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Epilogue
Welcome To The New Green
Revolution
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat
and drink to live. – Socrates
I often recall the early days when I began experimenting with wheatgrass. I was
always amused by the struggles I had trying to uproot clods of grass from the
garden. Little did I realize that the power that fought my tugging fingers could
transform and regenerate the human body.
Now I know better. After years of research and travel, I am convinced that what
we need most today is a fundamental change in eating and lifestyle to give us
the stronger, healthier bodies that will overcome the many other problems facing
the world today.
For years the western world has been gambling with human health in a great
experiment that has us eating more than 50 percent of our food from packages and
cans. About three thousand different chemical additives are used in processing
our foods, despite convincing evidence that they can affect the delicate
electrochemical balance in the brain and nervous system. Fortunately, you and I
have a say in the matter. We can gain more control over our diets, our health,
and our lives by making simple changes in the way we live. Growing a percentage
of our own food at home in the form of baby greens and sprouts can give us
control over at least a portion of what we eat. We can then select the rest from
the fresh foods sold at farm stands, natural foods stores, and supermarkets.
Wheat- grass juice will help to compensate for the nutritional deficiencies in
modern foods, and protect us from pollution and other physical and environmental
stresses.
Wheatgrass is not going to cure the ills of the world, but it is an important
element in what I call the new green revolution—a greater emphasis, on the part
of people everywhere, on working with nature to prevent illness before it takes
hold. Until quite recently, our society was moving in the wrong direction,
especially in the areas of food production and processing. But it is not too
late for us to recognize our mistake and to embrace nature's idea of nourishment
in wheat- grass and live foods.
Young blades of wheatgrass are a storehouse of essential vitamins, minerals, and
enzymes. The amount of vitamins A and C in wheatgrass juice compares favorably
with the vitamin content of many common fruits and garden vegetables. In
addition, wheatgrass juice contains optimum amounts of the B-complex vitamins,
Vitamin E, and minerals such as calcium, iron, sodium, and potassium. Fresh
wheatgrass juice supplies these nutrients in a form in which they may be readily
utilized by the body. Moreover, when wheatgrass juice is used fresh, it is full
of living enzyme energy that can promote healthy blood circulation and
rejuvenate aging cells.
In animal nutrition, wheatgrass juice has already proven itself to be miracle
worker. No other plant has the ability to ensure generation after generation of
healthy litters in herbivorous animals all by itself. And no other potent food
suitable for human consumption is as inexpensive to produce. Spirulina and
chlorella, bee pollen, and other supplemental health foods may be chemically
potent, but compared to fresh wheatgrass juice, they are low in vitality, and
much more costly. Vitamin and mineral supplements are also costly, and often
unsafe.
Many of us have poor eating habits and many of us have come to believe certain
health myths fostered by our society. Health is not bestowed upon us by our
parents or grandparents. While good genes are helpful, most of us have no one to
blame for poor health but ourselves. It is a tragic mistake for you to give up
responsibility for your day-to-day health or to lay the blame for it on somebody
else's doorstep.
If you have ever felt completely in control of your health, clear and clean
inside, full of energy, awake, confident, and relaxed, you know what a wonderful
feeling it is. I can't promise you that wheatgrass juice alone will make you
feel like this, but it will help, especially if you make a commitment to learn
more about the other elements of a healthful lifestyle. In The Hippocrates Diet
and Health Program and in my other books, I have discussed these concepts in
detail.
In this book, I have tried to present an overview of the philosophy behind the
use of wheatgrass and to describe its practical applications. If you have
further questions about growing or using wheatgrass feel free to write or call
the Hippocrates Institute in Boston.
I hope that you will join me and thousands of others in the new green
revolution. Adding wheatgrass and live foods to your diet can bring you renewed
confidence and vitality. A small investment in time and effort will give you a
treasure more precious than all the gold and silver in the world—the knowledge
that you have done all you can towards perfect health, long life, and peace of
mind.
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