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Which is the best form of wheatgrass for thalassemics??
Life is Beautiful ~:
You will be able to find all the details about Green Heart Wheat Grass in their site:
http://www.greenheartindia.com/
They have revamped their site. I didn't notice it earlier.
--- Quote from: Andy on July 30, 2008, 02:08:02 PM ---Can you supply the name and address of the Pune wheatgrass distributor? I want to confirm that my information is still correct.
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Life is Beautiful ~:
My daughter takes it after putting it into half cup of water. The number of sachets that you have to take depends on your age, body weight and the level of complications. However, the best part about wheat grass is that it is not toxic. At least, it is not going to do any harm to you. However, best way to take wheat grass is to grow it at home and consume it in the form of fresh juice.
--- Quote from: Rozitka on July 31, 2008, 02:44:43 PM ---Hii Bigg, Andy & Life is beautiful !:) thanks for your information.. it will be of great help to me:) Bigg, thanks for the site.. I will definetely order wheatgrass from there.. since shipping to BG is possible;) I am thinking of what exactly to be.. I do not know, the powder I have to mix with liquid or the tablets, ot the supershots of dr Wheatgrass.. do you know what is the most efficient ? :) Please tell me your opinion, it is really of importance to me. :)
Btw Andy, today I received IP6 I have ordered and tomorrow I will start using it :)
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Andy Battaglia:
Thanks for the information and the links. Wheatgrass tablets are very easy to take and no unpleasant taste to deal with like with fresh wheatgrass juice. For long term supplementation, tablets are a good inexpensive alternative.
Bigg:
Now that I think and rethink this, in my opinion it is better to order Green Kamut powder (see below why).
It's a pity that I did not find out about Green Kamut before. :banghead
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--- Quote ---I am thinking of what exactly to be.. I do not know, the powder I have to mix with liquid or the tablets, ot the supershots of dr Wheatgrass.. do you know what is the most efficient ? :)
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About the formulation - which is the most effective (not exactly an answer to your question yet)?
We have very limited information on how wheatgrass works and how is absorbed best. There was only one research (correct if I am wrong) about this performed by supershots manufacturer. It reads on the bottle: "Retain in mouth for 1 minute for best effects".
So I guess no matter what form wheatgrass is bought in (liquid or powder), it should be dissolved (if it's powder) and kept in your mouth for some time. In this case the formulation would have no effect on final result.
Still, there can be some problems with wheatgrass extraction - for example some of the antioxidants can be lost during extraction (more for powder, than for liquid, because drying lasts longer). But we do not know to what extend this happens and have to rely on the recommended dosage of wheatgrass in powder and in liquid form.
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Which of these two is more efficient in terms of financial issues?
Let's calculate the cost of the recommended daily dosage:
For supershots:
23 Euro (for a whole bottle) / 30 (number of servings) = 0,76 Euro.
For Green Kamut Wheat Grass Juice capsules:
10 Euro (for a whole pack) / 80 (80 Servings in the whole pack, One serving of Green Kamut® = 1 oz. fresh wheatgrass juice) = 0,125 Eu
So based on this calculation Kamut is 6 times cheaper.
Even if we assume that powder contains less antioxidants than liquid and double recommended dosage it's still 3 times cheaper.
But it looks like this has already been accounted for - daily recommended dose recalculated for unconcentrated wheatgrass juice is:
supershots: 0.5 oz (however I can't find exact data on how much it is concentrated - probably 3 times)
Kamut: 1 oz.
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You should definetely try to contact the site, where they sell Kamut, although buying it may require dealing with customs and will rather take longer than for supershots. Another option is to find European site where they sell it. I've tried but I can only find some other brands...
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=4994
- is the same Kamut wheatgrass, not in capsules, but in powder. It is even cheaper.
regards,
Bigg
Bigg:
**I've come across another interesting wheatgrass supplement.
It is sold via puritan.com, so there would be no problems with shippping:
http://www.puritan.com/pages/file.asp?PID=7220&CID=4&CPID=10416
And I can see on the manufacturer's site that the processing temperature is 41 degrees Celsius.
http://wheatgrass.com/product-info/processing-wheat-grass/
I can't see which variety it is (Kalmut or other).
Do you have any opinions about this product?
**There are also some interesting facts on their site:
http://wheatgrass.com/product-info/wheat-grass-research/
http://www.wheatgrass.com/book/
--- Quote ---This breakthrough book brings together, for the first time, all research about cereal grasses published over the past 60 years into one well-written, easy-to-read volume. There is a complete index and listing of over 150 scientific references.
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I will definetely read this.
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