgrass juice can dissolve the scars that are formed in the lungs from breathing acid gasses. The effect of carbon monoxide is minimized since chlorophyll increases hemoglobin production.
38 Wheatgrass Juice reduces high blood pressure and enhances the capillaries.
39 Wheatgrass Juice can remove heavy metals from the body.
40 Wheatgrass juice is great for blood disorders of all kinds

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