Here's the true, strange tale of what I noticed from a wheatgrass fanatic who got it straight in his eyeballs. But, what made this man to be so compelled?

Wheatgrass is over-flowing with with nutritional benefits. Personally, I like an ounce or two of wheatgrass now and then, which is in no way extreme. But, with all things, there are those who are thought to be normal and people who are considered radical about the ingredients that both like wheatgrass, in this case. I'd want to think I'm of the normal, reasonable crowd, who stampedes to grasses for their nutritional value.

What is so fabulous about juicing wheatgrass? Juicing wheatgrass gives you healthy doses of: chlorophyll, enzymes, minerals, and vitamins, each in potent amounts. It is thought that chlorophyll is great for your blood, because of its similar chemical makeup of your blood cells. The verdict is still undecided on that, as far as I am concerned, but no scientist can deny its nutritional value for such a small amount drank. That's why I take wheatgrass so regularly; it's tough to get anything that compares, in my opinion.

But, there are individuals among us juicers, who take things to an extreme - like the time I was at my favorite health food store. They had an electric wheatgrass juicer on display. And a person was drinking a shot or two of wheatgrass. Nothing odd or noticeable about that, yes? But then he took out an eyedropper and put it in a third glass of wheatgrass juice and started using the eyedropper to squirt wheatgrass juice into his eyeballs. Oh, this has lots of minerals and vitamins, he said, as he attempted to keep his eyes open, tears of green, running down the sides of his face.

Here's another fascinating, although in this case unusual, reason why I encourage you to talk to your health care provider before juicing. The common idea when one has something that is really good for them, is to do more of it. And while, logically, that may make sense, it is not always a wise practice. Such as, in this example, putting juiced wheatgrass into your eyeball. Think what you like, but I only drink mine.

A different example of such thinking might be: let's say, you have been working out at the gym, and found yourself having observable progress with weight training. After a few sessions lifting free weights, you began to see results. Here, the fanatical weight lifter enthusiast in this example, might logically assume that they can go from lifting one hundred pounds, to abruptly lifting three hundred pounds. That sounds absurd, right? Not to mention dangerous to the point that it could do more harm than good.

With juicing in general, not just wheatgrass, it's smart to consider the idea of starting off slow. When I first started juicing wheatgrass, I added about an ounce or two to my carrot juice. In about a 2 parts wheatgrass, to 8 parts carrot juice. I didn't feel so good when I tried to take a shot or two straight, like I discovered other people doing at the local juice bar. So, even now, after years of juicing, I still take it slowly with other juices mixed in mostly.

If you should get into wheatgrass with your juicing, remember you can use a masticating juicer to get both the juice and nutrition from grass and similar greens. Many people make the common mistake, thinking just any juicer will do. That's not true. Also, there are wheatgrass juicers. Wheatgrass juicers come in both electrical and hand crank, or manual models. Both will get the job done, but hand crank models often must be clamped on to the lip of a counter (and not all of today's modern kitchens can accommodate this). This hand crank could be viewed as a good thing, or a bad thing, as you get one heck of a workout, long before you ever get your first ounce of wheatgrass.

Juicing wheatgrass is not for novices: it's something to work up to. It may be too strong to your body if you are not already healthy inside and out.